by Dave Neelsen | Jun 5, 2010 | Content Marketing, Social Media, Storytelling For Business
Below is an excellent recent post by Jay Baer from his blog Convince and Convert. It speaks volumes about the value of putting a plan first, not the tools. And, while Jay does not say it directly, his step #6: How Will You Be Human?, speaks directly to why your story...
by Dave Neelsen | Oct 22, 2009 | Content Marketing, Storytelling For Business, Uncategorized
It’s frustrating to watch the sheer number of marketers tell a great story, but repurpose that story the same way in all their media. Ian Alexander over at Eat Media constantly harps (and rightfully so) on the concept that the story you tell in print versus...
by Dave Neelsen | Sep 28, 2009 | Storytelling For Business
Mike Speiser recently wrote on the GigaOM Network that “our short-term memory is widely believed to have a capacity of seven elements, plus or minus two,” which is the reason, Speiser notes, “that U.S. phone numbers have seven digits.” If you connect items (or data...
by Dave Neelsen | Sep 26, 2009 | Social Media, Storytelling For Business, Uncategorized
How many papers do we print out, mark to be read later, or just put aside to get to when we have time? If we are lucky, we may find a chance to look at those papers at some point and if the authors are even luckier we might do more than quickly glance through them. At...
by Dave Neelsen | Sep 26, 2009 | Storytelling For Business
Remember that creative writing class you took your senior year of college because you wanted an easy elective? It turns out that dusting off the notebook where you wrote about plots and characters might be a way to help you lead your company. Organizational...