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EP 113. Empathy insights to improve your Summer storytelling content. What do U.S. adults, parents, college students, young kids, and maturing elders look for during the Summer, and what stresses them out year-round? Listen to these insights to see if they spark any content ideas, or tweaks to help your Summer content better resonate with your target audience(s).  SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Market...

EP 112. What steps can you take to get more internal support and buy-in for your content? Content marketing legend, Joe Pulizzi, joins Sarah to discuss the huge advantages that come from deploying an internal education plan to drive better long-term results. What you can do to help get more internal support for the content marketing work you do/want to be doing.     SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Mark...

EP 111. Sarah explains eight mistakes to avoid when creating your content marketing strategy. Avoid these to make your content plans that much better.     SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling pros, like yourself at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f2abe2a48787c3c5ff62ab     SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/market...

EP 110. What is the StoryBrand marketing framework, and how can it help you clarify your marketing messages so you stop wasting millions of dollars and thousands of hours talking about the wrong things? Why does Sarah love this framework so much she decided to become a Certified StoryBrand Guide herself? Sarah answers all your Qs, so you can decide how to infuse StoryBrand to help make your conten...

EP 109. Turn your customers into lifelong advocates -- SUPERFANS! Brittany Hodak tells you how, from her Creating Superfans book, including: the SUPER model, how to exceed expectations, and the important role every employee can play in brand storytelling. Plus, Brittany's giving you the first four chapters for free!    SLACK: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack community to connect and network...

EP 108. How can you become more influential at work? International influencer marketing expert and author, Gordon Glenister joins Sarah with advice to help you in your career. Look at competitors for content insights to inform your own content strategy; your circle of friends; and tips to network and build your community with other influential people. SLACK: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack...

EP 107. Advice for working with influencers from international expert and author, Gordon Glenister. Why we follow certain influencers over others. The benefits of influencers beyond social media. Gordon’s favorite influencer tools and platforms. An example of employee influencer marketing. What makes the most successful campaigns; and how to invest in influencer marketing during budget cuts.   SLA...

EP 106. 3 frameworks to help you discover yourself & make better career and life decisions. Brian Ondrako, is an expert on helping people make decisions and navigate to just get started. Your Toolbox of Knowledge; COMPASS Framework which includes auditing the people you surround yourself IRL and virtually; and the Feel Framework to map your short-term goals.      SLACK: JOIN free Marketing With Em...

EP 105. Time management is a skill you can improve. Success and stress don't have to go hand in hand. Secret to crossing things off your to-do list, how to reduce distractions to make the most of your time, and setting boundaries at work. Useful time management strategies and hacks to implement for all content marketers from time management coach, Anna Dearmon Kornick.  SLACK: JOIN free Marketing...

EP 104. Four video experts share examples of brands doing video storytelling well. A look back at the last 100 episodes, and top video brand mentions including: ToysRus, Ecolab, Nature Valley, Harvard Business School, Milwaukee Tool Company, J.Crew, Marriott, HP and AirBnB. Are you looking for ideas to improve your company's video storytelling content? This is the fifth and final part of the show'...

EP 103. You do a lot. As someone working in the content marketing space, you can't do great, creative storytelling work if you're personally not feeling your best. Right? Today's episode is part four of our 100 episode celebration, and recaps 5 of Sarah's favorite personal self-care guest tips from the last two years. What you deserve to know about your body, so you can lean into your God-given ta...

EP 102. Influence vs. Influencer Marketing. Do you currently use or want to use influencers in your storytelling plans to attract new and repeat customers? The reality is many marketers still think about influencers wrong, and they're missing the huge landscape of opportunities to influence their audiences. Sarah shares her favorite influence marketing conversations from the last two years to help...

EP 101. How can you infuse more empathy into your storytelling content this year? How do you try to better understand what your audience is thinking or feeling? Sarah shares four of her favorite empathy specific snippets from the last 100 episodes, to help you better connect with your audience, heart to heart and mind to mind. Hear from Rob Volpe, Kavita Lokchander, Laura Larios and April Seifert....

EP 100. How six different brands use storytelling. Sarah’s favorite conversations with brands that demonstrate the power of leaning into brand storytelling, having faith in the process, and truly marketing with empathy. Shutterfly, TD Bank, Sleep Number, Deluxe, 3M, and Red Wing Shoe Co.    (free) JOIN Marketing With Empathy's Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling pr...

EP 99. Emmy winner, author of "Lights, Camera, Impact" & video expert, Tony Gnau of T60Productions, shares how to create more engaging corporate videos. Three core videos every company needs; tips to develop a video strategy to get alignment from others; and how to make better (less boring) testimonial videos. VIEW SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/title-tony-gnau-epi...

EP 98. How do you smash organizational silos to improve your storytelling marketing results? By creating an integrated content calendar. CEO of Annum, Patty Radford Henderson is on a mission to solve this top issue identified by CMOs.    VIEW SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/smash-organizational-silos-w-integrated-content-calendar-episode-98/  (free) JOIN Marketing W...

EP 97. Blend psychology and research with marketing to get deeper insights on your consumers, and empower your brand storytelling marketing efforts. Take the guesswork out of what to create. Guest expert, and Sprocket founder and President, April Seifert Ph. D helps companies understand their consumers even better, and then translate research findings into tangible action steps.    VIEW SHOW NOTES...

EP 96. *EDITED RERUN* How can you merge journalism and marketing to create better, more authentic, videos people don't want to skip? Heidi Collins, former national TV news anchor, turned corporate video storyteller describes that sweet spot between journalism and marketing = JournoMarketing™. Tips to make compelling video stories that still feel natural and genuine; which brands are doing it well;...

EP 95. Quizzes! Online business growth strategist and trained quiz funnel expert, Helen Munshi, explains how to create quiz funnels to help attract new leads, engage existing customers, and gain incredible data insights to inform your brand storytelling content.    (free) JOIN Marketing With Empathy's Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling strategists: https://view.fl...

EP 94. Behavior economics expert, Siena Dexter from Smashbrand, shares current trends in consumer shopping behaviors; and, how storytelling plays a role in product packaging to help ensure our products are a best seller off the shelf now and in the future. How these things can help predict retail behavior at point of sale, ultimately helping you connect with your customers to achieve business goal...

EP 93. Behind-the-scenes of how two companies connect with their audiences. Harry’s men’s razor and body care products are tackling men’s mental health. And, Lume, an all-over body deodorant, is successfully talking about a sensitive topic with women via iPhone content from its doctor founder.    VIEW SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/mental-health-body-odor-harrys-an...

EP 92. What can you learn from Sarah’s second year of running the Marketing with Empathy® podcast and Kindred Speak® brand storytelling consulting company? Listen as Sarah reflects on this past year; what she’s learned and changed with the podcast; and a key opp she sees all brands needing help with to advance brand storytelling inside their orgs. (free) JOIN the Marketing With Empathy® Slack comm...

EP 91. Our journey to understand NFTs and Web3 continues. Sarah talks to a company using them. Kelly Groehler is CEO of art curation and Web3 agency, Alice Riot. How they’re using NFTs, her early thoughts on Web3, and storytelling marketing implications. (free) JOIN Marketing With Empathy's Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling strategists: https://view.flodesk.com/p...

EP 90. Confused by NFTs, Web3, Metaverse, cryptocurrency, and how to think about them in your storytelling plans? Expert, Joseph Jaffe explains what each is, the notion of community capitalism, and storytelling marketing implications. (free) JOIN Marketing With Empathy's Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling strategists: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f2abe2a48787c...

EP 89. Love the Marketing With Empathy podcast and can't wait to connect with other like-minded marketers? Want to learn more about connecting with audiences through storytelling? Be part of a free community with more content marketing strategists where you can meet and share ideas? There’s a new Marketing With Empathy podcast community Facebook group for this. What happens inside the group? Why j...