How to Increase Sales with Storytelling

DateNovember 8, 2011
CostFree

Say, what's your story? Do your customers know who you are, why you do what you do, and what makes you different, better or more interesting than your competitors?

They should! Your story is the foundation of your brand. A strong brand elevates your business above the competitive fray and into the minds and hearts of consumers. It makes making the sale easier.

The art of storytelling can help you:

  • deepen the impression your brand makes

  • connect with customers

  • improve customer service

  • inspire employees

  • impress investors and partners

  • bolster your business

Whether you are an entrepreneur or solo-preneur, learn how to get better buy-in by effectively telling a structured and engaging story about your business. Analyze what makes a good story and how businesses use stories to achieve their goals.

You know what a great brand is: that feeling of integrity, character, quality, effectiveness, and reliability. Small business or solo-preneur: your brand matters. But how do you build a brand that is compelling and engaging? Nothing can beat the impact and appeal of a good story to convey what YOU stand for.

In this webinar, Alan Siege will:

  • explore the power of stories and their ability to transform ideas, attitudes, and even beliefs

  • describe how companies use stories to recruit, retain, and train staff and employees

  • tell you why YOU should invest in your own story

  • give you ways, as a manager and leader, to use storytelling immediately

  • demonstrate how stories can work for your business


Who Should Attend?
  • Solo-preneurs

  • Freelancers

  • Small business owner


Instructor

Alan Siege, CEO/Owner, Small Business Management Consulting

Alan Siege, CEO/Owner of Small Business Management Consulting, which focuses on small firms. SBMC helps companies increase profits by improving the way they tell their business story. He has been featured in NY Newsday, CrainsNewYork, American Express OPEN, Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, and Good Housekeeping. He is an instructor for the NYC Department of Small Business Services Entrepreneur Boot Camp, a Kaufman Foundation Certified Facilitator for its FastTrac programs offered by NYC, as well as an adjunct Professor at the Center for Continuing Education and Workforce Development at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, and the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at New York University.