Saturday, June 17, 2023 103 How to decide if the story you love will boost your business

Business storytelling is just one more tool in your marketing bag. But sometimes it's harder to be objective about storytelling decisions than about o...

Friday, March 17, 2023 094 Book Marketing: The Story Behind Your "Why" : Interview with Jane Tabachnick

If you own a service business, you probably know this already: Writing a book can bring you exposure, credibility, and ultimately, more clients. You g...

Wednesday, December 14, 2022 082 How To Respond When Someone Projects Their Story Into Your Narrative

When you tell stories, you influence your audience. In business and in life, you're encouraged to share stories that reflect your audience's reality. ...

Monday, November 21, 2022 080 How A Formerly Sedate Copywriter Followed Her Own Advice To Get Edgy And Wrote A Book With Trigger Warnings

"Your copywriting needs to be edgy!" is the advice I've given for years.  I could have added, "And your books need to be even more edgy!"  For a good ...

Monday, November 14, 2022 079 How To Use Stories To Market Your Business When You Can't Promise A Win

When I work on content strategy for lawyers, financial planners, and other professional service businesses, they point out that they can’t promise the...

Monday, November 7, 2022 078 The ROI Of Storytelling

You probably know that storytelling can be fun. And you probably know storytelling can be the most important tool in your marketing kit.  But how do y...

Monday, October 24, 2022 077 How To Give Your Content The Edge That Prospects Find Irresistible

I get a lot of questions about edgy copy because it’s popular today - for all the wrong reasons. Business owners want content that startles and grabs ...

Sunday, October 16, 2022 076 How Changing Your "Quiet Quitting" Story Makes You Happier & More Productive

Quiet quitting - means you tell a story beginning, “I’m not paid enough to do this."      Quiet quitting has been around a long time.  I know many p...

Monday, October 10, 2022 075 3 Backstories Your Client Tells Herself When You Offer A Free Consultation (And How To Respond To Them)

When I started my copywriting business on the Internet, lots of my competitors were writing on the back of their business cards: “Free 30-minute consu...

Sunday, October 2, 2022 074 How 1 Story Gives You 5 Great Blog Post Ideas

Looking for more creative blog post ideas that attract hungry readers? You'll find a zillion bundles promising to help...with tired titles like, "Beh...

Wednesday, September 7, 2022 073 The Surprising Way To 10X The Impact Of Your Content

"I've heard this all before." "You sound just like everybody else in your field." "I can't remember...what did you say again?" Content creation takes ...

Wednesday, August 24, 2022 072 Entrepreneurs: Get Past Your Comfort Zone With Storytelling

You want to grow a business ... but what happens when you keep telling yourself stories keep you from moving forward? Stories that seem so real and vi...