Stories Mean Business - Nick Warren
1,464 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago -One idea a day from a geek business builder.
After 1,000 episodes, the jury is in – this is the world's slackest podcast. 5-minutes a day on story, strategy or whatever's yanked my chain. No guests. No ads. No apologies.
This is me thinking out loud, putting things together, going down dead ends and making mistakes.
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www.StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast
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Episodes
944: Chocolate Offers
April 13, 2022 04:00 - 6 minutes - 6.16 MBIt took me a long time to understand that your offer is not your product or service ... but some things make it obvious. Go deeper: https://storiesmeanbusiness.com/storybusiness/ https://storiesmeanbusiness.com/podcast
943: What If We Stopped Oversteering?
April 12, 2022 04:00 - 5 minutes - 5.36 MBWhen you have wine in one hand and pain killers in the other, it's time to think about narrowboats. Dive in: https://storiesmeanbusiness.com/podcast https://storiesmeanbusiness.com/storybusiness/
942: Layers Of Thinking
April 11, 2022 05:00 - 6 minutes - 3.33 MBFor me, it's something like: Vision > Strategy > Tactics > Execution (Results & Feedback)
941: Sprint 15 - Three Themes
April 10, 2022 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.57 MBIt's been a productive week. Let's get into it.
940: Change Is Possible
April 09, 2022 04:00 - 6 minutes - 5.84 MBThe story at the start of David Eagleman's book, Livewired, blows my mind. https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
939: Nick, Nicky & Nicholas
April 08, 2022 04:00 - 5 minutes - 5.41 MBSo, this is a weird one, and it deals with how I think about three separate aspects of myself. Includes mention of Derren Brown, Carl Jung ... and my grandma. https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
938: Don't Put Things Down
April 07, 2022 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.04 MBIf you had ten letters to put into ten envelopes, how would you do it? Here's the link to the video I mentioned. https://youtu.be/Dr67i5SdXiM
937: The Batman
April 06, 2022 04:00 - 8 minutes - 7.72 MBBatman is back ... and he's darker and more disturbed that ever. And that's a good thing. https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
936: Power, Plug, Bulb, Light
April 05, 2022 04:00 - 6 minutes - 5.74 MBHow deeply can you see into your business? A simple analogy for locating the issues in your pipeline. Podcast Home https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
935: Brand versus Direct Response
April 04, 2022 04:00 - 6 minutes - 6.17 MBWhat's the difference between Brand and Direct Response Marketing? I talk about two things that have happened in the last few days. Podcast home https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
934: Sprint 14 – The Quickening
April 03, 2022 04:00 - 9 minutes - 8.55 MBThree months into 2022, it's WAY past time to get serious... Podcast home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
933: More To Remove
April 02, 2022 04:00 - 3 minutes - 2.91 MBLet's take away a little more from what we said yesterday. https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
932: Omit Needless Words (and other things)
April 01, 2022 04:00 - 6 minutes - 6.03 MBYesterday, I had two separate conversations about the same thing ... the value of solving problems via subtraction. For writers, the classic editing advice is "Omit needless words", but in my experience it applies to many parts of life and business. Episode home https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
931: Deleting 900 Pages
March 31, 2022 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.8 MBYesterday, I deleted 900 pages from my website. Here's why. Podcast home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
930: Happy Accidents
March 30, 2022 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.4 MBConnecting some dots – metaphorically and literally. Podcast home https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
929: Stories vs Storytellers
March 29, 2022 04:00 - 3 minutes - 3.55 MBThinking out loud again. Episode home https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
928: The Other Kind of Ma
March 28, 2022 04:00 - 6 minutes - 6.22 MBWow! Sprint 13 is completed within 24 hours, which has me rambling about the value of simplicity and negative space (the other kind of Ma). Episode home https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
927: Sprint 13 - Drawing The Hero
March 27, 2022 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.22 MBSetting myself a different kind of task for the week ahead. PS, happy Mother's Day to my mum, fantastic in every way.
926: Escaping the Spiral
March 26, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.4 MBThe single best takeway from this episode is this ... be cooler than me. Frankly, it's not that high a bar. Episode home https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
925: Functional versus Expressive
March 25, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.17 MBYour brand voice is has two side; one functional, one expressive. Let's see how Starbuck's defines these in it's own brand guidelines, and what it means for Stories that mean Business. Episode home https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
924: Plastic Friction
March 24, 2022 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.54 MBYesterday, we talked about three ways to make life easier. Today, let's touch on the value of making things harder. Podcast home https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
923: 3 Big Buffers
March 23, 2022 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.76 MBIt may be common sense, but that doesn't mean it's common. Here are the 3 Big Buffers that have made a huge difference in my business life. Ignore them at your peril: - Time - Money - Expectation Podcast home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
922: The Office in the Cahuenga Building
March 22, 2022 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.54 MBIn a contrast to yesterday's opening description from The High Window, today we get a sense of Marlowe's office ... and what that says about him and his business. Dead magazines, and a carpet that was just something on the floor. Podcast home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast
921: The House on Dresden Avenue
March 21, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.45 MBReading from the first page of The High Window by Raymond Chandler. Podcast home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast
920: Sprint 12 - User Journey
March 20, 2022 05:00 - 8 minutes - 7.44 MBHaving changed the information architecture of StoriesMeanBusiness.com this week, I'm spending the next refining the user journey. Podcast home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
919: Arnold Speaks Out
March 19, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.89 MBYesterday, Arnold Schwarzenegger released A Message To The Russian People. Arnold is a fantastic communicator, so it's no surprise that he frames the message with a deeply personal story about his love and respect for Russian people. It's worth 12 minutes of your time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e1BndTE6Lg Podcast home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/
918: Low Quality Content
March 18, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.98 MBI'm fine with the podcast being pretty slack because you have to start fires with kindling not logs ... but it turns out that it might not be a great thing for StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast.
917: First Contact
March 17, 2022 05:00 - 7 minutes - 6.84 MBI'm rethinking my website menu in light of this week's Cold Open sprint ... here's why. Episode home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/917:-First-Contact
916: Orientation and Flow
March 16, 2022 05:00 - 6 minutes - 5.78 MBWhere I kind of geek out about navigation in game worlds. Episode home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/916:-Orientation-and-Flow
915: Moving Forward
March 15, 2022 05:00 - 4 minutes - 4.21 MBIf you can't go back, there's only one thing to do. Episode home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/915:-Just-Moving-Forward
914: No Going Back
March 14, 2022 05:00 - 4 minutes - 3.95 MBHow do we tell if our life events are important? Here's a useful criteria... can it be easily reversed? If so, it may not be a great dramatic turning point. Episode home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/914:-No-Going-Back
913: Sprint 11 - My Cold Open
March 13, 2022 05:00 - 2 minutes - 1.06 MB2 minutes on the next seven days.
912: Cold Opens 2 - Friends
March 12, 2022 05:00 - 7 minutes - 3.65 MBAfter yesterday's description of The Walking Dead, let's try something a little different.
910: Your Identity Is In Danger
March 10, 2022 05:00 - 4 minutes - 2.31 MBAppealing to identity can be powerful - as long as it doesn't go too far.
909: Pricing In Problems
March 09, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 5.42 MBWe've talked about the upsides of higher pricing (and the story that tells) ... but what about the consequence of low prices? New businesses are often tempted to price themselves too low, and that leads to a downward spiral. Episode home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/909:-Pricing-In-Problems
908: High-Viral Load
March 08, 2022 05:00 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MBIf you've noticed that the last week's podcasts have been even slacker than usual ... here's why. Episode home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/908:-High-Viral-Load
907: Nodes Versus Networks
March 07, 2022 05:00 - 4 minutes - 2.13 MBWhy I feel less and less like a copywriter.
906: Sprint 10 - Deep Content
March 06, 2022 05:00 - 6 minutes - 2.97 MBWhat's coming up this week.
905: Story Circles on Community
March 05, 2022 05:00 - 6 minutes - 2.99 MBJust finished binge-watching Community, and discuss how Dan Harmon simplifies The Hero's Journey.
904: The Epic Quest
March 04, 2022 05:00 - 3 minutes - 1.57 MBSomething I missed yesterday, but I should've mentioned.
903: Thags versus Bhags
March 03, 2022 05:00 - 3 minutes - 1.75 MBKeep learning the same old lesson ... brick by brick.
902: The Falling Knife
March 02, 2022 05:00 - 2 minutes - 1.12 MBEven shorter than usual. You're welcome.
901: War Stories
March 01, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.91 MBFake news feels new ... but it's not. Episode home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/901:-War-Stories Dig deeper at: http://Story.Business
900: The Mindset Shift
February 28, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 2.84 MBLet's make something explicit. Episode home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/900:-The-Mindset-Shift
899: Sprint 9 Deploying the Ad
February 27, 2022 05:00 - 4 minutes - 4.54 MBHaving created the ad this week – and obviously it's the simplest bloody ad that you could possibly imagine – Sprint 9 is all about deploying it. Over 900 episodes 🤯😱🙄 Episode home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/899:-Sprint-9-Deploying-the-Ad
898: Building A Scene
February 26, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBOur audiences are doing their best to simulate the worlds we create – let's make it easy for them. Episode home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/988:-Building-A-Scene
897: False Flag Attacks
February 25, 2022 05:00 - 5 minutes - 4.82 MBOvernight, Russia has invaded the Ukraine. Vladimir Putin had added to the long and ignoble history of false flags – stories which aggressors use to justify their actions – by falsely telling the Russian people that there was a genocide happening inside Ukraine's borders. This podcast is not about that ... it's about the false flag that the Nazi's used as a pretext to invade Poland in 1939. Episode home: https://StoriesMeanBusiness.com/podcast/897:-False-Flag-Attacks
894: Stepping Stones
February 24, 2022 06:39 - 2 minutes - 2.76 MBThis podcast was originally scheduled for publication on the 22nd February 2022.