You're not the main character

28 Jan 2023 · 1 min
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A brief marketing-advice video (YouTube) by Peter Vander Wall explaining a common mistake: businesses speak as if they are the "main character" in stories for their audience. The speaker recommends positioning the seller as a guide and the customer as the hero (using pop-culture metaphors like Obi-Wan/Luke and Gandalf/Harry) so messages become relatable and convert clicks/views into engaged, loyal customers. A selling-cars example demonstrates the point.

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