EP 139.  How can you help more moms on a local level? Kiley Stromberg, the founder of MoCo Mom shares how she’s making a difference for moms in Moore County, North Carolina, by providing crucial resources, fostering a supportive environment, and addressing challenges local mothers face. Ideas and opportunities for brands looking to connect with moms at a local level.  SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/MoCo-Mom-Local-Community-Kiley-Stromberg-episode-139/        Take Sarah's FREE QUIZ: Which of These Content Makeovers is Right for Your Brand?  Discover which content makeover will boost your brand's success! Take this 40-second QUIZ to find your "home" makeover show match and get a content makeover plan to help you attract customers & drive better business results.  https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/65c650923a654f0015bbd704        SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack community to connect and network with other marketing leaders trying to figure out their content marketing plans, like you at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f2abe2a48787c3c5ff62ab      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 138. Host, Sarah Panus, has a big announcement about a pivot this podcast is making. Marketing With Empathy is niching down to focus specifically on Marketing With Empathy -- to Moms! It will now be the podcast for brands that want to target and engage moms. Listen to Sarah's quick announcement and what to expect going forward. SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/138   Take Sarah's FREE QUIZ: Which of These Content Makeovers is Right for Your Brand? Discover which content makeover will boost your brand's success! Take this 40-second QUIZ to find your "home" makeover show match and get a content makeover plan to help you attract customers & drive better business results.  https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/65c650923a654f0015bbd704    SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling pros, like yourself at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f2abe2a48787c3c5ff62ab     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 137. Forum for Naturals community founder, Ted Ning shares advice to help brands build and nurture engaged communities. Approaching it like a science experiment, Ted shares learnings, mistakes, listening, and high-level thinking he's learned to build and grow successful communities for marketers and sustainability leaders. Sarah and Ted explore the motivations behind creating and nurturing communities, the value of identifying a brand promise, the importance of active listening, and the pivotal role of super users. Want to build or grow your own brand community? Listen to Ted's first-hand journey and expertise. SHOW NOTES:  https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/forum-for-naturals-community-building-ted-ning-episode-137/      Take Sarah's FREE QUIZ: Ready to Improve Your Content Strategy?   Discover which content makeover will boost your brand's success! Take this 40-second QUIZ to find your "home" makeover show match and get a content makeover plan to help you attract customers & drive better business results.  https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/65c650923a654f0015bbd704    SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling pros, like yourself at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f2abe2a48787c3c5ff62ab     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 136. REI’s Divisional VP of Brand Marketing, Paolo Mottola, returns to give an inside look at how their internal content arm for premium brand storytelling content works. Creating films, podcasts, feature length content and more.     SHOW NOTES:  https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/REI-content-arm-co-op-studios-paolo-mottola-episode-136/     Take Sarah's FREE QUIZ: Ready to Improve Your Content Strategy?   Discover which content makeover will boost your brand's success! Take this 40-second QUIZ to find your "home" makeover show match and get a content makeover plan to help you attract customers & drive better business results.  https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/65c650923a654f0015bbd704    SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling pros, like yourself at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f2abe2a48787c3c5ff62ab     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 135. Paolo Mottola, the divisional VP of brand marketing at REI co-op, joins Sarah to give a behind-the-scenes look at REI’s newest Summer #OptOutside campaign + why they lean into storytelling and advice for brands navigating the current tough economy. REI is an outdoor retailer and the largest consumer co-op in the U S with 23 million members. Paolo leads marketing strategy, campaigns, partnerships, and brand marketing channels, including advertising, social media and content marketing. He created and leads REI co-op studios, which develops and produces films, podcasts, and editorial programs to inspire audiences with transformative outdoor storytelling.  SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/REI-Opt-Outside-Summer-2024-Paolo-Mottola-episode-135/     Learn More About #OptOutside: https://www.rei.com/opt-outside Take Sarah's FREE QUIZ: Ready to Improve Your Content Strategy?   Discover which content makeover will boost your brand's success! Take this 40-second QUIZ to find your "home" makeover show match and get a content makeover plan to help you attract customers & drive better business results.  https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/65c650923a654f0015bbd704    SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling pros, like yourself at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f2abe2a48787c3c5ff62ab     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 134 - [Part 3 of 3 quiz mini-series]  Create quizzes that generate thousands of ready-to-buy leads. Sarah chats with her Quiz Coach, Helen Munshi, to clarify key quiz funnel aspects you need to remember when making your own branded quizzes as part of your content marketing strategy. Get Helen’s free video training below. + Don’t forget to take Sarah’s new “Are you Ready to Improve Your Content Strategy”? QUIZ for actionable tips to help improve your company’s content at link below.    Get Helen’s Free Quiz Video Training to get thousands of ready-to-buy leads at https://helenmunshi.lpages.co/css-the-qa-opt-in-to-lightbulb-sarah-panus/ .      Take Sarah's FREE QUIZ: Ready to Improve Your Content Strategy?   Discover which content makeover will boost your brand's success! Take this 40-second QUIZ to find your "home" makeover show match and get a content makeover plan to help you attract customers & drive better business results.  https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/65c650923a654f0015bbd704      SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/branded-quiz-tips-quiz-coach-helen-munshi-episode-134/       SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling pros, like yourself at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f2abe2a48787c3c5ff62ab     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 133 - [Part 2 of 3 quiz mini-series]  Josh Haynam, Co-Founder & CEO of the popular quiz platform, Interact, joins Sarah to share ideas of how to use quizzes to advance a variety of things across your business. + Interact’s new AI quiz maker. Don’t forget to take Sarah’s new “Are you Ready to Improve Your Content Strategy”? QUIZ (hosted on Interact) for actionable tips to help improve your company’s content at link below.    Try Interact for Free Using Sarah's Link: https://get.tryinteract.com/wwxwhr49v40i   Take Sarah's FREE QUIZ: Ready to Improve Your Content Strategy?   Discover which content makeover will boost your brand's success! Take this 40-second QUIZ to find your "home" makeover show match and get a content makeover plan to help you attract customers & drive better business results.  https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/65c650923a654f0015bbd704      SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/quiz-interact-josh-haynam-episode-133/       SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling pros, like yourself at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f2abe2a48787c3c5ff62ab     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 132. [Part 1 of 3 quiz mini-series]  BTS of Sarah’s first quiz creation journey and how she’s integrating into her content strategy. What Sarah learned from her “Quiz Coach”: defining audience segments; crafting engaging questions; which quiz platform she recommends; and upcoming quiz expert guests. Take Sarah’s new “Are you Ready to Improve Your Content Strategy”? QUIZ for actionable tips to help improve your company’s content at link below.  FREE QUIZ: Ready to Improve Your Content Strategy?   Discover which content makeover will boost your brand's success! Take this 40-second QUIZ to find your "home" makeover show match and get a content makeover plan to help you attract customers & drive better business results.  https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/65c650923a654f0015bbd704    SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/what-you-can-learn-from-sarah-panus-first-quiz-episode-132/  SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling pros, like yourself at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f2abe2a48787c3c5ff62ab     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 131. Being a marketer is hard. Matt Banker joins host, Sarah Panus, to share a behind-the-scenes of his company's very successful niche mastermind program for accounting firm owners. How you can use this same approach to engage and grow your career, your team's skills, or your customer's engagement! How it works, what's the content plan, timing, mistakes to avoid... SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/niche-masterminds-for-growth-engagement-matt-banker-episode-131/     FREE QUIZ: Ready to Improve Your Content Strategy?   Discover which content makeover will boost your brand's success! Take this 40-second QUIZ to find your "home" makeover show match and get a content makeover plan to help you attract customers & drive better business results.  https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/65c650923a654f0015bbd704    SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling pros, like yourself at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f2abe2a48787c3c5ff62ab    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EP 130. Understanding what your customer needs from you emotionally is a NOW thing. Ian Baer from Sooth returns for part 2 conversation around the new AI-data engine that can quickly give your company its empathy secret weapon to unlock the formula for an emotional connection to your brand. Increasing customer value 4x, and loyalty by an average of 20 months. These insights are a content marketers dream.    SHOW NOTES: https://www.podpage.com/marketing-with-empathy/blog/this-ai-data-engine-is-your-brands-empathy-secret-weapon-ian-baer-sooth-episode-130/     FREE QUIZ: Ready to Improve Your Content Strategy?   Discover which content makeover will boost your brand's success! Take this 40-second QUIZ to find your "home" makeover show match and get a content makeover plan to help you attract customers & drive better business results.  https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/65c650923a654f0015bbd704    SLACK COMMUNITY: JOIN free Marketing With Empathy® Slack community to connect and network with other brand storytelling pros, like yourself at https://view.flodesk.com/pages/63f2abe2a48787c3c5ff62ab     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices