Business of Story – Details, episodes & analysis

Are you a CMO or marketing leader struggling to connect scattered AI experiments into a powerful, credible brand story? In this episode of the Business of Story, Park Howell welcomes Joeri Billast—international marketing strategist and host of the "Web3 CMO Stories" podcast—to reveal how top brands transition from fragmented AI efforts to systematic, story-driven success.

You'll discover:

• The difference between AI-first and narrative-first approaches to marketing
• Boardroom strategies to boost your credibility and drive real business results
• How ChatGPT and AI change marketing visibility and audience engagement
• Step-by-step frameworks for building effective, repeatable AI marketing workflows
• Actionable advice for aligning AI innovation with brand storytelling goals

Joeri shares practical insights and proven workflows so you can maximize your team's efficiency, stand out in the boardroom, and lead your brand to storytelling success in the age of AI.

Key topics: AI marketing, brand storytelling, content frameworks, marketing technology, boardroom strategy, ChatGPT, systematic workflows, CMO leadership.

Listen now to learn how to turn marketing chaos into clarity—systematically—with Joeri Billast.

Craft your brilliant brand story strategy in minutes, not months, and instantly create compelling content that converts customers with the StoryCycle Genie™

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Jason Leong, co-founder and CEO of Pocketsmith, personal finance software serving 190 countries, reveals how viewing your financial future as a narrative instead of numbers transforms anxiety into confidence. Discover the 'time machine for money' concept, 30-year forecasting technology, the household CFO positioning that reframes bill payers as financial heroes, and customer stories including the fairy godmother effect (woman with dyscalculia who became financial mentor), the prodigal son (healed father relationship through money clarity), and the cold turkey smoker (quit through spending visibility).

Learn why Pocketsmith adapts to you like Lego instead of prescriptive systems, how financial empowerment spreads through communities, and why owning your financial future requires accountability and courage. Features StoryCycle Genie™ brand validation and exclusive 50% discount for Business of Story listeners.

Craft your brilliant brand story strategy in minutes, not months, and instantly create compelling content that converts customers with the StoryCycle Genie™

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Sara Nay, CEO of Duct Tape Marketing and Author of Unchained, Breaking Free From Broken Marketing Models, shows you how to stop renting your marketing from ad agencies and own it yourself through a new trend that is saving money and growing revenue for small to medium-sized businesses.

Craft your brilliant brand story strategy in minutes, not months, and instantly create compelling content that converts customers with the StoryCycle Genie™

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Peter Brooks, Sterling Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus at Yale University and author of Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative explores the overuse of narrative in storytelling in our political and business worlds and the ramifications.

Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. 

Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. 

Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. 

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Justin Michael, author of Sales Superpowers: A New Outbound Operating System to Drive Explosive Pipeline Growth, explores how to tap into the Limbic buying brain using storytelling to experience much greater success with your outbound marketing.

Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. 

Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. 

Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. 

#StoryOn!

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Joey Coleman, Chief Experience Composer of Design Symphony and author of Never Lose and Employee Again: The Simple Path to Remarkable Retention, shares how to use business storytelling to attract and keep the top talent you seek.

Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. 

Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications.

Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. 

#StoryOn!

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Park Howell reads appendix two of his book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. Learn how to use the Hero's Journey to craft and tell a compelling origin story that sells. 

Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. 

Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. 

Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. 

#StoryOn!

Alexandra Watkins, Chief Executive Boss Lady of Eat My Words and author of Eat My Words: How to Create Brand Names That Stick, shares how to brainstorm meaningfully colorful brand names to amplify the impact of your brand storytelling.

Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. 

Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. 

Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. 

#StoryOn!

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Park Howell reads appendix one of his book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. Learn how to use the Story Cycle to create compelling presentations and long-form communications that transport your audience from their world into yours. 

Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. 

Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. 

Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. 

#StoryOn!

Park Howell reads chapters 11 & 12 of his book, Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. Learn how to debut your new brand story, align it with your people to get buy-in for your narrative, and scale your story throughout your internal and external communication channels.

Improve your storytelling immediately with my The ABTs of Agile Communications™ quick online course to learn the agile narrative framework that all influential business communication is built. 

Grab your copy of The Narrative Gym for Business, a short guide on crafting ABTs for all of your communications. 

Read Brand Bewitchery: How to Wield the Story Cycle System™ to Craft Spellbinding Stories for Your Brand. 

#StoryOn!