#86: The Reason Most Businesses Fail (SUMMER REPLAY)
Release Date: 08/24/2026
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#90: All Marketing Has to Follow these Four Rules
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How do you know if your marketing is going to work? Most people fly by the seat of their pants: they rely on a gut instinct or a general consensus, but those aren't actually very reliable. They're certainly not worth risking the future of your business on. Before you put out ANY message for your business (a post, a tagline, a header) you need to make sure they follow the Four Rules of Messaging. Based on years of experience, centuries of storytelling, and successful for literally thousands of businesses, the Four Rules of Messaging keep your messaging from complicated, confusing,...
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#89: If You Are a Marketer, You Need This Tool
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If you're a marketer, it's incredibly hard to actually show your value. That's not right. But if you use a StoryBrand Messaging Canvas you prove your value instantly by showing your client or boss your entire plan on a single page. The Canvas is a story framework from bestselling marketing author Donald Miller that makes sure your marketing stands out from the crowd and actually grows business. ---------------------- If you ever wonder why some marketing instantly grabs your attention while the rest gets ignored, know that it's not about luck. It's not about a bigger...
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#88: Build a Personal Brand to Beat the Trust Recession with Laura Higgins
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#87: Building a World-Class Accelerated Learning Brand with Jim Kwik
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How would you build a world-class brand around a niche, somewhat intangible service like accelerated learning? Jim Kwik has done just that. Jim is a speaker, podcaster, and bestselling author ("Limitless"), who's become a world-class voice in cognition and accelerated learning. He's worked with Google, Harvard, Nike, Oprah and Elon Musk to name a few. But Jim isn't just a brain expert: he's also an excellent communicator and loves distilling his message into short, powerful statements his community calls "Kwik-isms". In this week's episode, bestselling author Donald Miller sits...
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#86: The Reason Most Businesses Fail (SUMMER REPLAY)
The StoryBrand Podcast
Most businesses are losing sales in the first few seconds, not because the offer is weak or the product is bad, but because the message feels like work. When people have to stop and decode your language, they don't lean in. They leave. And if confusion is costing you customers before the conversation even starts, how do you fix it fast? In this week's episode, Donald Miller explains why confusion is the real reason businesses stall and how zero cognitive load messaging helps customers buy. He breaks down the "curse of knowledge," why people say "I'll think about it," and the 3...
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#85: The Way You're Talking about Your Business Isn't Working (SUMMER REPLAY)
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In this episode bestselling author Donald Miller gives you a full masterclass on the StoryBrand framework so you can stop confusing customers and start winning more sales. Don breaks down the 7 sound bites that make messaging land every time, why the brain buys to survive and conserve calories, and how to position yourself as the guide with empathy and authority, and even gives you time to actually get the work done. You'll also get a one-liner exercise you can use at parties, pitches, and on your homepage. Listen in to get the clarity you need to create clear messaging that...
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#84: How to Talk so People Like You (SUMMER REPLAY)
The StoryBrand Podcast
Every conversation is shaping your future. The way you show up affects whether people trust you, remember you, recommend you, or just move on. Connection isn't a soft skill on the sidelines of success. It's what opens doors. When people feel rushed, ignored, or talked at, they pull back. But when they feel heard, valued, and understood, they lean in. Trust starts to grow, and that trust can change everything from team culture to client relationships to sales. So how do you become more magnetic without sounding fake, forced, or overly polished? This week, Donald Miller shares a simple...
info_outlineMost businesses are losing sales in the first few seconds, not because the offer is weak or the product is bad, but because the message feels like work. When people have to stop and decode your language, they don't lean in. They leave. And if confusion is costing you customers before the conversation even starts, how do you fix it fast?
In this week's episode, Donald Miller explains why confusion is the real reason businesses stall and how zero cognitive load messaging helps customers buy. He breaks down the "curse of knowledge," why people say "I'll think about it," and the 3 questions your messaging must answer in seconds. This episode gives you a simple framework to clarify your message so customers engage, trust you, and take action.
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If you ever wonder why some marketing instantly grabs your attention while the rest gets ignored, know that it's not about luck. It's not about a bigger budget.
The marketing that works follows just a few simple principles that make it easy to understandable, memorable, and impossible to overlook. That's why StoryBrand has a free guide.
The Four Rules of Messaging PDF will teach you those principles and in just a few minutes you'll have a simple but powerful framework for improving every message you create from your website and emails to your ads and sales calls.
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