Marketing Communications

Learn how to tell a good story with Your Story, Well Told! Jam-packed with some of the best storytelling strategies, this manual gives creatives the confidence bump they need to make the sale, land the client, propose a toast, or impress their date. The following is (not) a work of fiction. We've all got stories to tell - but how do you make your story the best story? In Your Story, Well Told!, The Moth veteran Corey Rosen inspires you to get on stage and tell your story.

With Winning Moves: Body Language for Business you can learn to present a new and enhanced super-you to people, prospects, customers, and leads. You can learn to spot and decode nonverbal signals, and handle indifference, skepticism, objections, or hostility. In Winning Moves: Body Language for Business you will find real world techniques that will improve your power to listen, to convince, win new clients, expand your sphere of influence, augment your attraction, and beef up your bottom line.

At the root of all creative expression is a deep, inborn, and very human desire to be heard and understood. Ask yourself this simple question: why write at all? Once you've managed to answer this question for yourself, you'll have found something that will be incredibly valuable to your writing career, wherever it takes you: your purpose. Tapping into the deep roots of why you are compelled to write at all is a brilliant way to unlock your true motivations and your ultimate reason for writing.

Welcome to Comic-Con: where the future of pop culture comes to life. Every summer more than 130,000 comic fans, gamers, cosplay enthusiasts, and nerds of all stripes descend on San Diego to mingle with the top entertainment celebrities and creative-industry professionals in an unprecedented celebration of popular culture in all its forms.

Three short years ago, when Chris Brogan and Julien Smith wrote their best seller, Trust Agents, being interesting and human on the Web was enough to build a significant audience. But now, everybody has a platform. The problem is that most of them are just making noise. In The Impact Equation, Brogan and Smith show that to make people truly care about what you have to say - you need more than just a good idea, trust among your audience, or a certain number of fol­lowers.

Each of us pitches ideas every day. Sometimes we sell our ideas to a small room full of skeptical colleagues. Sometimes we pitch to a boss, or a board of directors, a new organization, or for the contract of our dreams. Regardless, it all boils down to the act of stirring someone to join you - to agree to follow you. Yet we consistently underestimate how critical it is to recognize the needs, spoken and unspoken, of the decision maker. Decisions are made by people, and people have needs and agendas.

In this entertaining collection of real-life stories, Dave Trott applies his crystal clear lens to define what genuine creative vision looks like. It is problem solving, clarity of thought, seeing what others do not see, and removing complexity to make things as simple as you can. The timeless lessons revealed here can be applied in advertising, business, and throughout everyday life. By seeing things differently, you can think differently, and change the world around you.

People have been talking about selling the same way for years. They might use different phrasing, but they’ve been saying the same things. “Don’t take no for an answer”! “Always be closing"! “You’re either born to sell, or you’re not". Well, guess what, times have changed. You don’t have to sell like that anymore! And no, you don’t have to be born with “the sales gene”. Anybody can succeed in sales, and better yet, everybody will find more success by being themselves.

Recent changes in the book industry have afforded new authors the opportunity to self-publish with relative ease. Yet, for newcomers to the industry, publishing a book is still a daunting task. Write It Right: The Guide to Self-Publishing Your Best Book provides both aspiring and seasoned authors with a road map to success. The following questions are answered in the book: * What are ten great reasons to self-publish? * What are ten of the greatest challenges to self-publishing? * What is the primary reason you are writing your book? * How do you determine your book’s topic or subject ...

Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey into the world of theatre production? The stage is set for you to tap into your creative spirit and drive like never before. Introducing "PRODUCING MADE SIMPLE," a comprehensive guide tailor-made for aspiring producers, writers, actors, and seasoned professionals alike. Dive into a treasure trove of essential methods that empower you to efficiently produce captivating small to medium-sized stage productions. This is your opportunity to breathe life into the artist community and invigorate the theatre scene. Discover professional producing ...

This groundbreaking book offers extraordinary insight into the greatest mystery in sales: how the very best salespeople consistently and successfully influence change in others, inspiring their customers to say yes.

Charm is good business. It can increase your income, boost your status, and establish and maintain your reputation. Most businesspeople don't fully understand the concept of charm. It ought to be a reflex, a conditioned response, to "turn on the charm" when dealing with customers, clients, associates, and employees, but it isn't. Charm draws customers. Charm gets noticed. But charm is only partly innate. Much of it is learned.

Merging research and real-world application, this insightful guide reveals what really drives decisions and introduces listeners to the persuasion equation - a powerful combination of factors proven to speed agreement.

This may be the most important book you will ever hear. Whether you're an up-and-coming manager full of ambition and ideas, or an independent entrepreneur with big dreams of your own, you need to master the art of the perfect pitch. Why? It's your one opportunity to present yourself to potential clients or employers - your one chance to make a positive first impression, sell your personal vision, and, ultimately, close the deal. And sometimes, you only have three minutes to do it.

Like it or not, professional relationships are impacted - positively or negatively - by the ability to communicate. Customers are won or lost, employees are encouraged or demotivated, professional networks are expanded or extinguished - all by how well we communicate. We Need to Talk reveals key strategies to help you build trust, win respect, and sidestep common minefields when communicating gets critical.

Need a crisis? Pick one. If you’re a PR professional working in a corporation, startup, small business, or nonprofit, you’ll have to deal with a crisis. When. Not if. Are you prepared to deal with the media? Hold a press conference? Prepare speaking points for the CEO? Give media training? Get a handle on your brand and keep the facts front and center?

Unleash the power of words to sell.It's easier to attract potential customers and persuade them to buy when you understand your audience and respect the nuances of language. Discover how to select tone, details, imagery, numbers, facts, verb tenses, punctuation, pronouns and more to create rapport and inspire an opt-in, an inquiry or a sale.

Run With Foxes is a blistering, must-listen collection of real-life stories from this fascinating world, revealing the messy reality of decision-making in marketing and the secrets of making better decisions. Breaking open marketing triumphs and disasters with brutal honesty, as well as sharing exclusive first-hand interviews with some of the world’s most respected marketers, this is the ultimate insider’s guide to being a better marketer.

Both persuasion and manipulation are methods of convincing people to do something, to get them to react favorably to your ideas, or to change their thinking to match yours. These techniques are based on principles of human action and interaction. Although the two are similar to some extent, they follow different styles, and their results are usually different. Both forms of manipulative psychology use the art of interpreting body language and communication to make your personality more appealing to others.

Storyshowing is an instruction manual for making connections. Storytelling has been shown to be one of the most effective methods of persuasion, motivation, and inspiration, yet the disconnect remains - you're still only telling. To truly influence people, you need to go deeper than that - you need to show them your story. By inviting your audience in, you connect on a much deeper, more emotional level; you bypass the brain and connect at the root of what it means to be human, leaving a profound impact on their entire outlook.