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StoryBuilding B2B Marketing Conference Stuart Maister, BroadView [email protected]

StoryBuilding: a framework for your go to market story

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StoryBuilding

B2B Marketing Conference

Stuart Maister, BroadView

[email protected]

Stuart Maister Former national TV and radio reporter, UK/Australia

Founded and sold broadcast PR business

Ex-SVP for NASDAQ listed media business

Found and leads BroadView

Multi award winning

Advised many blue chips on broadcast/video strategies

Interviewed and consulted with CEOs, chairmen and other C-suite

Worked with all comms disciplines: PR, marketing, employee comms, IR, public affairs

The point: sharp, consistent story

YOUR STORY

Relationship

Revenue Reputation

1. Who?

2. The most important question

Why?

3. How?

4. What?

(Where? When?)

Building the story

Who

• Define precisely our target audience

• Identify what we want them to know, think, feel and DO

Why • Why are they interested at all in any story in our space?

How • How do we do what we do that is special, different or just plain great?

What • What exactly is it we are selling?

Evidence • The facts, figures, case studies, details

The news pyramid The HEADLINE

•One phrase to sum up our proposition

•The slogan – used across all collateral and content

The STORY

•One or two sentences to sum up the proposition

•The opening section of a website, bid document or slide presentation

The NARRATIVE THEMES

•Three to five themes which bring to life the story through key issues or subjects

•The platform for Collateral, Content and Conversations

The EVIDENCE

The facts, figures, case studies, capabilities which support the above

StoryBuilding content strategy

Research

Consideration

Close

Building relationship

Grow

Top line findings: get attention

Longer form: help decision making

Bespoke: we understand you

Retention & loyalty content as customer service

Upsell and crossell new ideas of relevance

The narrative themes

StoryBuilding content strategy

Research

Consideration

Close

Building relationship

Grow

Snack – short, sharp

Longer form: more substance

Adapted, bespoke versions

Did you know?

Eg new relevant research

Selected for you; the gold card versions

The result

Consistency

across

Collateral

Content

Conversation

…over time

StoryBuilding

Thank you

Stuart Maister, BroadView [email protected]

0203 179 2000 @FollowBroadview