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Storytelling is Not Enough, Start Story-listening! by Cedric Giorgi - www.cedricgiorgi.com

“Telling a story in the Age of Conversation is inviting people to participate in the story. Marketers start the story and then listen to the customers, to the market, to see how they can continue it.”

In a chapter entitled ‘Storytelling is Not Enough, Start Story-listening!‘ Cedric makes the simple point that to be an effective marketer in the age of conversation, you need to remember you have two ears and one mouth for a resson: Listening. Do you listen to the stories your customers are telling?

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