The New Sheffield Highlight Reel...
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The Sheffield Video Production team recently put together a little “sizzle reel” of our past and recent work. The purpose is to give you a glimpse into some of the stories we’ve told and the different channels we used to tell them. We wanted to show how you can take a company’s story and tell it in a variety of compelling ways depending on your audience. We worked with many...
What is a corporate narrative?...
It’s becoming more common nowadays to hear commentators refer to a political leader’s or candidate’s “narrative” message. This concept, however, is yet to take deep hold in the business world, though it soon will. A story, or narrative, in the general sense of the word is an explanation of events that can be recounted in detail through a series of...Brand guidelines are so formulaic...
Creating or refreshing a brand is so much more than “look and feel”, color schemes, typography or a logo. In doing some research on exemplary brand guidelines recently, I saw a small blog post that I liked that lamented the challenge of getting good guideline examples. I am not sure if he ever succeeded. There needs to be a blend of the message and story (it’s...Why are most branding efforts hard for p...
When an organization wants to go down the path of strengthening, refreshing, repositioning or redefining its brand, the process can typically be long, painful and fundamentally confusing. Brand essence, positioning, promises, attributes, architecture, pillars, value drivers. It is no surprise that the process can leave most executives scratching their heads. What does all of this mean?...Hybrid-Flash/video narrative sample...
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The art of visual storytelling requires not only creating an interesting narrative flow but also the right combination of imagery, movement, music and text to sustain someone’s attention for a short time. Visual narratives do that with few words and a lot of motion. I recently ran across an example that we would classify as a Hybrid - Flash/video narrative because it uses...
Brevity of message means getting to the ...
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Keep the message sharp and to the point
There’s a nice piece in the WSJ that discusses how hard it is for papers and magazines to get to the point. Here it is with nice links included:
Michael Kinsley, writing in The Atlantic, takes some 1,800 words to argue that newspaper stories are too long, and that Internet stories “get to the point.”
Robert MacMillan, writing for...
Sheffield Launches Offering to Create St...
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As organizations are pressed to create winning strategies and gain widespread consensus quickly, Sheffield Marketing Partners has developed Strategic Narrative Mapping as a standalone offering to assist in the planning process. The service is based on the core Narrative Mapping process, yet focuses on identifying key elements of an organization’s go-to-market strategy that are...
Google struggles with an elevator pitch ...
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When Google boldly proclaims that its latest innovation “will kill e-mail and forever change online communication” yet they struggle to explain what it does, you have to wonder. Maybe it will be the next “killer app” but I find it amazing how even journalists cannot make sense of it. Check out the CNN video here: Google Wave and a sketchy elevator...
Sheffield completes 130th short-form vid...
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Downers Grove, Ill., Oct 9, 2009 – Sheffield Marketing Partners (Sheffield), a boutique agency that specializes in message and narrative development, today announced its 130th short-form video since beginning in 2006, marking a media production milestone for the Chicago-based agency.
Sheffield has developed a niche in corporate storytelling – communicating narratives in brief but...
Sheffield Marketing Partners Celebrates ...
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Downers Grove, Ill., July 1, 2009—Sheffield Marketing Partners (Sheffield), a boutique agency that specializes in message and narrative development, is celebrating three years of growth today. Sheffield was founded by Chicago agency veterans Joseph McCormack and John Severance to help organizations stand out in the marketplace by crafting and telling a compelling story.
Since opening...
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