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#24: The Hero’s Journey: Finding Inspiration to Author Brand Stories
#24: The Hero’s Journey: Finding Inspiration to Author Brand Stories
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Length:
38 minutes
Released:
Jan 27, 2016
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Podcast episode
Description
Matthew Winkler, educator and originator of the TED-Ed Talk "What makes a hero?" joins the Business of Story Podcast to crack open the Hero's Journey and illuminate the process of applying story to your brand. The Business of Story is sponsored by ACT!, Sigstr, and Zignal Labs. ACT! helps individuals, small businesses, and sales teams organize prospect and customer details in just one place, ultimately driving sales. Visit http://actstory.com and enter to win a pair of BOSE noise-cancelling headphones. A company of just 100 employees sends 1,000,000 emails per year on average. What if you had a million new opportunities to engage your key customers and prospects? Sigstr opens up the marketing potential of employee emails. Learn 3 creative ways to unlock the power of email signatures: http://bit.ly/1P0bE9A Zignal Labs is a real-time cross-media story tracking platform to make your life easier to see relevant data and reach your customers where they are. Stay ahead of what the world thinks with a free trial at http://zignallabs.com/story In This Episode Why a single story that is represented through the lens of various cultures around the world (monomyth) is important How to live the hero's journey in your day-to-day life Identifying customer personas to build empathy Authentically connecting the brand story with the customer story The most basic story form: change vs. status quo Resources Matthew's TED-Ed Talk, "What makes a hero?" Matthew's upcoming book, "Teenage Heroes" Joseph Campbell's books, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" and "The Hero's Journey" Visit http://bit.ly/BizofStory for more insights from your favorite storytellers.
Released:
Jan 27, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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