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Persuasive Writing: How to Harness the Power of the Story
Most people love stories for entertainment-we go to the movies to watch stories, we read novels before bed, and we share our own stories with friends. But aside from the entertainment value, storytelling is a powerful marketing and selling technique that you can use for business-related writing projects. And by understanding how stories work, you can engage your readers and teach them with examples that illustrate your ideas.
Writing Dialogue That Speaks Volumes
If you're writing fiction or even true crime or a memoir, you need to understand the basic structure of dialogue, and how to make these speech patterns stand out and come alive. Expert dialogue is writing that speaks volumes through its characters or narrator.
Dare to Dream and Dream BIG
It is said that every person has at least one good story in them! Some people are gifted to have more than one. Do you know a future writer – someone who dreams of writing fiction, poetry, or short stories? Maybe that future writer is…you! If you dream of writing, then why not write? Why not Dare to Dream…and Dream BIG?

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What The Media Wants
The media wants stories, not products, not services, they want good interesting stories. So, give them what they want.
If something is getting you down, find out what you can learn from an old donkey!
A friend told me some time ago that his granddad used fables and stories when he was a young lad to get him to understand things that might otherwise have been difficult for a youngster to take on board. He said that what he’d learned from them had stayed with him ever since and still made utter sense. This short story is from him and it's about an old farmer and his equally old donkey…

A South African’s Homemade Paraglider
Most of the stories on AfriGadget are stories of work-based ingenuity. However, every once in a while you get an incredible story about someone who creates an amazing do-it-yourself “fun” item.

Gratitude, Purpose and the Wisdom of Pooh
Food for Thought in three short stories about Gratitude, the Purpose of Life and a bit of Wisdom from Pooh.

Writing an Effective News Release
Newspaper and television reporters should not be approached the same way when it comes to press releases. The two mediums face different time constraints and deadlines with their stories, which will dictate how long or short you should make your pitch.

Busting The No. 1 Social Media Myth: The Real Secret to Explosive Online Marketing
YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace…. What do all these stories have in common? They all received massive amounts traditional media coverage, which is what really broke the stories. Online media can spread like wildfire, but without the serious clout of mainstream media coverage, online stories generally remain an Internet phenomena. Without traditional media attention, the Internet can create success stories - but not stars.

Persuasive Writing: How to Harness the Power of the Story
Most people love stories for entertainment-we go to the movies to watch stories, we read novels before bed, and we share our own stories with friends. But aside from the entertainment value, storytelling is a powerful marketing and selling technique that you can use for business-related writing projects. And by understanding how stories work, you can engage your readers and teach them with examples that illustrate your ideas.
Global Branding Starts Here
Telling memorable stories about your customers’ real-world experiences can build your credibility, add moxie to your sales/marketing and luster to your brand. Stories are readily available to any business that has satisfied customers-and that means every viable business on the planet. You can adapt customer stories to a variety of business needs, for instance by tailoring their length and details to fit different venues and audiences.

More Mileage from Branding
Let’s say your online business-or your local business with an online presence-has some really strong customer stories. Where can you place these stories on the Internet to enhance your brand, boost credibility and support your sales and marketing? There are numerous online ways to use customer stories. You could try any or all of these:

StorySelling “How to Write Mini User Stories”
Why: Use mini user stories, with the right sales message, so that your salespeople are able to sell value and differentiate your offering instead of pitching product and reducing price. Mini User Stories: Make the stories short. Use only one constraint per story otherwise you risk flooding the Buyer with too much information. Make the Buyer the Hero of the Story: Many Customer Stories make the company out to be the hero who rode in on their white shinny horse to save the Buyer.

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