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Content Marketing-Brand Storytelling Posts

Connect with your audience through brand storytelling content marketing. Marketing With Empathy show notes and other insights from brand storytelling strategist, Sarah Panus.
Sept. 20, 2022

Content Measurement: How Brand Storytelling Saves Money, episode 80

  How to measure your brand content. You think about how to show the impact your brand storytelling content is having on the business. How much is it generating? BUT—what about how much money your content is SAVING your company…

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Sept. 14, 2022

Ask Your SEO Agency These Content Questions, episode 79

  Types of content insights to ask your SEO Agency for. Timing recommendations about how frequently to meet and discuss. Measurement questions to ask for. Quick advice to improve your brand storytelling content plans and strat…

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Aug. 23, 2022

Red Wing Shoe Co Embraces Positive Side of Cultural Tension Moments - Aaron Seymour-Anderson, episode 77

  How Red Wing Shoe Co. Embraces its roots and customers by finding cultural tension moments and embracing the positive side of things.  Aaron Seymour-Anderson explains how 3 storytelling campaigns came to light:  Out of Fa…

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July 26, 2022

3M Experiential Storytelling at Events and Sponsorships - Collin Hummel, episode 75

  Collin Hummel, 3M’s Senior Manager, Global Strategy Group unpacks 3 recent clever experiential brand storytelling examples. Turning a pro football stadium purple, 3M Open comeback after COVID, and Women’s Final Four r…

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July 12, 2022

Sleep Number's Award-Winning Customer Loyalty Community - Lisa Erickson, episode 73

  What makes Sleep Number’s customer loyalty and engagement community award-winning? How this billion-dollar U.S. retailer uses storytelling to engage and activate their current customers to drive repeat and referral business…

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June 7, 2022

Data Storytelling Advice with Dr. Jillian Ney & Sarah Panus, episode 71

    How can brands better leverage data AND empathy to improve brand storytelling plans?  Sarah chats with Dr. Jillian Ney to share advice about how to become a Content Investigator for your brand.   THIS EPISOD…

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May 31, 2022

Blog Content Marketing Strategy Ideas, episode 70

    Sarah breaks down blog content marketing strategy. How to think about the value of your company’s blog. Ways to scale and repurpose blog content. Your blog’s role in the attracting and engaging clients, and ex…

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May 24, 2022

Customers as an Extension of Your Marketing Team - Anna Tutckaia, episode 69

  Your customers are influencers. How the company, ManyChat, taps into them as extension of their Marketing team. Create business-driving benefits after the purchase.   THIS EPISODE AT-A-GLANCE Why are brands overlo…

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May 17, 2022

Use Social to Drive Lower-Funnel Conversions - Hannah Acosta, episode 68

  How your company can use social media to drive lower-funnel actions and conversions like website traffic, leads, and more from social expert, Hannah Acosta. Going beyond social engagements of likes, comments and clicks.   …

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May 11, 2022

TikTok Marketing For Business - Austin Armstrong, episode 67

  TikTok Marketing mini-masterclass for businesses.  How your company an use TikTok to market your business with expert Austin Armstrong.   THIS EPISODE AT-A-GLANCE Why should a business consider TikTok? Advic…

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April 12, 2022

Benefits of Having A Brand Podcast, episode 64

  Should your brand have a podcast?  Is the podcast audio space oversaturated?  Sarah shares recent podcast growth and user stats + the opportunity your brand has to engage your customers 20+ minutes every week.   …

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March 8, 2022

Sarah's 3 Brand Storytelling Pillars, episode 60

  Inside peek at how a brand storytelling strategist outlines her own company's 3 storytelling pillars. What they are. How she selected them. Inspiration to refine your own storytelling pillars for more focus and better results.&nb…

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March 1, 2022

Think "Weird" to Improve Business - CJ Casciotta, episode 59

  Sought after speaker, author, TEDxalumnus, and creative studio owner, CJ Casciotta joins Sarah to dive deeper into his book and real-life business results he’s seen helping teach businesses to embrace their “weird&r…

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Feb. 22, 2022

5 Steps to Empathy with Rob Volpe, episode 58

  What are the 5 steps of empathy and how do they apply to your business and personal life. Author and CEO, Rob Volpe joins Sarah Panus to break down empathy on this episode of the Marketing With Empathy podcast.   THIS …

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Feb. 8, 2022

3 Components of Trauma Sensitive marketing with Laura Larios, episode 57

  How nervous system coach and consultant, Laura Larios, teaches marketing & sales pros how to understand their audience to increase client retention, referrals, and sales. Good for leaders, employees, teammates, and results.&n…

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Jan. 4, 2022

Humanize Your Brand Through Storytelling - Susan Frech, episode 53

  “We're seeing a shift with people trusting brands more than they trust the media. And it didn’t always used to be that way. It’s a great opportunity for brands, and is why I believe brands are the new Editor-I…

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Dec. 7, 2021

Establish a Personal Brand Throughout Your Career – Paige Arnof-Fenn, Mavens and Moguls, episode 51

  “I hope by the end of today’s discussion you understand how powerful and important it is to build your own personal brand because if you don’t take charge & you don’t own up to what your brand is, …

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Nov. 30, 2021

From So What? to So Funded: How Nonprofits Use Storytelling - Lisa Gerber, episode 50

  “It’s the very stories we suppress, that are the things that help us stand out.” Lisa Gerber on the Marketing With Empathy podcast   EPISODE DESCRIPTION Entrepreneur and Author, Lisa Gerber, joi…

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Nov. 23, 2021

From National TV Anchor To Brand Storyteller - Heidi Collins, Storybones Media, episode 48

  How Heidi Collins' experience as a National TV News Anchor prepared her for creating brand videos. Journomarketing, what’s working well, advice when growing your video plans, + inside scoop on Sundance for brands. …

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Nov. 16, 2021

Part 2 - BTS of Deluxe's Emmy-Nominated Brand Reality Series - Amanda Brinkman, Deluxe Corp, episode 47

  Part 2 – Deluxe Corp. Chief Brand and Communications Officer, Amanda Brinkman, shares more about the brand’s Emmy-nominated reality series: Small Business Revolution. What’s next, learnings and measurement. &…

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Nov. 9, 2021

Part 1 - BTS of Deluxe's Emmy-Nominated Brand Reality Series - Amanda Brinkman, Deluxe Corp., episode 46

  Part 1 – Deluxe Corp. Chief Brand and Communications Officer, Amanda Brinkman, joins to share behind-the-scenes of what it took to create their Emmy-nominated reality series now in its 6th season. + advice for brands, team …

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Oct. 26, 2021

What I Learned During Summer Podcast Content Test, episode 45

  After making a strategic decision to pause publishing new podcast content for two months to spend more time with her kids, Sarah tested a repurposing content plan. This episode recaps her learnings (good and bad), implications and …

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Oct. 19, 2021

Blog & Email Storytelling Excellence - M.M.LaFleur, Caitlin Abber, episode 44

M.M.LaFleur’s Brand Editor, Caitlin Abber, joins Sarah to share the inside scoop on their high-quality email newsletter and The M Dash digital magazine brand blog. Best-in-class brand storytelling examples you need to know about.   &n…

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Sept. 21, 2021

BTS of TD Bank Stories Site & Podcast - Chad Mitchell, episode 42

TD Bank’s Head of Content & Digital Platforms joins Sarah to share a behind-the-scenes look at their new TD Stories content site, and brand podcast journey.     TOPICS DISCUSSED DURING THIS PODCAST EPISODE The recently la…

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