What the F* Is Storytelling, Actually?
Emily Ebert Emily Ebert

What the F* Is Storytelling, Actually?

A business owner once asked me if storytelling makes money. The honest answer: a blog post won't move your topline, but narrative will. Narrative strategy is the system that makes intangible value perceptible — and increasingly determines whether B2B companies command pricing power or get outcompeted. Here's why.

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Fake or Cake? AI, Corporate Storytelling, and Writing as Empathy
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Fake or Cake? AI, Corporate Storytelling, and Writing as Empathy

I am building a business around what I'd call my superpower: the ability to write in a way that makes people feel. A storytelling agency that uses written narratives to connect employees, prospects and investors to even the driest and most complex of topics on a human level.

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A World Without Pink Algorithmic Bias Explained
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A World Without Pink Algorithmic Bias Explained

Our moms are our biggest superfans.

I’m talking standing ovations at the school play, a closet full of goodies procured at the school fundraiser, and what may as well have been recurring ads in the local newspaper to broadcast our college acceptance letters, first jobs, and first promotions

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Mom, Inc.  The Exploitation of Postpartum Anxiety
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Mom, Inc. The Exploitation of Postpartum Anxiety

I research AI quite a bit (writing a Substack about AI will do that). Which means, in turn, that my Instagram feed is inundated with a prolific variety of ads asking me to part with $2.99 a month in return for an app that promises to teach me AI skills that will: “Make me the next AI millionaire” (seems like a decent ROI), “Be a top job candidate” (a little less decent, still more than 10x), “Stay relevant over the age of 40” (how quickly we fall).

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