{"id":638,"date":"2018-05-24T05:21:05","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T05:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/britopian.com\/?p=638"},"modified":"2023-11-04T04:42:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T04:42:10","slug":"data-driven-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britopian.com\/social-data-analytics\/data-driven-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Data-Driven Storytelling Define Brand Relevance?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Storytelling is good business. Data-driven storytelling is smart business. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why this matters: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When enterprise companies identify their audience and use research to understand language and context, they can tailor a compelling narrative that drives engagement, sells products, and ultimately delivers business value. The narrative must be the vision for all B2B enterprise, consumer, and healthcare companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Data-Driven Storytelling?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Data-driven storytelling is more than just a buzzword. It’s not just a trend or a bullet point on a slide. It’s a process of using social media data<\/a> to inform stories and generate insights. These insights must be easy to articulate, digestible, and actionable. While stories are great for Children’s books, Hollywood, and Netflix Originals, in this context, it’s about the stories, brand narrative, and visual content brands create, publishes and distribute into the marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be clear, a data story isn’t creating a visual with research or statistics embedded in a video, image, or infographic and then sharing it on social. However, if the data tells you that your audience prefers to share content with visual elements, charts, and dashboards, creating content that aligns with these insights might make sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Storytelling is All About Relationship Building<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Being relevant to another person means having something in common with them. It could be a similar interest and hobby. Or, maybe you look alike, talk alike, or dress the same way. And in some cases, it might just be an attraction. They’re cute; they look good. Or, maybe they’re a six out of ten but have a great personality, and that’s all that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The common denominator for a successful relationship is communication. It is part of the human DNA to connect, communicate and relate to others. Shared interests, characteristics, passion points, values, and culture can manifest into long-term, valuable relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Human relationships and their psychology are no different from the relationships brands should have with their customers. Data-driven storytelling is an intelligent approach that can provide critical insights into an audience and help marketers create a compelling narrative that will be the building blocks of that relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Analysis + Storytelling = Brand Relevancy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Building brand relevance <\/a>is about relating to an audience. The only way to relate to an audience is to know everything about them, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n