

Business of Story
Park Howell, Brand Story Strategist
The Business of Story helps sales and marketing leaders excel through the stories they tell. Hosted by Park Howell, known as The World's Most Industrious Storyteller, this popular weekly show is ranked among the top 10% of downloaded podcasts internationally and is the #1 Business Storytelling Podcast according to Feedspot. #StoryOn!
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Jul 3, 2023 • 40min
#418: How to Use the Story Cycle System™ to Make Your Presentations Vastly More Persuasive
Park Howell, the founder of The Business of Story, walks you through how you can easily use the 10-step Story Cycle System™ to create compelling presentations by simply answering a few questions about your audience. Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. #StoryOn! ≈Park

Jun 26, 2023 • 1h 14min
#417: How to Reel In Your Audience With Your Stories
Steve Multer, Chief Storytelling Officer and author of Nothing Gets Sold Until the Story Gets Told: Corporate Storytelling for Career Success and Value-Driven Marketing shares how to develop the audience-speaker relationship to build trust and move people to action. Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. #StoryOn! ≈Park

Jun 19, 2023 • 57min
#416: See More Sales by Revealing Your Storytelling Blind Spots
Connie Whitman, CEO of Changing the Sales Game, best-selling author and host of the Changing the Sales Game and Enlightenment of Change podcasts, explores how prospects and clients receive our messaging impacts our business results. Their perception of our stories and conversations becomes our reality. Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. #StoryOn! ≈Park

Jun 12, 2023 • 1h 5min
#415: How to Position Your Brand as The First, The Best, or The Only
Isabelle Mercier, co-founder of LeadZone Strategies, and Equine-Guided Strategist, Margarita Romano, co-authors of Sitting on the Fence: How to Love Without Limits, share the three storytelling ingredients you need to position your brand as The First, The Best, or The Only. Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. #StoryOn! ≈Park

Jun 5, 2023 • 59min
#414: Why Belief is at the Heart of Every Effective Business Story
Julie Ciradi, mindset and performance coach, founder of IGNITE Her Coaching and host of IGNITE Her Mind Podcast, shares how belief is the cornerstone for all of your effective storytelling and story living. Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. #StoryOn! ≈Park

May 29, 2023 • 1h 7min
#413: How to Build Brand Purpose and Profits With Your Business Storytelling
Jim Stengel, President/CEO of The Jim Stengel Company, author of Unleashing the Innovators: How Mature Companies Find New Life with Startups, and Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World’s Greatest Companies, shares how you can use business storytelling to grow your brand purpose and profits. Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. #StoryOn! ≈Park

May 21, 2023 • 49min
#412: Seth Godin: The Story Behind My New Book, The Song of Significance
Seth Godin, marketing guru and author of 20 best-selling books, joins me to discuss the inspiration behind his new book, The Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for Teams. Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. #StoryOn! ≈Park

May 15, 2023 • 1h 15min
#411: With No Struggle, There is Neither Story Nor Success
Gregory Shepard, a 20-year startup veteran and serial entrepreneur with 14 liquidity events under his belt, two of which were sold as part of a $925M transaction that won 4 Private Equity awards for transactions between $250M-$1B, shares how to leverage your struggles into success. Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. #StoryOn! ≈Park

May 8, 2023 • 56min
#410: How ESPN’s Social Media Team Uses Storytelling to Score Big Time
Mitchell Clements, Social Media Creative Manager for ESPN, shares how the sports giant uses storytelling in their social media to compete in the highly-competitive sport of communications. Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. #StoryOn! ≈Park

May 1, 2023 • 50min
#409: How to Become a Positively Prolific Storyteller
Brock Swinson, writer of Creative Screenwriting Magazine, author of Ink by the Barrel: Secrets From Prolific Writer, and host of the Creative Principles podcast, shares tips on how you can overcome writers block and other time-sucking activities to become a prolific storyteller in your business. Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. #StoryOn! ≈Park


