A persona in user-centered design and marketing is a fictional character created to represent a user type that might use a site, brand, or product in a similar way. Whether you’re developing a smartphone app or a mobile-responsive website, it’s very important to understand who will be using the product or service. You first need…

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What is a business story? Is it stopping every person that walks into your shop and telling them about yourself? Is it lecturing your employees on how to chat with one another? No, of course not! Story in business is more powerful that simply telling a random story. In fact, this story is what will set…

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Who are you as a business? You can answer that question with a simple sentence, such as “I am a shoe salesman.” However, after an initial introduction, it is likely that no one will remember much about your business. A connection has not been made. After all, there are thousands of shoe companies. What makes…

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It is important to include corporate storytelling in business. Storytelling is an essential part of life. After all, we have been sharing stories since the beginning of man. It all started with cavemen carving their stories on cave walls (and perhaps even before then). Therefore, because storytelling is part of who we are, we should…

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Corporate storytelling is a must for every business to grow. It is how you can connect with people and create a trusted bond. Your story is more powerful than you think. People love stories and even trust in stories. So, telling your business story is not something you just do at networking events. It is…

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Social media is a great place to connect with potential customers and clients. The various channels and platforms come together to form one big network for you to use and benefit from. However, what is the value of social media if you cannot take advantage of the one thing that makes it what it is:…

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Storytelling is everywhere. Sit down with your friends and family and immediately you will observe stories being shared. Gossip, tidbits, history lessons, family legends, and even discussion of what someone ate that day are a form of storytelling. Every single day, we all partake in this primitive act: telling stories. Cavemen did it by carving…

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The most beautiful curve is the graph of rising sales. This statement is hard to refute. Creative graphic designs, branding and corporate identity or award winning marketing and advertising campaigns – are all means or tools to convey something even more basic. If you look back on the times you were riding high on a beautiful…

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A vision is critical to you as an individual and also as an organization – no matter what size organization or stage of development. For the entrepreneur, your vision is sometimes the only thing you have to sell and yet it can be more powerful than the largest client list, portfolio, or product catalog. Don’t…

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Successful organizations fill their organization with the voice of the customer. Corporate Storytelling must begin with really getting to know what your customer thinks of your organization and its products/services. The obvious approach is to ask. Asking alone does not provide the complete answer. Listening to your customers’ stories is the single most important use…

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