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STORYSTACKThe Role of Narrative and Story Telling in Your Startup & How it Can Lead to Your Getting Media Coverage
September 10, 2014
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WHO’S HERE?
• Need 3 volunteers / 2 minutes each
• What’s your story?
• What makes you interesting?
• Who’s had media coverage?
• Where do you think you need to be covered?
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PRESENTATION
• Live on www.alanweinkrantz.com blog & Slideshare
• Ask questions….I’m not here to “lecture…”
• Based on belief sets, principles, and experimentation
• Real world examples
• Premise based on your doing much of this yourself - and as a team…
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ABOUT
• Tech PR / Branded Journalism
• 30+ years…. been through major shifts & cycles
• 20 years back and forth to Israel
• U.S. and Israel
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TODAY
• Learn about the role of narrative and story telling for your startup
• Take-away five steps you can apply through the end of 2014
• Build a body of work that will contribute to your being discovered
• How it can help lead to media coverage
• Add a layer of value to your brand
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A huge, global volume of startups…. all vying for attention in the media
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Just get us some press…
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Do you have the right contacts in the media to get us a huge story in….. ?
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We have a huge (and important) announcement next week and we need to be covered everywhere….
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_____ is on our Advisory Board….our team came from the IDF….we have the most disruptive technology in the
history of man-mind….we are going to be the Google of
______, etc….
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I heard that if you _________ with journalists, it’s a sure way to get__________. At least that’s what a friend of mine at another start-up did….and got
covered in ______…
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Our space is very unique, and unless you have relationships
with media in the ____ sector, how can you help us?
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There’s always a story behind the story, and what it took to get there….
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ALAN’S PRINCIPLES OF “GETTING PRESS”
• Listen
• Build a sustainable body of work
• Pitch - with expectations
• Keep listening and contribute to your ecosystem
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LISTEN…
• Identify the writers, bloggers, analysts who you think matter
• Come up with 15 - 20 as your target and assign the founders the responsibility to tune in, read, and just listen…
• Share your insights with the team on what they write about, say, issues they cover, what they could be missing, and most of all, where you can help them.
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A BODY OF WORK
• Depends on what you are doing… use common sense
• Social, of course,
• Blog is best.
• Helpful content. Not self-promotional.
• Write to help the media discover you and be an authoritative source…”thought leader…”
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PITCH - EXPECTATIONS
• Introductory email
• Various ways to “pitch”
• Meeting and following up at conference is a good way
• Commenting on articles can help you be discovered
• Not every pitch sticks
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As story tellers you have the opportunity to add a massive layer of value to your startup
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What’s Branded Journalism?
The art of applying story telling and building narratives to support and
reflect a brand’s values…
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Having a body of work separates your startup… all vying for attention
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The new tools of building your startup
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Technology Stack LAMP Java
Python OpenStack
Ruby AWS
Rackspace Microsoft
IBM / Softlayer
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StoryStack
Blog YouTube Instagram Twitter LinkedIn
SoundCloud FaceBook
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WHY
• Builds a new type of defensible position
• Your body of work helps you define who you are
• Media can discover and cover you
• Can lead to new types of unexpected deal flow
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StoryStack
Story
Narrative
Voice
Engagement
Discovery
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STORY
• Sets the stage for the heart and soul of your company
• Builds and expresses culture
• Attracts customers, partners, media, etc
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NARRATIVE
• Connected events
• Gluing your story together
• Ties your channels together
• Helps you express, connect and engage with your ecosystem
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ENGAGEMENT
• Lets you listen
• Give your customers / partners a voice
• Enables amplification of your story
• Which can lead to….
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WHAT’S YOUR VOICE ?
• Techie
• Fashion
• Sports
• Music
• Culture
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DISCOVERY
• An act of faith
• People are searching for you
• Let them discover you
• Find others
• Get discovered, covered by media
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content (curated,
contributed, posts)
socialcommenting
writing
Branding your startup with content adds a unique layer of value
Your Startup’s Voice
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BRANDED JOURNALISM EXAMPLES….
• News
• Content
• Story Telling
• Media
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EXECUTION…
• Agree to some basic milestones
• Don’t be afraid to write
• Don’t publish until you feel comfortable doing so
• Build out an editorial calendar
• Share the responsibility with your co-founders
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EXECUTION
• Decide on the outposts (channels)
• Allow 90 days to get the process going
• Use stock tools
• Your SmartPhone is a very powerful story telling platform
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SUGGESTED READING
!
• www.adweek.com/topic/branded-content
• www.digiday.com
• www.battellemedia.com
• www.ragan.com • all photos (except for The Beatles, BB King, etc) by me.
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LET’S CONNECT…
• SoundCloud
• YouTube