Storyhouse

May 15 2024 1
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This is Storyhouse, a podcast that invites you to step out of the noise to think deeply about the things that matter – in life and in business. I’m Lindsay Hotmire, your host and founder of Storyhouse Fifteen, a strategic storytelling studio that helps small business owners and do-good organizations find their tiny stories and amplify their impact. Every episode, I’ll be sharing the thoughts and questions I’m chewing on so that you can join me in the journey. Together, we can figure out how to find better stories, how to tell better stories, and ultimately, how to live better stories.

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Episode 26: 5 ways to create a strong culture of communication

May 15 2024 14 mins  
When you're a leader of your brand or an organization, building and sustaining a strong culture of communication can feel hard, exhausting, and completely overwhelming. This episode of Storyhouse talks you through 5 strategies to make it feel less hard, less exhausting, and less overwhelming.

Episode 25: How to find your stories (even when you think you don't have any worth sharing)

May 08 2024 7 mins  
If you feel like you don’t really have stories to share and you struggle with storytelling because you don’t think you’ve got a deep well of relevant experiences, here’s the one trick I want you to start practicing.

Episode 24: Your WHY is never a waste of space

May 01 2024 9 mins  
When writer Nick Asbury argued that your WHY is a waste of space, I got intrigued. Here's why I think he's right, and where I think he's maybe gone too far.

Episode 23: How to listen better as a storyteller

Apr 24 2024 10 mins  
Overview: Listening well is super hard in today's culture, so how do we do it better? Tune in to this week's episode to hear what the leading researcher on listening tells us and to discover a few ways to think differently about how you're showing up as a listener.

Episode 22: The Habits of Storytelling

Apr 17 2024 9 mins  
Ever wonder why you can use and reuse storytelling frameworks like Donald Miller's StoryBrand, but you still can't seem to tell stories that are connecting with your audience or your team? Listen in to this episode as I think out loud WHY that might be and point you to something else that needs to come before those frameworks. . . The Storytelling Habits.

Episode 21: When you're trapped inside the lie of either/or

Nov 29 2023 8 mins  
Either/or is a choice for a narrow range of categories, and the rest of life generally fits into the wild, tangly box of both/and. You can chase your theater dreams AND be a story coach. You can keep your foot in the corporate world AND build your consulting business. You can position yourself in marketing AND deliver transformative, life-changing impact. But I think that maybe the

Episode 20: Reach more people with tiny stories

Nov 22 2023 8 mins  
We might treat the big moments like signposts, but let’s not be fooled or pretentious. It’s the tiny stories that keep us connected. Join Lindsay Hotmire for this solocast where she defines what a tiny story is and give you two easy ways to start using them in your life, your business, and with your team.

Episode 19: What relationship-first marketing really looks like

Nov 15 2023 40 mins  
If you want to see what relationship-first marketing looks like, spend a few weeks inside Stephen Woessner’s How to Fill Your Sales Pipeline facebook group. It’s free, and he legitimately gives away every ounce of what he’s got. He never holds back, and he never stops giving more. It’s humbling, really, to watch from the outside. He’s the embodiment of generosity and the

Episode 18: Turning customer insights into stories that grow companies

Nov 08 2023 46 mins  
Eric White is the co founder of Ponder, a customer insight studio that delivers insight experiences to help growth stage companies increase win rates and explore new segments. Eric will tell you that one of his biggest beefs with data is that most market research companies just email you reports and give presentations and you're left thinking, "wow, that was really cool and that wa

Episode 17: 6 reasons why your business strategy might not be working

Nov 01 2023 9 mins  
In this solocast, Lindsay Hotmire shares why you might still be feeling stuck and frustrated even after investing thousands in business strategy and business coaches -- and she shares why alignment might be the thing you need instead.