
Business of Story
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!
Latest episodes

Jun 13, 2022 • 45min
#363: How to Use Storytelling to Create Authentic Buyer Personas
Jim Kraus, President of Buyer Persona Institute (BPI), shares how to use storytelling to truly understand what your prospective customer believes and values and what motivates them to buy your product or service. Explore Park's free and premium story building tools including his new book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand: http://bit.ly/StorytellingTools Like what you hear? Park offers online or in-person workshops, consulting and keynotes. Visit businessofstory.com to get in touch.

Jun 6, 2022 • 50min
#362: How to Avoid the Cost of Miscommunication
Abbey Lunney, Managing Director of the Thought Leadership Practice at The Harris Poll, discusses the findings of two recent studies that detail the cost of miscommunication costing American businesses $1.2 trillion annually. Explore Park's free and premium story building tools including his new book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand: http://bit.ly/StorytellingTools Like what you hear? Park offers online or in-person workshops, consulting and keynotes. Visit businessofstory.com to get in touch.

May 30, 2022 • 59min
#361: Ad Contrarian Bob Hoffman on Brand Storytelling
Bob Hoffman, the iconoclastic author/publisher of The Ad Contrarian newsletter discusses the few highs and dastardly lows of the advertising industry and the power of brand storytelling in this entertaining conversation. Explore Park's free and premium story building tools including his new book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand: http://bit.ly/StorytellingTools Like what you hear? Park offers online or in-person workshops, consulting and keynotes. Visit businessofstory.com to get in touch.

May 23, 2022 • 53min
#360: How to Use Storytelling in Your Influencer Marketing
Jason Falls, author of Winfluence: Reframing Influencer Marketing to Ignite Your Brand host of the Winfluence and Digging Deeper podcasts, shares how to use storytelling to ignite your influencer marketing success. Explore Park's free and premium story building tools including his new book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand: http://bit.ly/StorytellingTools Like what you hear? Park offers online or in-person workshops, consulting and keynotes. Visit businessofstory.com to get in touch.

May 16, 2022 • 53min
#359: How Body Language and Voice Skills Make Your Stories Sing
Richard Newman, author of the best-selling book You Were Born to Speak, and founder of Body Talk, discusses how to use body language and voice skills to create greater impact with your business and leadership storytelling. Explore Park's free and premium story building tools including his new book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand: http://bit.ly/StorytellingTools Like what you hear? Park offers online or in-person workshops, consulting and keynotes. Visit businessofstory.com to get in touch.

May 9, 2022 • 51min
#358: How to Use Storytelling to Recruit and Retain High Performers
Brad Smart, founder of Topgrading, Inc., author of six best-selling books on hiring, shares five common-sense solutions to hiring top performers to grow your business and how storytelling plays an important role. Explore Park's free and premium story building tools including his new book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand: http://bit.ly/StorytellingTools Like what you hear? Park offers online or in-person workshops, consulting and keynotes. Visit businessofstory.com to get in touch.

May 2, 2022 • 57min
#357: Which Personality Archetype Best Tells Your Brand Story?
Richard Gillingwater, managing director of Emotional Branding and founder of the brand mapping tool RADNB, explores the importance of defining the authentic character archetypes for your brand to enhance your business storytelling. Explore Park's free and premium story building tools including his new book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand: http://bit.ly/StorytellingTools Like what you hear? Park offers online or in-person workshops, consulting and keynotes. Visit businessofstory.com to get in touch.

Apr 25, 2022 • 45min
#356: Telling the Super Bowl LVII Story in Social Media
Jeramie McPeek, Social Media QB, founder of Jeramie McPeek Communications and head of social media communications for Super Bowl LVII (57) in February 2023 at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, shares how he keeps the premier sporting event’s story alive way before, during and after the big game. Explore Park's free and premium story building tools including his new book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand: http://bit.ly/StorytellingTools Like what you hear? Park offers online or in-person workshops, consulting and keynotes. Visit businessofstory.com to get in touch.

Apr 18, 2022 • 58min
#355: How to Leverage Brand Fiction for Real ROI
Jay Steinfeld, founder of Blinds.com and author of Lead From the Core: The 4 principles for profit and prosperity, shows you how to make your vision statement even more vibrant by telling a story of what the future looks like so your people can see and feel it for themselves. Explore Park's free and premium story building tools including his new book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand: http://bit.ly/StorytellingTools Like what you hear? Park offers online or in-person workshops, consulting and keynotes. Visit businessofstory.com to get in touch.

Apr 11, 2022 • 47min
#354: How to Fire Up Your Business Storytelling With Ignite Moments
JB Owen, CEO of Ignite empowerment publishing and known as “The Pink Billionaire”, shares how to find your ignite moments in your brand storytelling. Explore Park's free and premium story building tools including his new book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand: http://bit.ly/StorytellingTools Like what you hear? Park offers online or in-person workshops, consulting and keynotes. Visit businessofstory.com to get in touch.