
Authentic Storytelling That Delivers - Sonja Jacob - Hard Corps Marketing Show #015
No BS was permitted in this episode that investigates the impact of conversational marketing with the epic storyteller & creator of a viral video Sonja Jacob, Content Strategy Team Lead at Drift!
Ascertain how storytelling with a narrative upgrades your content, how to use a sociological lens with marketing, why your voice matters in content, and the myths that get smashed to bits!
Takeaways
The content machine is not built overnight nor by one person; encourage a team effort to create & share content!
Personality + voice = differentiation in content
AI can help marketers & sales be BETTER
Talk in your content like you would one to one; third person is impersonal!
Create opportunities to listen to prospects through sales & marketing
Know what the greater narrative is in your storytelling
Use personal references
Back it up with data
Provide context
Links
Twitter: @sonja
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonjajacob
Drift: https://www.drift.com/
HYPERGROWTH 2018: https://hypergrowth.drift.com/#
Entrepreneurs can change the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6MhAwQ64c0
No BS was permitted in this episode that investigates the impact of conversational marketing with the epic storyteller & creator of a viral video Sonja Jacob, Content Strategy Team Lead at Drift!
Ascertain how storytelling with a narrative upgrades your content, how to use a sociological lens with marketing, why your voice matters in content, and the myths that get smashed to bits!
Takeaways
- The content machine is not built overnight nor by one person; encourage a team effort to create & share content!
- Personality + voice = differentiation in content
- AI can help marketers & sales be BETTER
- Talk in your content like you would one to one; third person is impersonal!
- Create opportunities to listen to prospects through sales & marketing
- Know what the greater narrative is in your storytelling
- Use personal references
- Back it up with data
- Provide context
Links
- Twitter: @sonja
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonjajacob
- Drift: https://www.drift.com/
- HYPERGROWTH 2018: https://hypergrowth.drift.com/#
- Entrepreneurs can change the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6MhAwQ64c0
Creators and Guests

Host
Casey Cheshire
CEO & Founder of Ringmaster Conversational Marketing. Casey Cheshire is a marketer, serial entrepreneur, and adventurer. He has been in EO for close to 10 years and counts his relationships as a key reason for his continued success. Casey’s passion for podcasting led to him founding Ringmaster Conversational Marketing. Ringmaster helps B2B businesses launch podcasts that drive growth and revenue. Previously, Casey founded and ran Cheshire Impact for 10 years. It became the top Salesforce Pardot marketing automation solutions partner in the world before a successful exit in 2021. He is also a US Marine Corps Veteran where he served in the Infantry and deployed to some very hot climates. In his free time, Casey likes to skydive, climb mountains, and pretend to be a hungry bear for his two kids.