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Michael Hauge of www.storymastery.com works with people who want to change lives and make more money, by telling compelling stories. He is one of Hollywood’s top coaches and story experts and has worked on projects starring (among many others), Morgan Freeman, Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise and Reese Witherspoon.
In this episode, Michael shares the storytelling formula you can apply to any of your copy in a way to encourage prospective clients to stay engaged with what you have to say and more importantly, take action and engage your services.
Go to Michael's website and on his home page, you'll see a recent video of him and Will Smith, chatting about what makes a story great. Will Smith!
Michael also coaches entrepreneurs and business owners on using story to transform the lives of their audiences, clients and customers.
Imagine if… every time you blogged or created copy for your website and marketing, you could instantly motivate and inspire your audience, and potential clients and customers to take action.
You can, with Michael's simple 6-Step Success Stories formula – which I discovered after recently purchasing his book – Storytelling Made Easy. Michael says, if we follow his simple storytelling formula, you’ll be able to attract more clients by giving them their own emotional experience.
Here’s some more of what we cover in the interview:
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I think a story about how that photograph came into being would be valuable in the same way some way footage of the making of a moview would be helpful. – Michael Hauge
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What is your big takeaway?
Following this interview, I’d love to know if you're taking anything away from what Michael shared. Is there something you heard that excited or motivated you to the point where you thought, yeah, I'm going to do that! If so, let me know by leaving your thoughts in the comments below, let me know what your takeaways were, what you plan to implement in your business as a result of what you heard in today's episode.
It's okay to combine things, adjust things. Just don't pretend you did something that you never did. – Michael Hauge
If you have any questions that I missed, a specific question you’d like to ask Michael or if you just want to say thanks for coming on the show, feel free to add them in the comments area below.
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In iTunes by family photographer Bradenton Florida, Tracy Wicklund from the USA on June 25, 2018
Seriously the best photography business podcast out there.
If you want to improve your business this is the podcast for you…from IPS to marketing to personal projects impacting business to how to optimize your website and everything in between this podcast will walk you through the why and the how!
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In iTunes by Cheshire wedding photographer, Andy Lumley from the UK on June 28, 2018
As newbies in the wedding and portrait photography business, I have found Andrew's interviews and insight invaluable. It has made us reflect on all that we have done in the last year and a half and take the marketing and business side of the business by the horns and start wrestling it properly!!
I started as a free listener but the content is soooooooo good that it was a no-brainer to become a premium member. Pick out some interviews, listen and you will see what I mean.
Thanks, Andrew, and keep up the great work!!
Links to people, places and things mentioned in this episode:
Story Mastery 6 Steps E-book download page
Storytelling Made Easy: Persuade and Transform Your Audiences, Buyers, and Clients — Simply, Quickly, and Profitably by Michael Hauge
Thank you!
Thanks again for listening and big thanks to Michael for coming on and sharing so much about his thoughts on the business of storytelling and how anyone, including photographers, can apply the principles of great storytelling to attract and compel prospective clients to take action.
Everybody who writes screenplays has to understand that you’ve got to tell your story in a way that’s gonna get butts in seats, that’s gonna make people wanna come and buy a ticket. And I think a lot of times writers either forget that or wanna ignore that, they feel like thinking about commercial prospects is somehow selling out or is gonna diminish their project and so on, and I don’t believe that’s true at all. – Michael Hauge
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That’s it for me this week, hope everything is going well for you in life and business!
Thanks and speak soon
Andrew
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