Strategy

As small brands, our discipline in execution is what would allow us to go big in our strategy. Content strategy for small brands is like diet and exercise; if you want results, you need to invest. The challenge for small brands is not the lack of time but lack of focus.

So how can you be a storytelling entrepreneur? We have listed a handful of guide questions below that should be enough to bring you closer to the golden age of your storytelling journey.

It is a given that not everyone is gifted with the skill of storytelling. More so in the B2B landscape, we have more sellers than storytellers. And that makes more sense because in this day and age businesses have to sell. By any form, we all need to sell. But can selling be an out-of-the-box experience both for the seller and the buyer? How do you make this build longer relationships, instead of once in a lifetime deals?

In the content marketing agenda, it has been a norm to talk about the role of marketers in coming up with a compelling proposition. Enough to drive an almost one-sided conversation that storytelling is better left to the marketers. We seem to have that scary idea that those who are in charge of lead generation and inbound activities are the only storytellers in the room. If you are from the sales team, it’s time to stand up!

It’s every marketing department head’s nightmare, to hear the big boss say “We need to cut down on our marketing video budget this year, but I expect you to roll out more campaigns.” It’s that feeling of running towards a dark alley knowing that Freddie Krueger is just around the corner waiting to give you that high five before he does what he does best. But that is not what I will be talking about today. Almost every business no matter how passionate their entrepreneurial spirit is, have gone through certain stages of bottlenecks in their operations especially in the budget side of things. It’s that time when company priorities go haywire, where the finance department is the scariest place to be.

It’s a matter starting off on the right foot. What you do before production day is key to creating a compelling experience in a video for your target audience.

It’s a matter of starting off with the right foot in your storytelling journey, and the most important thing to keep in mind is that you should avoid spending more time in “informing” the audience about your identity but in creating a relatable experience for them. Your goal is to have your audience say “yes, I understand, and I care” after reading or watching your brand story. If your audience just says “now I know” then you have successfully informed them but not enough to make them care, to make them stay to whatever you have to say next.

I have been asked over and over again, how do you fit all those stories in your head? Is there a formula to tell a client’s story? Honestly, if you ask me now? I would not know the answer; I just kept doing it until it becomes something that I enjoy doing that I hardly pay attention how I do it. But in this post, I will take you through 4 layers of an engaging content and how you can do it yourself, I will be using a mock case study (though I wish to tell a similar story, if you are a chef looking for something like this, get in touch with us - seriously, give us a call)

If the content will be self-published. You have that certainty that your people can be consistent with the overall message you are trying to convey to your audience.