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Mapping Local Essentials: Being the Business that Grows, Sells, or Markets the Beans

Moz

Include everything you can think of that human society requires, from water and food, to skills of all kinds, with an emphasis on long-term sustainability. For example, in my community, we make too much alcohol for the residents to drink and don’t grow enough food for them to eat. Crosscheck demand via keyword research tools.

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Rock Your Content With These 7 Songwriting Secrets

Content Marketing Institute

Songwriters are storytellers. And if you’re a content marketer, you’re also a storyteller. Storytelling structure. Writers know strong stories capture audiences and bring concepts to life. Writers know strong stories capture audiences and bring concepts to life. Billie Jean also follows this storytelling structure.

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How to Use Metaphors to Engage and Encourage Readers

ProBlogger

They add a layer of richness, making you a better storyteller overall. They help make concepts appear more real and tangible to us and thus we are better able to digest certain concepts (note the metaphor in this sentence too!). Writing a blog post is likened to Eminem’s storytelling and rapping techniques.

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Scene, Summary, Postcard: 3 Types of Scenes in Commercial, Upmarket, and Literary Fiction

Jane Friedman

Skilled storytellers use and balance different types of scenes within a single narrative. Let’s break down each scene type and the best storytelling practices related to them. It might convey a specific concept, such as character development, the evolution of a relationship, or the passage of time. This is a postcard scene.

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8 Exposition Examples to Add Life to Your Writing (+ Definition)

Smart Blogger

For example, poor health is a by-product of low income, where health is suffering due to inadequate funds to afford healthier foods. For example, making fresh food accessible to low-income families to better their health. The “Show, Don’t Tell” Concept Explained. Flashback Exposition. Exposition Examples in Literature.

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Content Marketing Trends From the Start of 2023

ContentWriters

Using AI-driven tools like robotic process automation (RPA) gives marketers time to dedicate their energy to other areas, such as crafting concepts or examining competitive spaces and industry trends for further insight. These digital elements shed a whole new light on the art of storytelling.

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5 Tried-and-tested Strategies I’ve Used to Grow to 30K LinkedIn Followers

Buffer

So, I often talk about engineering concepts like agile and sprints and sprinkle them across my content to highlight my past experiences and build a sense of familiarity with my audience.  Or, when I think of creating resonance-first content and storytelling, I think about Jay Acunzo.