Valerie interviews Jarie Bolander, a Certified Story Grid Editor, on using storytelling to market books and grow businesses. They discuss transitioning to authorpreneurs, combining writing skills with business acumen, and crafting compelling narratives for marketing success. The podcast emphasizes building reader relationships and engaging audiences through storytelling.
Authors need to embrace marketing and sales to grow their audience, similar to running a business.
Effective storytelling is crucial for engaging audiences and building brands in both writing and business.
Deep dives
The Author as a Business Person
Authors, like entrepreneurs, create products and seek success through marketing and sales. While entrepreneurs understand the need for marketing and sales to achieve success, authors sometimes struggle with this concept. Authors need to overcome the notion that their work alone will sell itself and recognize the importance of marketing, PR, and sales in growing their audience, similar to running a business.
The Power of Storytelling in Marketing
Effective storytelling plays a crucial role in marketing, with the ability to engage audiences and build brands. Crafting compelling narratives is essential for authors and businesses alike as it helps captivate and retain consumers' attention. Sharing stories that resonate and connect with audiences is key to successful marketing efforts, highlighting the significance of storytelling in conveying messages and building brands.
The Mindset Shift to Business Ownership
Transitioning from a creative passion for writing to treating writing as a business requires a significant mental shift. Authors need to embrace the role of business owners in promoting their work and engaging in marketing activities. Viewing writing as a business endeavor involves understanding the necessity of self-promotion and marketing to reach a broader audience, emphasizing the strategic mindset required for long-term success in the writing industry.
Crafting a Compelling Narrative for Your Business
Developing a succinct and engaging narrative for one's business or brand is essential for attracting and retaining audience interest. Creating a narrative that showcases the unique aspects of one's offerings and addresses the problems it solves is crucial for effective storytelling. By focusing on the beginning hook of the narrative, individuals can effectively communicate their value proposition and capture the audience's attention to generate further interest and engagement.
How can writers use the storytelling skills we already have, to market our books and grow our businesses? This week, Valerie interviews Jarie Bolander, a fellow Certified Story Grid Editor who helps business owners tell better stories about who they are and what they do.
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