Don’t bother me with the facts

June 21, 2007
By John Koetsier

“People do not care about facts, they care about stories.”

Was just reading Eric Enge’s interview with Seth Godin, and that little tidbit resonates. It resonates strong.

It explains a lot about media and their stories, it explains a lot about successful and unsuccessful marketing, and it explains a lot about good presentations versus bad presentations.

The challenge: deliver the facts you need others to need wrapped in a story that is too compelling to tune out.

[tags] seth godin, interview, eric enge, john koetsier, marketing, facts, stories [/tags]

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2 Responses to Don’t bother me with the facts

  1. modifoo on June 21, 2007 at 11:52 pm

    Recommended watching: “Wag the Dog

  2. [...] They have the means to pay for any type of ad strategy, but it seems that the problem is at the core of Microsoft. Stories are much more interesting than facts. [...]

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