From Visual Storytelling to Visual Marketing: The Undeniable Bigger Trend
OK, a little warning is appropriate here. This is a blog post where I slightly get out of my comfort zone because I am actually going to tell you a story.
Before you go all mellow and zap away, bare with me for a second. Just listen to me for a while, and you’ll begin to see a much bigger trend currently happening in marketing. Using a few brilliant examples I’ll explain the bigger trend behind visual storytelling, and how it should transcend to become part of everything you do in your marketing.
What follows is a true story, but don’t tell me I didn’t warn you: I am not the best storyteller.
So here goes nothing… Read more 
Why do your press releases look like cheap Chinese replicas ?
Do you wonder why your target audience is not reading your press releases? Are your press releases filled with company jargon and brand names?
Are you writing about how good your products and your company are?
With some simple tips your can easily make them really impactful to your business…
As I mentioned in a previous post, your buyers want to hear how we solve their problems, in their own words. And whenever you write, yes also in official PR, you should try to avoid industry jargon or company jargon. Some examples of words that are overused are groundbreaking, industry-standard, cutting-edge, flexible, revolutionary, market leader, cutting edge, state-of-the-art… This is commonly known as the “gobbelybook” as first touted by David Meerman Scott.
Other classics are:
- Streamline your business processes
- Achieve your business objectives
Let’s test your press releases
I realized this when I was comparing a press release of 2 competitors both active in the same industry and going for the same market: you can easily replace the names of your own products with products of the competitor, and the name of your company by the name of the competitor, and there you have it: you now have a press release from your competitor. Do not get me wrong, the press release of your competitors are not better. They are most probably worse ;-).
Let me test something with you: just stop reading this document for a moment, and check your website for some of your own press releases.
