The C.U.R.E.

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These days, we all want to find the Holy Grail of low-cost marketing tools. Here’s one that doesn’t cost anything more than just a little added effort.

Recently, I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of nearly 100 non-profit professionals who wanted to know how to make their messages more impactful and memorable.

In essence, I told them to package their messages in the form of stories, which are easy to relate and plentiful in the day-to-day of most non-profit groups.

Here’s the C.U.R.E. I gave them for solving boredom, ineffectiveness and interference.

C is for credibility.

Any story that names names and has celebrity endorsement of some sort is going to make a bigger impact and give listeners and viewers permission to believe.

U is for unique.

Try and put a novel spin on your story by approaching it from a different point of view.

R is for relevant.

Your story should follow a “this is how it was, this is what happened, this is how it’s better” format. It should also demonstrate how the listener or viewer will benefit from whatever you’re asking them to do.

E is for easily repeatable.

The reason stories survive for generations and jokes get told over and over is because they’re easy to remember and easy to repeat. Make sure your story is rich, but simple.

Written by David Mace of letmaverick.com