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About the author |
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Foreword |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction: The science and art of storytelling |
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1 Brand storytelling: What is it? |
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The power of storytelling |
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Your brand mission and the story arc |
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The Robin to Batman effect |
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Design thinking applied to storytelling |
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Finding your story's universal truth |
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3 The magic (and magic tricks) in storytelling |
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Magic trick 1 Don't just define your story setting. Find it |
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Magic trick 2 Visual elements are not a nice-to-have; they are a must-have |
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Magic trick 3 Shape your brand assets to help you tell the story |
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Magic trick 4 Keep your conclusion inconclusive |
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4 IMC Reimagined: Building an integrated marketing plan with story |
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Incorporating brand storytelling into your IMC plan |
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Reimagining the brand message |
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Identifying your design (not just target) audience |
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5 The brand story hero: Put your customers at the heart of your brand story |
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Non-obvious trends in customer-centricity |
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Steps to unveiling your brand story hero |
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6 If story is magic, vulnerability is the magic wand |
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Vulnerability in storytelling |
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7 Ethics in storytelling: When to use your secret weapon |
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The importance of ethics in storytelling |
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8 Immersive storytelling: Exploring the story experience |
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What is immersive storytelling? |
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Immersive storytelling trends |
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9 Your best brand storytellers: Employees and influences |
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Building a storytelling army |
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Designing the story persona |
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Employees and influencers: The good, the bad and the ugly |
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10 Marketing (actually, testing) your brand story |
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Story concept testing ground rules |
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11 Benchmarking your brand story |
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Main indicators for benchmarking story |
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Leveraging existing metrics |
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12 Villains and antagonists: The bad guys who want to tear down your brand story |
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Why villains and antagonists? |
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Attack mode: training internal stakeholders |
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13 The future of brand storytelling: How AI, machine learning and automation can tell only one side of the story |
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The race against the machines |
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14 Inspire your brand story: Interviews with leading storytellers around the world |
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Interview with Dux Raymond Sy, CMO of Avepoint |
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Interview with Luz Maria Doria, two-time Emmy winner and Executive Producer of TV show Despierta America |
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Interview with Derek E Baird, writer, social media expert and youth culture trend spotter |
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Interview with Greg L Witt, youth marketer and public speaker |
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Rapid-fire questions with Cindy Coloma, bestselling author and storyteller at Microsoft |
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Rapid-fire questions with Park Howell, advertising industry veteran and owner of Business of Story |
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Rapid-fire questions with Candy Rasmijn-Reino, marketing and PR agency owner |
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Rapid-fire questions with Dona Sarkar, author, fashion designer, engineer and principal manager of Windows Insider Program at Microsoft |
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Further reading |
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Index |
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