Marketing isn’t about closing the sale it’s about opening the relationship 

Key Takeaways

• People do not buy technology because it is cool. We buy technology because it solves a problem. 
• Can you answer the question – what is the big problem that you solve? 
• Features have nothing to do with solving a problem. 
• Buyers go to conferences as an efficient way of meeting new suppliers and finding solutions – don’t turn your ideal clients into victims of bad trade show marketing and leave them frustrated.
• If you’re clever in marketing you’ll lose – don’t be clever as you’re confusing your audience.
• Our brains are hard wired to make sense of the world using stories so incorporating them into your marketing is a smart move.
• When you tell stories position your customer as the hero and you as the guide and tell them how you’re going to help them win the day by working for you. 
• If you’re looking for investment tell another story but position the investor as the hero in the story and show them how you are going to help them win the day, come aw
• People buy from people and people that can solve a problem for them and the technology is a way to solve that problem.

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Book Recommendations

Building a StoryBrand – Donald Miller

The Art of Explanation: Making your Ideas, Products, and Services Easier to Understand Lee Lefever

Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck – Chip & Dan Heath