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  In the age of social media, many companies are selling themselves with company stories. From social media platforms to the Internet and even traditional media, companies are in fierce competition using their company stories as an instrument of war.
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In the marketplace, there seems to be so much noise about who offers the best products or services. There is a brand war out there. In the existing fierce competition for visibility, you need to break through the noise, build your voice and elevate your brand. Getting the right attention from your audience is a great way to generate leads and boost business revenue. Nearly all your competitors have a great brand story they sell to the audience. Hence, it is expedient that you craft a better company story to outdo their competitors and keep your audience entertained. In this article, I am going to show you four strategies for creating great company stories that can make your brand rise above the noise.
  1. Employ The Services Of A PR Firm

Employing the services or working with a PR (public relations) agency helps craft brand stories. PR agencies are experts in polishing brands and they are strategic communicators.  They are champions of defining and drafting organization messaging, constructing narratives and formulating company stories that resonate with a client’s target audience. PR companies can comprehend the media terrain and have the connections that can get their clients in front of the right journalists and industry influencers. Hiring a good PR company to define your company stories can help you stay above the noise and remain relevant in the industry.
  1. Target The Audience(s) That Matches Your Company Stories

Not all audiences can be inspired by your stories. This is why you must target the right audience that can relate to your company stories. It is necessary to understand their audience’s values, motivation, wants and needs. Concentrating on target audiences at a granulated degree is vital to telling brand stories that build connections and keep people fascinated. Crafting and narrating company stories that your audience find personal is the first step to staying at the top of the market noise. The second step is reaching out to them. Finding out how to reach them is the second. That pertains to deducing what the target audience is giving attention to, reading and watching. Having this knowledge is significant to developing, tailoring and pitching company stories that are appropriate and engaging — two criteria that help journalists understand the value of the story to the audience.
  1. Develop Compelling Company Stories

The next is drafting compelling stories that are powerful and can boost brand stories. A feature of a good story has a human element, which provokes emotion or connects to a wider industry trend. Further, you can also use data to give context to emerging trends to reveal something new and have your audience gain clarity.
  1. Build Relationships

Another way to stay above the noise is to build profitable relationships with appropriate media stakeholders and PR agencies. Building relationships with journalists who write stories about companies’ stories can be very profitable for your company brands. Further, you can reach out to influencers who can help you best sell your company stories to a larger audience. Featured Image Source: Inc. Magazine
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This article was first published on 21st January 2022

nnaemeka-emmanuel

Nnaemeka is an academic scholar with a degree in History and International Studies from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He is also a creative writer, content creator, storyteller, and social analyst.


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