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Short stories, proof points, & engaging experiences that convince people to take action.

Selling is not easy, but short stories can help. You might need a 20 second elevator pitch or a multimedia, customer success story. We help you find your best stories, tell them, and bring them to life with one-of-a-kind, convincing customer experiences.

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Dome home and 1950 Dodge truck in Sherrill, Iowa

Tell. Show. Try.

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How do you convince someone to buy your product, service, or point-of-view? Tell them a short story.

Then prove what you said was true. And if you can, give them a chance to experience it for themselves.

Tell. Show. Try.

Stories are emotional. Proof tempers emotion with logic. Great experiences can turn both emotion & logic into commitment.

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Stories make it real

My wife and I built our first house - a 33' geodesic dome home.

Building the Dome Home
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Imagine you’re interviewing for a job. The recruiter says “Give me three words that describe you.”

Your answer might be “Well, I’m creative, resourceful, and perseverant.” Then the recruiter pauses, looks at you, and says “That’s interesting; give me an example.” How do you respond? Tell her a short story: “You might enjoy hearing about how my wife and I built our first house back in Iowa – a geodesic dome home.”

Stories are everywhere

On the Isle of Capri: 3 taxi drivers talking.

On the Isle of Capri
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If you have 20 seconds you can tell a short story. Take a few more minutes and you can bring it to life with characters, plot, challenges, and a success. Neuro-scientists have shown that while we like to hear facts, our minds crave narrative explanations. Stories shape who we are and who we will be.

As American poet Murial Rukeyser said – “The Universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”

Stories are hard to forget

Bank of America logo

You decide to tell the interviewer another story. This one is about how on a Sunday morning in Dallas you helped close the sale of 180,000 Cisco IP telephones to Bank of America in 10 minutes. Weeks later, what will the interviewer remember? Facts from a resume – like job titles, departments, and dates? Or will she remember the story about your best sales success? Stories last long after facts have faded.

Convince people to take action

Diagram: a simple, easy way to sell

Every sale has four phases: find a customer with a problem, educate them, ask for their business, then build a long-term relationship.

Our focus is on the second phase: helping you educate your customers.

First, have a plan. Second, tell your story. Third, prove what you said was true. Fourth, provide an engaging experience. Last, make sure they’re completely satisfied.

Tell your story

Buddy in front of a bookcase holding a microphone

Planning & satisfying your customer are important steps, but lets look at telling your story. Maybe it’s a one sentence elevator pitch. Maybe a short success story. Sometimes the story behind the story – your backstory – is most convincing. Product, service, or point-of-view: it doesn’t matter.

People want to hear your story. If life threw you a challenge, did you give up? Why not? You are the sum of your experiences; sometimes sharing a few personal ones can be a good thing – like Who am I?

Show proof

iPhone: R0de Rec audio recording app for IOS

When you hear a good story, you might respond with a skeptical “Really? Prove it; give me the facts.” Facts make a story believable. Want to make it really believable? Have someone else – like a customer – talk about how you helped them. Capturing audio or video as someone re-tells their story has never been easier or more affordable. Everyone has a few great success stories worth sharing. Why not find a couple and put them to work?

Try it

Two tin cans and a string

“Tell someone there’s a million stars in the sky & they’ll believe you. Tell them there’s wet paint on the park bench and they’ll need to touch it to find out.” By nature, we need to touch, to smell, to hear … to engage something before we really believe or really understand. You don’t need to recreate a Disney experience to WOW your prospect. Sometimes the most simple, low cost experiences can be the most convincing.

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Joe Harmon's all wood super car: Splinter.

Splinter: all wood supercar
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Everyone and every thing has a story. Whether you’re selling a product, service, or point-of-view – we can help find the stories that make you special. Together we’ll craft them into flexible narratives, easily adapted to fit when, where, and how you need to deliver them.

Contact us. It’ll cost you nothing. And if you don’t like how we’ve helped you, then that’ll cost you nothing as well. That’s our promise. Let’s talk.

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Virlie’s Grill

The menu at Virlie's Grill in Pittsboro NC

The menu at Virlie’s Grill in Pittsboro NC

On a Friday night at Virlie’s Grill in downtown Pittsboro, you might find yourself picking up the menu and getting ready to order some chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes, greens, and sweet tea for supper.

From the minute you walk in the door, you can tell this place is a hometown diner.

A rather stout fellow, mid 60’s, comes up to the girl at the cash register and orders a piece of pecan pie with vanilla ice cream. “Why Larry, is that all you’re having tonight?” Larry nods & starts to shuffle to his favorite booth in the back.

There’s the farmer in the freshly pressed, checkered shirt & the white straw cowboy hat. Chores are done. He’s waiting on his 14 oz. ribeye steak, making small talk with Gina the waitress, telling her about how he & his late wife raised four kids on the farm just north of town.

Virlie’s is that kind of place. Every time I’ve been there Kane – who is just about the friendliest, most hard working guy you’ll ever meet – has waited on me. As I put down the menu & gave him my order I noticed the story on the front cover. “Is Ms. Virlie your great-grandmother?” I ask Kane.

“Oh no …” he replied, and started to describe his relationship to Virlie Pickel. To be honest, my attention was on the menu and the description of Virlie’s kitchen: “… a local gathering spot where everyone was welcome for good food and conversation.”

Yup, that’s Virlie’s. I can’t wait to try the chicken-fried steak. Everything in this place just smells so good.

Story by: Doug Foster
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