Storytelling for Advertising Campaigns
35mBeginner2017-10-11
Authors

Stefan Mumaw
Director of Narrative Strategy at First Person
Course details
"Storytelling" has become an agency buzzword. From creative directors to copywriters, it seems everyone is a storyteller these days. And the fact is, they're right. We are all storytellers. But few of us are story builders, capable of not only understanding the structure of story but able to use it to connect the character of a brand to the people that consume it.
In this course, Stefan Mumaw lays out the structure of story and uses the development of a real-world campaign to show how each story component builds an emotional bridge between brand and consumer. He breaks down how that story translates to the various advertising components that creatives often use in a real-world campaign, like TV spots, print ads, websites, and social content.
Learning objectives
Building story through narrative
Triggering emotional responses
Story in brainstorming
Using story in TV, print, web, and social media campaigns
In this course, Stefan Mumaw lays out the structure of story and uses the development of a real-world campaign to show how each story component builds an emotional bridge between brand and consumer. He breaks down how that story translates to the various advertising components that creatives often use in a real-world campaign, like TV spots, print ads, websites, and social content.
Learning objectives
Building story through narrative
Triggering emotional responses
Story in brainstorming
Using story in TV, print, web, and social media campaigns
Skills covered
CommunicationProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - Story in advertising
1. Story Components
- 03 - Understanding story structure
- 04 - Building story through narrative
- 05 - How that structure applies to advertising
- 06 - Building campaigns through narrative
2. Tapping into Emotions
- 07 - Base human emotion
- 08 - Triggering emotional response through story
- 09 - Empathy vs. manipulation
3. Real-World Project
- 10 - Kansas City Regional Association of Realtors campaign introduction
- 11 - Audience breakdown
- 12 - Story in brainstorming
- 13 - Identifying the story core
4. Building the Campaign
- 14 - TV spot development
- 15 - Print ad development
- 16 - Website development
- 17 - Digital social content development
Conclusion
- 18 - Finding additional story beats
- 19 - Story adjustment and optimization
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