102: The Power of Stories and How to Make Your Story Matter - ASMM Small Business Connections
12/14/20 • 45 min
In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about the power of stories and how you can powerfully tell your story with Melanie Gow, the Legend Maker and founder of Awaken the Legend Within. Melanie helps people awaken the legend within and learn the keys to telling their story impactfully.
As a story strategist, Melanie shares that we all have a story worth sharing and she can show you how. Harnessing the power of storytelling is an ancient art and a teachable skill. Storytelling holds emotion and emotions are universal. Communicating your story and making a connection with others is like magic. Melanie breaks down the structure of the story and dives deep into the four natural storytelling powers- to heal, to inspire, leadership and foretell.
Melanie shares the secret to storytelling and that the dots on the page become books and stories with power. She loves helping people find their story and condense their story to become their fifteen minute keynote. Once learned, you can keep going and share your authenticity by telling your story.
Melanie’s Favorite Books
Bennett Cerf’s Little riddle book: (Mail-me books) Book of Riddles by Bennett Cerf
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
To reach Melanie Gow:
The Legend Within- https://awakenthelegendwithin.com/home/
Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/melaniegow/?originalSubdomain=uk
Thank you to the Warrior Music Foundation for sponsoring this episode.
The Warrior Music Foundation offers free music therapy and music lessons to our active-duty military, veterans and their families by providing a venue for learning, healing and camaraderie using music. The Foundation's goal is to improve mental health in the military community one person at a time. Please take a few minutes and visit their website, Facebook or Instagram to see the amazing work they are doing for our military and veterans.
The Small Business Connections Podcast is hosted by Ann Brennan, owner of ASMM Digital Marketing. The podcast was created as a means of helping her clients build a community around their brands. Since its inception, the podcast has grown to include guests from around the world. To be a guest on the show, please message Ann directly through LinkedIn.
Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe.
In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about the power of stories and how you can powerfully tell your story with Melanie Gow, the Legend Maker and founder of Awaken the Legend Within. Melanie helps people awaken the legend within and learn the keys to telling their story impactfully.
As a story strategist, Melanie shares that we all have a story worth sharing and she can show you how. Harnessing the power of storytelling is an ancient art and a teachable skill. Storytelling holds emotion and emotions are universal. Communicating your story and making a connection with others is like magic. Melanie breaks down the structure of the story and dives deep into the four natural storytelling powers- to heal, to inspire, leadership and foretell.
Melanie shares the secret to storytelling and that the dots on the page become books and stories with power. She loves helping people find their story and condense their story to become their fifteen minute keynote. Once learned, you can keep going and share your authenticity by telling your story.
Melanie’s Favorite Books
Bennett Cerf’s Little riddle book: (Mail-me books) Book of Riddles by Bennett Cerf
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien
To reach Melanie Gow:
The Legend Within- https://awakenthelegendwithin.com/home/
Linkedin- https://www.linkedin.com/in/melaniegow/?originalSubdomain=uk
Thank you to the Warrior Music Foundation for sponsoring this episode.
The Warrior Music Foundation offers free music therapy and music lessons to our active-duty military, veterans and their families by providing a venue for learning, healing and camaraderie using music. The Foundation's goal is to improve mental health in the military community one person at a time. Please take a few minutes and visit their website, Facebook or Instagram to see the amazing work they are doing for our military and veterans.
The Small Business Connections Podcast is hosted by Ann Brennan, owner of ASMM Digital Marketing. The podcast was created as a means of helping her clients build a community around their brands. Since its inception, the podcast has grown to include guests from around the world. To be a guest on the show, please message Ann directly through LinkedIn.
Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe.
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101: Living A Life of Bravery - ASMM Small Business Connections
In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks with Alex Ray about self-confidence.
They discuss:
Why Self-Confidence Is The Key To Happiness
Can we learn to be more self-confident?
How bravery plays into self-confidence
Plus, his one tip to help people learn to truly be themselves
Alex Ray is a life coach who helps others in the LGBTQIA+ community overcome insecurity. He teaches bravery as a way to overcome low self-esteem, people-pleasing, and fear of failure. He's a life coach, podcaster, and doggie dad.
When asked to describe himself, Alex says:
"I used to be extremely insecure. Most of my brain power felt like it was going towards thinking about what other people thought of me. And I had a mental list of the things I wished I could do but felt totally inadequate to do them. In 2017 I hit rock bottom. I felt completely empty, constantly trying to earn value from what I could do for others. And no matter how much I achieved, I still felt worthless. That October I tried to end my own life. I'm so thankful I was unsuccessful. What I learned on the other side of that experience though, I wouldn't change for the world. The confidence I was always seeking came from learning to live bravely.
Now I coach members of the community who feel stuck in their own insecurities and fear. I help them live bravely so they can break that cycle and thrive not just survive."
Follow Alex:
Website: coachalexray.com
Instagram: @coachalexray
Podcast: Becoming Brave- Apple Podcasts, Spotify
The Small Business Connections Podcast is hosted by Ann Brennan, owner of ASMM Digital Marketing. The podcast was created as a means of helping her clients build a community around their brands. Since its inception, the podcast has grown to include guests from around the world. To be on the show, please message Ann directly through LinkedIn.
Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe.
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103: Noble Purpose- ASMM Small Business Connections
In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann mentions; as the year comes to an end, you may be spending more time planning for what's next. That's why this is perfect timing for today's podcast with Lisa Earle McLeod. Together, they discuss how having a noble purpose can increase your morale AND your bottom line.
Ann and Lisa dig into noble purpose as Lisa is the global expert on purpose-driven business and the bestselling author of "Selling with Noble Purpose: How to Drive Revenue and Do Work That Makes You Proud."
Lisa shares her expertise on PURPOSE as she answers these questions:
- Why do so many businesses think purpose is fluffy?
- What’s the biggest misconception about noble purpose?
- Does noble purpose fly in the face of capitalism?
- How does having a noble purpose influence sales results?
- How does purpose impact a business’s performance over time?
With 19 years of research, 112 organizations transformed and 1.7 million people inspired, Lisa has a message worth sharing and most definitely worth implementing.
Follow Lisa McLeod: MacLeodandMore.com
Ann shares, that this was one of her favorite conversations of the year because it made her think about her business's purposes and whether she is conveying this purpose to her ASMM Digital team in the right way.
Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe.
The Small Business Connections Podcast is hosted by Ann Brennan, owner of ASMM Digital Marketing. The podcast was created as a means of helping her clients build a community around their brands. Since its inception, the podcast has grown to include guests from around the world. To be on the show, please message Ann directly through LinkedIn.
LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/anns-social-media-and-marketing/
Learn More About ASMM Digital Marketing at http://asmmdigital.com
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