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When you are sharing complex ideas and addressing challenges and needs that your audience can identify with, the long form can communicate..

Does a story exist if there’s no one listening? At bare minimum, a story requires two people. For both parties there must be an exchange of value that makes it work. For the storyteller, an engaged listener validates the story with their attention. For the listener, their attention is rewarded with a great story. This is the first rule of storytelling: 1. You must grab the audience’s attention. It seems like a basic no-brainer, but if you don’t follow this first rule, you’ll

Shine Creative puts brands in the context of human experience through video storytelling. YES. STORYTELLING. The marketing buzzword that has worn out its welcome like an extended stay from your in-laws—sucking up the oxygen long after there’s nothing to talk about. 'Storytelling' popped up a few years ago as an old but new way to fire up your marketing communications using ancient human wisdom that had been handed down for millennia. Storytelling brought cultures together and

Every brand is built from the belief that something can be done better. We all want to change the world, for better or for worse. For some companies, that passion lives in their culture and sometimes finds its way to the customers, and they go, “Oh! This brand really gets me.” For example: 'I’m Brand X and I make wireless charging solutions. I see a world where people are free to navigate their lives without the hassle of recharging their devices. My product solves a technica

After eight solid years of eating, sleeping, and drinking the 'brand video/storytelling' kool-aid, we are super psyched at the opportunity to share our thoughts and experience with it all. Next week, on August 15, OUTSPIRE 2018 launches a full day of talks and networking centering around branding best practices at the personal and business level. In the words of the OUTSPIRE team (lead by event and wedding planner/designer extraordinaire Stephanie Bradshaw) 'What sets this ex