Skip to content

Professional Storytelling and Strategic Communication Perspective Blogs

Read WordWrite’s blog for expert takes on all things storytelling. Start exploring the importance of strategic communication and expand your knowledge to drive results for your business!

Digital storytelling goes authentic, thanks to Chipotle’s Scarecrow

In the classic film, The Wizard of Oz, a motley crew of a tin man, a cowardly lion and a scarecrow join forces with a girl from Kansas for an adventure that reminds us that, at..

GE’s Digital Storytelling Strategy Makes a Turbine The Hero

At WordWrite Communications, we often talk about the difference between advertising and public relations—the overall ineffectiveness of most ads and why we believe Story should..

Gary V: Why storytelling matters in business and social media

On stage and online, most savvy business leaders know him simply as Gary V. In real life and in business, those who know his story best know him as Gary Vaynerchuk, serial..

Marketing for B2B Companies: Outbound is Out

If you are considering a marketing and advertising plan for your B2B company, forget everything you think you may need—a glossy brochure, a four-color ad in the paper and trinkets..

The Red Cross: Why authentic storytelling beats traditional marketing

One of the most intriguing and powerful examples of storytelling is now underway on the Internet and beyond, thanks to the American Red Cross.

The science that proves the effectiveness of storytelling in business

For several years now, marketers have been trying to convince business leaders around the world that storytelling is a great way to sell more, engage employees and build..

Storytelling, John Wanamaker and fixing marketing communications

"Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half." - Legendary department store magnate John Wanamaker

Can We Learn Marketing and PR Tips from Real Housewives of Reality TV?

I admit it. I watch reality shows. If there is a housewife in a city or an attractive 20-something looking to find love, you will most certainly catch me watching one of their..

Will It Blend? With fluent storyteller Tom Dickson, yes!

When a skeptic tells me that a business-to-business company can’t sell using social media, I flip over to YouTube and demonstrate one of the greatest social media storytelling..

The PR Debate: Old School vs. New School PR

Until social media came along, the public relations field had remained relatively unchanged, save for the technology used to identify reporters and distribute press releases. Now,..

The value of trust: Stephen Covey’s lessons for Penn State

The passing of values guru Stephen Covey and the announcement of stiff NCAA sanctions against Penn State football share more than the coincidence of timing. Covey’s July 16 death..

The Three Points to Have a Story Worth Telling

New times sometimes call for new, (and sometimes not so new) approaches. In the never-ending pursuit to communicate effectively, managers and marketers alike are making “new”..

What Carl Jung teaches us about contemporary PR

Few psychologists (save Freud and Benjamin Spock) have had as wide an impact on popular culture, and in turn, business communications, than Swiss psychologist Carl Jung..

The Immediacy of Social Media: Are Expectations Too High?

Some areas of “new” media (or what others call “immediate media”) are widely altering how “news of the day” is followed and understood. Having made strong impact as real-time,..