69: Sex, Intimacy, and Life Story Books
The Life Story Coach
Karin Jones believes sex and intimacy are a big part of our lives, and she challenges personal historians to gently explore this topic with their storytelling clients.
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68: Audio Life Stories with Gloria Nussbaum of Real to Real, Part 2
The Life Story Coach
Gloria Nussbaum of Real to Real, a personal history company that produces audio projects, talks equipment, prices, and more.
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67: Audio Life Stories with Gloria Nussbaum of Real to Real, Part 1
The Life Story Coach
Personal historian Gloria Nussbaum captures clients' voices and stories on audio recordings. She tells us why it's important and how she does it.
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66: Lisa Kagan of Family Heirloom Arts, Part 2
The Life Story Coach
Lisa Kagan talks about creating illustrated heirloom books for clients, and how other personal historians help her produce her books
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65: Workshops with Lisa Kagan of Family Heirloom Arts
The Life Story Coach
Lisa Kagan's workshops and retreats help people find their creativity, and help them find her personal history services.
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64: Write a Local Column to Market Your Business, with Lisa Lombardi O'Reilly
The Life Story Coach
Lisa Lombard O'Reilly of Your Stories Written joins us for a conversation about personal history. Listen as we discuss:
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63: Lettice Stuart, Part 2
The Life Story Coach
Personal Historian Lettice Stuart on how much her life story books cost, why strangers make better interviewers, more.
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62: Lettice Stuart of Portraits in Words
The Life Story Coach
Long-time Personal Historian Lettice Stuart shares her advice and insight on growing a life story business
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61: Family Legacy Video Founder Steve Pender
The Life Story Coach
Steve Pender of Family Legacy Video talks to The Life Story Coach about helping people create the personal history projects he does best: video biographies.
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60: Starts at 60 Founder Rebecca Wilson
The Life Story Coach
In six short years, Starts at 60 has grown to a platform with a million and a half visitors per month.
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David O'Neil founded Story Trust in 2007; several years later, he recognized the natural connection between life stories for individuals and stories that recount the history of a business. His most recent book was an outgrowth of an oral history conducted several years ago. With the upcoming centennial anniversary of the family's company, they reached out to him to create a book of memories, recipes, and memorabilia, with an initial a print run of 2,500 copies.
Early in the life of his company, David decided on a marketing strategy that revolves around networking. Listen as he discusses how he has turned networking breakfast meetings into referrals to new clients.
Links & Stuff
Find David and Story Trust here: https://storytrust.com/
View and excerpt from A Farm Grows in Concord: Celebrating 100 Years of Verrill Farm, the book David created for the family who own the business.
David recommends starting your networking efforts with your local Chamber of Commerce. Here are a few other groups mentioned: