Stop Telling Stories and Start Having Conversations
Ratings1
Average rating4
#1 International Bestseller on Amazon in SIX categories. Including Media & Communications Business, Business Operations Research, Business Planning & Forecasting, Business Production & Operations, Business Writing, and Writing Skill Reference. The book also hit #1 Hot New Release in TWELVE categories in the United States and Australia. Today's digital economy has turned us into bullish broadcasters. We shout as if we are holding a megaphone in our hands, blasting out a multitude of messages, hoping to catch our prospects' attention. Equally, we are inundated with messages that yell right back. All this noise is in the name of storytelling. Stories don't compel people to buy. Conversations do. Your brand is more than a story, more than a one-way monologue where one person talks while the other person listens. It can be a compelling message that shares who you are and what you do, how you solve your customer's problem, and how you are different from the competition. It can be the powerful dialogue that authentically gets the right prospect to the right table at the right time. It can be the path of least resistance to revenue that changes the trajectory of your organization. You don't need to learn more strategies on how to tell a story. You need to know exactly how to write each piece of your message in such a way that it creates conversations that convert. If you are ready to cut the fluff and build a brand that wins more work, then this book is for you.
Reviews with the most likes.
This book is packed with solid tactical information that marketers and leaders can use in branding and communication strategy work. Nice collection of tips Kate. I would give it a 4.5 (I don't like the 5 star scale) but for the subtitle and intro where, in my opinion as a business storyteller, Kate seems to take all poorly executed biz communication and call it “storytelling.” Few businesses do storytelling well, and most marketing communication is not storytelling. I think many biz leaders would admit that. And I think Kate's skills as a brand guide shine through in this book without the section on storytelling. Of course, as a storyteller, now is my chance to write my own book and share what I feel this book does not. So for that, thanks Kate, and more importantly for all the good brand ID advice. I'm using it.