Monday, January 16, 2023 086 3 Storytelling Lessons From The Harry & Meghan Saga

Just after I recorded this podcast, a marketing coach popped up in my inbox with advice to share your story of personal trauma. Yep, another Cringe of...

Monday, January 2, 2023 085 The Role of Storytelling When You Want To Increase Prices

As a small business owner, you're unabashedly in business because you want to earn revenue. Often that means increasing prices in order to reach your ...

Monday, December 26, 2022 084 How to avoid 3 content creation mistakes that give new meaning to the term "cringeworthy"

Go through your inbox and you’ll find yourself responding to messages with, “I bet whoever wrote this is blushing beet red by now. The word ‘cringewor...

Monday, December 19, 2022 083 The Key to Profitable Content Creation: Find Their Last-Straw Moment

If your services relate to problem-solving, I’m willing to bet that few people will call you for an appointment until they’ve experienced a sharp defi...

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 28, 2022 081 How to Use Stories To Make Networking Connections That Work For Your Business (and Avoid the Most Common Pitfall)

Whether you’re looking for a content creator, a designer, or an accountant, most likely you won't start with a search engine. You'll ask around before...

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...