#169: How to Clarify Your Message and Grow Your Business
Apr 8, 2024
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Learn how to clarify your marketing message and boost business growth with the StoryBrand framework. Discover the key elements missing from your website, the questions your marketing must answer, and the power of narrative marketing. Get actionable strategies to make your business thrive!
Clear and compelling messaging is essential for effective marketing and business growth.
Positioning customers as heroes and businesses as guides in a narrative story can engage and convert customers effectively.
Deep dives
The Power of the StoryBrand Framework in Marketing
The StoryBrand framework, created by Donald Miller, helps businesses effectively communicate their story and message. By focusing on the seven key elements of a good story - character, problem, guide, plan, action, and stakes - companies can create compelling and clear marketing collateral. Narrative marketing has been proven to be the most effective way to reach customers and is applicable to all types of businesses, ensuring a cohesive and influential message.
Key Elements of a Good Story in Marketing
Every good story involves a character who faces a problem, meets a guide, receives a plan, and takes action, leading to potential success or failure. In marketing, businesses should position customers as the heroes and themselves as guides, inviting customers into a story where their needs are met. The StoryBrand framework provides a blueprint for creating clear, engaging, and customer-centric messaging.
Maximizing Website Effectiveness
A common mistake on websites is the lack of a clear call to action, with 70% of small businesses lacking this crucial element. Websites should clearly state what they offer and guide visitors on the next steps to purchase. Additionally, clearly articulating how the product or service benefits customers can significantly improve website effectiveness and conversion rates.
Harnessing the Power of Email Marketing
Email marketing remains highly effective, offering a substantial return on investment compared to other marketing channels. Despite concerns about its relevance, email engagement is high across various age groups, making it a valuable tool for reaching and converting customers. Leveraging email as a lead generator by providing valuable content in exchange for email addresses can significantly boost marketing effectiveness.
Needing to clarify your message so more customers engage? Register for our upcoming StoryBrand Marketing Workshop May 7-8, 2024 at StoryBrand.com/Workshop. In this virtual workshop you will learn directly from Donald Miller and Dr. J.J. Peterson how to create a clear message and walk away with a 5-part marketing plan to help boost revenue and grow your business. Register now at StoryBrand.com/Workshop.
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Every savvy business owner knows that marketing is the key to survival, and your online presence is one of the most important parts of your marketing plan. It can turn casual browsers into buyers, and buyers into long-time customers. But you won’t build that loyal fanbase if your message is unclear or inconsistent. On top of that, you could end up wasting a lot of time and money on marketing that doesn’t work. So how clear is your current message, and how can you make it better?
In this episode of Business Made Simple, guest host Dr. JJ Peterson (host of Marketing Made Simple) and podcast producer Bobby Richards answer your questions about building your business through effective messaging and lead generation. They’ll reveal the key things missing from your website that are costing you money and the 3 questions your marketing MUST answer to be significantly more successful. You’ll also discover the 7 basic elements that make your marketing story more powerful. Tune in and get actionable strategies to clarify your message and make your business thrive!
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