THE POWER OF STORY, by Maury Rogow, CEO of Rip Media Group. Executives, Marketing and Engineers will all benefit by learning why your story is winning your losing you clients...and what to do to improve.
Tell me your favorite movie
Favorite super bowl commercial
Now: favorite powerpoint presentation.
WHATS THE MOST IMPORTANT STUFF YOU NEED IN A DIGITAL CAMPAIGN?
Stories matter, stories are compelling and interesting
I left my career
First Impression – in businesss…no one reads…so make it easy for people to know how you help
YOULL LOSE OR WIN CLIENTS
YOULL LOSE OR WIN THE BEST HIRES
Because everyone wants – more than money, more than title, everyone wants
YOULL LOSE OR WIN CLIENTS
YOULL LOSE OR WIN THE BEST HIRES
Because everyone wants – more than money, more than title, everyone wants
You have an amazing product. Work here. Work damn hard on your product.
You know what?
Who cares – no one.
They care about the story you tell.
After 15 years launching products in high tech – I moved to LA : Found myself on Deal or No Deal with Howie Mandel
Playing for 500k
Choose, gone, choose, gone, BANKER
$7500 go away - Good TV? Bring Grandma out west?
-- Want to know what I did - stay
Pick a brand you like. Pick a Freinds Kickstarter campaign. Pick your own product. Jot it down and tell me what you have.
Make decisions. Start now.
3 acts. Seen a comedian?
Win over. Self depreciating test new. Best w calls back.
Someone tell me a good movie they’ve seen recently
Throw some names out: Star Wars, Creed, Inside Out??
WHY IS STORY SO IMPORTANT?Its inside of our psyche Weve been doing this since The Chief chases the great bear, all the drama
THE ONLY GOAL is WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
We are programmed and driven to want to know what happens next
Cortisol built up - Need Dopamine to release it
Our subconscious responds to sight, sound, and story
It can not distinguish between real and pretend
Cortisol, stress…searching for endorphines and dopamine
Great minds have said before me:
If it’s a story = A FICTIONAL STORY = our memories hold on 7x longer
If you get it right, you get a copy of my book About how to launch a business
MPMan F10, manufactured by Korea's Saehan Information Systems and launched in March 1998
--- ONE WINNER: TOLD A BETTER STORY
APPLE
Now, by story, they lead the market
It’s a picture we can relate to AND SEE FOR OURSELVES
Does it work for smaller companies?
Met with a tiny company when there were 3 people at a restaurant
Stuck with them regular, updated, short form content: case studies, How To, and
At this point we relaunched them and have ongoing content
Talk about a tough market: B2B and B2G – LONG buying cycles, but are the clear winner
Does it work for smaller companies?
Met with a tiny company when there were 3 people at a restaurant
Stuck with them regular, updated, short form content: case studies, How To, and
At this point we relaunched them and have ongoing content
Talk about a tough market: B2B and B2G – LONG buying cycles, but are the clear winner
Client has tech that can scan and identify 247 countours of a human face
Do we want to battle a number? The competition said they can do 346 – WHO CARES
We need to set our own story, AND CREATE A MOOD
-- DO NOT NEED A HUGE BUDGET -
Can we agree:
Great product??
NO ONE CARES
Better story, everyone cares: Apple won bc they told stories of experience: 1000 songs in your pocket. Fun carefree smart. iPad
You have an amazing product. Work here. Work damn hard on your product.
You know what?
Who cares – no one.
They care about the story you tell.
Apple won bc they told stories of experience: 1000 songs in your pocket. Fun carefree smart. iPad
Your company will live or die based on how you use media
Its not your widget, its your story:
Apple, IBM, Cisco = better story of the future, of the experience
Overcome the fear, overcome the obstacle
Someone tell me a good movie they’ve seen recently
Throw some names out: Star Wars, Creed, Inside Out??
THIS IS ABOUT YOUR BRAND, YOUR PRODUCT (pull it back to brand)
Be all things to all people: RIGHT? NO
Are you selling diapers during Sunday Football?
Facebook – college campuses
Apple: Artists and creatives
Pattern interrupt
IBM STORY:
400k mistake
Getting fired
No. You got 400kin training
Differentiate yourself with EXPERIENCE
Not a list of features
Banker gave me a list of features: I wanted related to me– This guy I know Dan, with messy red hair, super nice guy, got a 5 mm loan from us turned his tractor business into a rental house and owns the market in Central California
START WITH WHY NOT the HOW
WIIFM
EMOTIONal content =
What happens to YOUR consumer if they do NOT buy your widget?
REAL? Or FOMO?
What you film for 10 hours goes into 1 minute
Do not take 3 minutes to say what 30 seconds can do for you
That lil guy has a longer attention span at 9 seconds than millenials at 7
who in one sentence can tell me what their company does?
TRY TO BUILD TENSION
DOES ANYONE WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED ON DEAL OR NO DEAL?
(Maybe play out my grandma had no idea what I do - but to see me on tv - that's a story for her!)
Leave them wanting more, don’t tell the entire story
Use a bit of mystery to your advantage
NAME A MOVIE YOU’VE WATCHED: Who did your root for?
Story says we root for people we empathize with
That has high stakes
THAT IS AN UNDERDOG
GE humble now
Our minds paint a picture if given the opportunity! We cant help it!
Do YOU really want BROCHURE AND FEATURES – or -
I know a business similar to yours Maury, run by a Texan, cowboy hat – needed to launch his brand – we lanched him with all the tools he needed on the marketing side – now owns 10 acres of land with a landing strip for his private plane
That’s true: Viance
Can you see the guy at all?
A BUSINESS LIKE MINE AND HOW THEY BENEFITED – I KNOW THIS GUY
Create a story we can connect with, something related to what we know… We are visual species whose minds work hard to understand by comparison
Too obvious, and your audience is not interested
Too obscure, no connection, and they are confused
Which, if any, of the rules spoke to you and do you think you can use?
Write them down on the little card
Guy starts a business. Does a video.
Increases business to millions. How. I'll tell you
WHATS THE MOST IMPORTANT STUFF YOU NEED IN A DIGITAL CAMPAIGN?
Stories matter, stories are compelling and interesting
I left my career
First Impression – in businesss…no one reads…so make it easy for people to know how you help