Branding Deep Dive with Ahmed Cheema

54. Startup Storytelling with Seth Erickson

April 03, 2023 Ahmed Cheema Season 1 Episode 54
54. Startup Storytelling with Seth Erickson
Branding Deep Dive with Ahmed Cheema
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Branding Deep Dive with Ahmed Cheema
54. Startup Storytelling with Seth Erickson
Apr 03, 2023 Season 1 Episode 54
Ahmed Cheema

Today we’re talking to Seth Erickson. Seth is the Chief Mischief Maker for Storify Agency. Storify helps you understand the neuroscience and psychology of storytelling which has led to massive success for small and large companies. Seth also has a  bestselling book ‘How to Hack Humans’ which has received 2 awards and shows businesses the secret method used to get the most ADHD customers to pay attention. He’s on a mission to reduce the massive startup failure rate and create a positive change in the world by empowering companies to communicate more effectively.

In this episode we dive deep into why its so important to understand storytelling as a business, how to create content your customers will want to binge, how to use emotion in your storytelling, and much more. 

If you feel like your business isn’t telling stories effectively, this episode is a must listen. 

Key Lessons:

  1. Understand your brand archetype, don’t just use humor because you’ve seen another brand use humor
  2. Get people to binge your content by using open loops - give people a cliffhanger at the end of each piece of content so they always want more

Links: 
Storify Agency: https://www.storifyagency.com/
How to Hack Humans: https://amzn.to/3U6jTpY


Show Notes

Today we’re talking to Seth Erickson. Seth is the Chief Mischief Maker for Storify Agency. Storify helps you understand the neuroscience and psychology of storytelling which has led to massive success for small and large companies. Seth also has a  bestselling book ‘How to Hack Humans’ which has received 2 awards and shows businesses the secret method used to get the most ADHD customers to pay attention. He’s on a mission to reduce the massive startup failure rate and create a positive change in the world by empowering companies to communicate more effectively.

In this episode we dive deep into why its so important to understand storytelling as a business, how to create content your customers will want to binge, how to use emotion in your storytelling, and much more. 

If you feel like your business isn’t telling stories effectively, this episode is a must listen. 

Key Lessons:

  1. Understand your brand archetype, don’t just use humor because you’ve seen another brand use humor
  2. Get people to binge your content by using open loops - give people a cliffhanger at the end of each piece of content so they always want more

Links: 
Storify Agency: https://www.storifyagency.com/
How to Hack Humans: https://amzn.to/3U6jTpY