Park Howell, Brand Story Strategist

Business of Story

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The Business of Story helps sales and marketing leaders excel through the stories they tell. Hosted by Park Howell, known as The World's Most Industrious Storyteller, this popular weekly show is ranked among the top 10% of downloaded podcasts internationally and is the #1 Business Storytelling Podcast according to Feedspot. #StoryOn!

Author

Park Howell, Brand Story Strategist

Category

Business

Podcast website

businessofstory.com

Latest episode

Jul 6, 2026

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Episodes

#525: From Newsroom to Boardroom: AI in Storytelling With Pete Pachal 21.07.2025

Pete Pachal, founder of The Media Copilot, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the media landscape, journalism, and business communication. Pete brings over 20 years of newsroom experience from outlets like Mashable and CoinDesk to share how media pros, PR teams, and content marketers can use AI as a creative collaborator to boost productivity, maintain credibility, and craft more...

#522: How AI is a Storytelling Collaborator, not a Competitor, With Hamlet Azarian 14.07.2025

Hamlet Azarian, Founder & CEO of Azarian Growth Agency, a data-driven marketing firm that has helped tech and SaaS companies raise over $269M in funding, shares insights on how to use artificial intelligence to scale startups, digital innovation, and performance marketing. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrat...

#523: Growing Revenue and Retention for Your SaaS Brand with Dan Balcauski 07.07.2025

Dan Balcauski, Founder & Chief Pricing Offer of Product Tranquility and host of the SaaS Scaling Secrets podcast, shares   that pricing isn't about finding the 'right number." It's about building a strategic system that determines WHO you charge, HOW you charge them, and how you communicate value. Most companies obsess over customer acquisition while ignoring the two other ways to grow: monetizati...

#522: The Five Essential Elements (the H.E.A.R.T.) of the Perfect Pitch With Ben Wiener 30.06.2025

Ben Wiener, Managing Partner of Jumpspeed Ventures and author of Fever Pitch : shares how to sell your vision, raise venture capital and launch your startup using storytelling. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built on.  Grab your copy of  The Na...

#520: Your Story is Your Strategy with Renee Frojo 23.06.2025

Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™  quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built on.  Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business , a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications.  Read Brand Bewitchery : How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Sto...

#520: The Human Story in AI-Driven Sales with Gaurav Bhattacharya 16.06.2025

Gaurav Bhattacharya, CEO of Jeeva.ai…. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built on.  Grab your copy of  The Narrative Gym for Business , a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications.  Read  Brand Bewitchery : How to Wield the Story...

#519: How to Build Deeper Human Connections Online With Robin Nathaniel 09.06.2025

Robin Nathaniel, author of Social Media SYNC , is a former hip-hop artist turned social media strategist who helps people connect online and through speaking by using AI tools that amplify your authentic voice. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is bu...

#518: How to Catch Your Stories With Aaron Calafato 02.06.2025

Aaron Calafato, Award-winning storyteller, Narrative Designer and Content Strategist and host of the 7 Minute Stories podcast, shows you how to catch your stories in the wild and make a bank of unforgettable tales you can use to grow your brand and your business. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framew...

#517: Where to Find The Right Audiences for Your Brand Stories With Rand Fishkin 26.05.2025

Rand Fishkin, Cofounder and CEO of SparkToro, shows you how to avoid the Google/Facebook duopoly to easily and honestly find your audience where they like to consume information and how they like to receive it to make your brand storytelling more impactful. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications ™ quick online course.  Grab your copy of  The Narrative Gym f...

#516: Lincoln But Trump: Storytelling Similarities Between the Righteous and Riotous with Randy Olson 19.05.2025

Randy Olson, author of the new book, Lincoln BUT Trump: Narrative Metrics and Similarities Between Heroes and Villains , taking a page out of evolution, explores how humans select for the simplest, most problem/solution centric communications by comparing the storytelling techniques of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Donald Trump. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Com...

#515: How to Build an Unforgettable Brand Using Neuroscience with Rande Vick 12.05.2025

Rande Vick, Founder of the Vick Agency and author of the new book, NeuroBranding: The Brain-Based Method to Make Your Brand Unforgettable, reveals how to use neuroscience in your storytelling to make your brand unforgettable. . Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business co...

#514: How to Effectively Position Your B2B Brand With April Dunford 05.05.2025

April Dunford unpacks the proven frameworks behind her bestsellers Obviously Awesome and Sales Pitch to help you craft positioning that sells. Whether you're scaling a growth-stage startup or leading a legacy tech brand, you'll leave this episode with the tools to own your space in the market—and tell your brand story in a way only you can. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs o...

#513: How to Unlock Brand Alignment to Accelerate Your Business Growth With Brandon Coleman Jr. 28.04.2025

Brand Gordon Jr., founder and CEO of Big Picture Thinking, shares how to unlock the hidden power of brand alignment to maximize your business potential. By aligning every aspect of their brand—from internal culture to customer experience—you can achieve exponential growth and stand out in today's competitive market. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ q...

#512: How to Use Candor and Kindness for Profound Leadership Storytelling 21.04.2025

Betsy Petrie, founder of Betsy Petrie Consulting and author of RAILS-Talk: A Tough Conversations Workbook for Managers of People , believes human to human communication is the first and final frontier. If you're looking for better collaboration from yourself and/or others, or not sure what productivity problem you're trying to solve, this show is for you. Improve your storytelling immediately with...

#511: How to Avoid Fauxthenticity With Your Brand Story Using the 50% Rule 14.04.2025

Erin Hatzikostas, founder of b Authentic Inc, and author of   The 50% Rule , reveals how to bring your true self to the world so you will outperform all of the schmucks out there.  Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built.  Grab your copy of  The N...

#510: How to Use Your Growth Mindset to Craft and Share a Lucrative Brand Story 07.04.2025

DESCRIPTION: Shane McGlaughlin, founder of StoryShift Creative, explores the science behind fixed vs. growth mindset and how it impacts performance, leadership, and resilience. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built.  Grab your copy of  The Narra...

#509: How to Make Your Brand Story Stand Out With Deliberate Disruption 31.03.2025

Bernadette McClelland, founder of the Deliberate Disruption Academy and author of SHIFT AND DISRUPT: Stop Selling Widgets. Start Selling Wisdom , shows you how to stop selling widgets and start selling wisdom through the power of StorySelling. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influen...

#508: How to Apply Mediocrity Repellant to Your Brand Storytelling 24.03.2025

Cameron Day whose job title is "Mediocrity Repellant," author of the Advertising Survival Guide trilogy, shares how to make your brand storytelling irresistible, sometimes even outlandish. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built.  Grab your copy o...

#507: How to Quickly Turn Minutiae into Marketing Momentum For Rapid Growth 17.03.2025

Mike Allton, AI Consultant & Trainer at The AI Hat, shares how to operationalize AI in your business to free up your brand storyteller. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built.  Grab your copy of  The Narrative Gym for Business ,  a short guide on...

#506: How to Tell Your Startup Lifecycle Story to Sell Investors & Customers on Your Brand 10.03.2025

Gregory Shepard, founder of StartupScience. IO and author of the new book The Startup Lifecycle: The Definitive Guide to Building a Startup from Idea to Exit , share how to plan, launch, execute and exit your business. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communicati...

#505: How Audacious of a Brand Storyteller are You? 03.03.2025

Mark Schaefer, Executive Director of Schaefer Marketing Solutions, talks about the insights of creating awe with your customers to thwart dull robotic AI-created content in his new book, Audacious,  Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built.  Grab y...

#504: The Layer Cake Approach to Creating Your Sweet Brand Story 24.02.2025

Allison Capaldi, the Person in Charge of Brand at Zeck, shares her proven Layer Cake approach to brand building. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built.  Grab your copy of  The Narrative Gym for Business ,  a short guide on crafting ABTs for all...

#503: How to Maintain Brain Health to be Your Best Storytelling Self 17.02.2025

Dr. Greg Wells, author of Power House: Elevate Your Energy, Optimize Your Health, and Supercharge Your Performance , details how you activate and maintain brain health to be your best storytelling self. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built.  Gr...

#502: How a Brand Story of "Turning AI Into Actual Intelligence" is Driving Growth 10.02.2025

Aaron Godby, founder of Green Irony, a leading Salesforce and Agentforce implementor, shares how they refined their brand story of Turning AI Into Actual Intelligence and how they use it in their sales and marketing. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication...

#501: Fixing the Misery of Board Meetings With Engaging Storytelling 03.02.2025

Robert Wolfe, Founder and CEO of Zeck, shares how he has used brand storytelling to grow and exit his start-ups including MooseJaw and Crowd Rise, and how he now uses engaging stories to make board meetings way more efficient, productive, and even fun. Improve your storytelling immediately with my  The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that al...

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