Marketing With Empathy®
Marketing With Empathy® helps marketing and business professionals create content that drives better results. Host, and 20+ year content expert, Sarah Panus, helps you confidently create content strategies that connect with/help your audience driving YoY growth for your company and yourself. Top 5% of all marketing podcasts, and member of Marketing Podcast Network.
Insights on actual strategies and tactics you can use to connect with your own audiences; improve brand storytelling results; and grow your professional skills (i.e. the pep talks we all need). Think of it as a content marketing jam session mixed with chicken soup for the soul.
Themes: brand storytelling, content marketing, content strategy, storytelling marketing, consumer behavior, professional development, marketing, editorial content, StoryBrand, social media marketing, influencer marketing
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33. Creativity Corner: The 4-minute Brainstorm?
Can you actually have a productive brainstorm with others, in only 4-minutes? A technique I read about in Harvard Business Review shows how to do it, and when to use it. Sarah’s recap.
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32. Content Advice for Financial Institutions -...
Today we are niching down and getting into what content support looks like for financial institutions. What to think about when creating content, and how to find your niche audience.
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31. Using SEO to Inform Brand Storytelling – Ni...
SEO is Sarah’s favorite place to look for insights on what your audience is thinking and feeling. SEO expert, Nick Noble, joins Sarah to share tips for using SEO to inform empathy-driven brand storytelling. SHOW NOTES: INSTAGRAM:...
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30. Why and How to Use Storytelling on Your Web...
Copywriting expert, Corrie Myers joins Sarah to share ways you can add more storytelling across your website. SHOW NOTES: INSTAGRAM: SIGN UP FOR SARAH'S BRAND STORYTELLING NEWSLETTER: LEARN MORE at
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29. Ways to Use Customers In Your Influence Mar...
Is influence marketing right for your brand? Part 2 of Sarah’s influencer series, Sarah shares more about one of her 6 categories of influencers: your customers. Should you use them? How to use them? And why the data backs this up. SHOW NOTES: ...
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28. Using Data to Tell a Story – Shutterfly, Je...
What’s the insight that helps shape a great story and solve your consumer's problem? VP of Communications & PR at Shutterfly, Jennifer George Caligiuri, joins Sarah to share her experiences from Shutterfly, Headspace, Murad and The Wonderful...
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27. Are Your Mineral Levels Holding You Back in...
Functional Practitioner, Victoria Franca teams up with Sarah to discuss something you may know nothing about—but should. Sarah’s mineral health journey and the impact on your health and ability to thrive in your career. SHOW NOTES: ...
39 min
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26. Cambria's Pinterest & IGTV Storytelling - A...
Alyssa Greve, Director of Digital Content Marketing at Cambria Surfaces, joins Sarah to discuss ways to tell stories across Pinterest and IGTV; two powerfully visual platforms.
25 min
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25. Sleep Number's Storytelling Evolution- Lis...
VP of Media and Digital Activation at Sleep Number, Lisa Bailey, goes down memory lane with Sarah to discuss their brand storytelling evolution the last 10+ years. Together, Sarah and Lisa have worked with Sleep Number more than 32 years combined! ALL sorts of juicy goodness. How Sleep Number makes mattresses engaging.
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24. BONUS- Brand Storytelling Webinar Replay
In case you missed it, listen to replay of Sarah Panus’ Brand Storytelling webinar. Discussing why EFD is a BFD; the 5 Essentials Every Brand Storytelling Blueprint Needs; and details about Sarah’s new online course, Brand Storytelling Blueprint....
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23. Too Busy? Think About This.
What are you doing to advance your skills & stay competitive? Why feeling “too busy” isn’t doing you any favors, and a helpful way to quickly help your brand storytelling strategy work. SHOW NOTES: INSTAGRAM: ...
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22. Getting Alignment on Your Content Plan
Is there a better way to get alignment on your content plans inside your organization, and reduce push-back and multiple future revisions? Sarah’s advice to help.
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21. 9 Ways to Think Like a Brand Editorial Dire...
Wondering what else you can do to better organize and plan your brand storytelling strategy? Sarah Panus shares advice and insights after extensive research/experience across content marketing roles. JOIN the Brand Storytelling Blueprint mini-course...
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20. How to Increase Your Energy Levels, with Ca...
Energy Engineer, Caroline Milton from The Transformation Table, joins Sarah Panus to discuss habits to help increase your energy levels to help you thrive in your career and personal life.
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19. Influence vs. Influencer Marketing, with Ja...
What’s the difference between influence vs. influencer marketing? Social media, influencer and tech expert, Jason Falls, joins Sarah and shares excerpts from his new book, Winfluence. SHOW NOTES: INSTAGRAM: SIGN...
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18. 8 Favorite E-Newsletters for Creative Inspi...
Sarah shares eight of her favorite e-newsletters. What she likes about each of them, and how you can sign up if any sound interesting and creativity-inspiring to you.
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17. Micro and Nano Influencer Marketing — Kelly...
What brands should avoid to be successful with influencers; micro and nano influencers; paid social distribution; measurement & Kelly’s mistake you can learn from.
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16. All Things Video Storytelling with Emmy-Win...
Emmy-winning filmmaker, Jesse Roesler joins Sarah to discuss: Authenticity in storytelling; Documentary film; How to find great stories; When to use video; Components of emotional filmmaking; Power of music/sound; Brands as publishers & filmmakers; Best practices for brands partnering w/filmmakers.
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15. Power of the Words We Use
Can replacing the words you use to describe things improve your mood, reduce stress and increase productivity? Sarah shares advice on how to rephrase your words to have more positive outputs in life. SHOW NOTES: INSTAGRAM: ...
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14. Can the StoryBrand Process Help You Do Bran...
Using the StoryBrand process/framework to educate and inspire you to think creatively about your brand storytelling plans, with guest Katie Lantukh, of Murphy Marketing. SHOW NOTES: INSTAGRAM: LINKEDIN: SIGN...
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13. Non-Profit Video Storytelling Tips with Mar...
Why and how you can add video to your organization’s communications toolkit. Sarah's conversation with video storytelling expert and coach, Mary Knox Miller of Harvard Business School and owner of maryknoxmiller.com. SHOW NOTES: ...
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12. How to Be More Creative Using Boundaries --...
Want to be even more creative? Looking for inspiration in future content planning sessions? Deanna Cioppa, Director of Strategy Services at Contently, joins Sarah in this episode to discuss why boundaries are actually good for creativity;...
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11. 9 Content Marketing & Brand Storytelling T...
How can your brand incorporate these nine brand storytelling trends into your content strategy plans?
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10. Be Authentic With YOURSELF To Be Better Bra...
Joining Sarah is Heather Cmiel, APR, Global Marketing Communications Strategy Lead at 3M. Heather unpacks her years of experience at 3M, past agencies and organizations to share the idea that empathy and storytelling means you have to bring your most...
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9. Business Leaders: How to Prioritize Your Hea...
Self-care isn't selfish. It's necessary if you want to remain healthy and thrive in life. Ellen Leonard, CEO, Wellness Coach, Stress Management Consultant, Professor, Ayurvedic Practitioner and Podcaster, joins Sarah to share actionable...
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