Lucy BlanchardHead of UK Marketing, Ayming

21st February 2017

The Importance of

Storytelling in Marketing

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Biography

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Storytelling: what’s the big deal?

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Context

The media landscape is changing

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Step 1

What are your objectives?

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Step 2

Know your audience

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The most important question…

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Attract, engage & disseminate

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Step 3

What are your key messages?

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Step 4

Bring your messages to life

Quotes & Third Party Validation

Back Stories

Images

Info-graphicsStats

& Data

Benefits

€173m group

turnover in 2015

Quotes

20,000+ clients

worldwide

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Step 5

Tell your story in a number of ways

Infographics

‘Soundbites’

for social

Videos

PR

Blogs &

Articles

Events,

webinars,

presentations

Direct

Marketing

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For example…

Infographics

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For example…

Diffusing large content into smaller pieces

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Step 6

What does success look like?

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Step 7

Make your content & communications work harder

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Checklist

What are your objectives?

Understand your audience

Identify your key messages

Bring those messages to life

Tell your story…

Regularly

In a number of ways

Across multiple channels

What does success look like?

Repurpose, recycle & re-use!