Stories are currency. They travel, persuade and differentiate. They speak to who we are and what we value. Sometimes the best stories require us to get naked - metaphorically speaking, of course. That means [...]
Crapendectomy. One silly, made-up word caused quite a stir this week. I was asked to provide a webinar to an organization recently. They invited me and, by extension, my voice. My *authentic* voice. There [...]
Humor is about as human as you can get. It is one of the best ways to connect with an audience as well as increase your return on joy. Who doesn't want that?! I dusted [...]
I’ve always joked that marketing is a not missionary position! There is truth in comedy. Marketing is about preaching to the already converted. Your job is to attract people who believe what you believe. Too [...]
Attached are my notes for the two product storytelling sessions at Product Camp Silicon Valley 2013. Product-Camp-handout-2013_Kathy-Klotz-Guest Would love to hear your thoughts! Email me at kathy@keepingithuman.com
There is a big difference between customers and advocates. Advocates are the passionate fans that talk about you and, by doing so, scale your marketing efforts. They are your best and most important marketing [...]
I am a marketer. I am also an improviser. That means I am also a storyteller. Like improvisation, all great marketing is ultimately storytelling. Before I threw myself (slightly kicking and screaming) into improvisation, [...]
This post is part II of II. To read part I, click here. Truth and authenticity. Truth makes compelling comedy. Great comics talk about what they know - the good, bad, and ugly. Hacks [...]
Comedy and marketing have much in common. Well, comedy is marketing, really. And some marketing is pretty comical, intentionally or not. Comedy is a priceless education. In addition to 20 years in marketing, my many [...]
Marketing is about the story you tell your customers, and the stories they tell about you. If there’s a big gap between who you say you are and who customers say you are, you [...]
I wrote and posted this article well over one year ago. I find that it has become even more important! In fact, I just had this same conversation three times this week! As a result, [...]
Webinar Video: Keeping B2B Marketing Human!
Stop Messaging and Start Storytelling! Kathy will be giving a workshop on humanizing your products with stories on May 18th at Techmart in Santa Clara for the Silicon Valley Product Management Association.
A new era of executive communications is here, thankfully. Move over sound bite-spewing CEOS. Fragmented media compete for increasingly divided customer attention. The decline of trust in corporations combined with the increasing volume and complexity [...]
Keeping marketing human means your core story is never about you, your technology, or your products and services. As Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, states, you must think bigger than what you do. In the [...]
Executive communications is an area undergoing rapid change. The best communicators have the uncanny ability to connect with their audience on such a visceral level that we hang on every word. They don’t just communicate; [...]
Think Un-Product I was waiting to see the movie, “Lincoln,” last weekend when the this “trailer” played in the theater. “Oh no,” I thought, another cliché movie about finding love and missed connections, literally and [...]
Kathy co-facilitated a Stanford class on Play on October 13. It was a blast. Check out my crown!
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