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0:00Today we're talking about storytelling.
0:01If you want your videos to perform
0:02better and actually move the needle for
0:04your business, you need to learn how to
0:06tell better stories. So, in this video,
0:08I'm going to walk through my six
0:09favorite storytelling techniques
0:11specifically designed for conversion.
0:13Because there's a big difference between
0:15stories that entertain and stories that
0:17drive customers to make a purchase. So,
0:19this video will focus on how to master
0:21storytelling that drives leads and
0:23sales. After watching this, I guarantee
0:25you will think differently about the way
0:27you write scripts and make content.
0:29Well, if you don't know me, my name is
0:30Callaway. I have 2 million followers.
0:31I've done billions of views, and content
0:34is all I do all day long. All right, the
0:36first tip for conversion storytelling is
0:38called avatar framing. And this is very
0:40critical. Most of the content world is
0:42geared towards broad virality. And that
0:44means their stories are very
0:46sensationalist, aimed at an extremely
0:48broad audience TAM, and delivered as
0:51compressed as possible. That's max
0:53shock, max reach, and minimum length.
0:55And this works really well for getting
0:57tons of views. But if you're going for
0:58conversions, it's actually not what you
1:00want at all. Conversion storytelling
1:02works best under the following four
1:04conditions. Number one, you design your
1:06story around a core pain point or
1:08frustration that your ideal customer
1:11avatar has. Number two, you use words to
1:13signal a match in competency. If your
1:15buyer is advanced, you use advanced
1:17terms that they would instantly
1:19understand. If your buyer is a beginner,
1:20you use only beginner terms. Number
1:22three, you embed specific and concrete
1:25proof that validates your approach. And
1:27number four, you lead the viewer down a
1:29path of curiosity to want more
1:30information off the video. Said in
1:32simpler words, it's pain point driven,
1:34aligned messaging, proof forward, and a
1:37path for more. This is what I call
1:39avatar framing. You're intentionally
1:41framing the story for your specific
1:43customer avatar, so it feels like a
1:45bull's-eye fit for them. And so it
1:47filters out anyone who's not. Imagine a
1:49circle of 100 million accounts on
1:52Instagram or YouTube. Chances are if
1:54you're a business owner, there are
1:55probably only a couple hundred thousand
1:57to maybe a few million people within
1:59that circle that would be your customer
2:01avatar. Maybe even less. So, it's a very
2:03small slice of the pie. Avatar framing
2:05allows you to capture as much of your
2:07slice as possible without spilling over
2:10into the other slices. And by
2:11approaching your stories in this way,
2:13you're able to make them extremely
2:15appealing for your specific customer.
2:17And that's what drives way more
2:18conversion. Now, let me give you a
2:19tactical example of how I apply this
2:21avatar framing. For me on my channels,
2:24my ICP your customer avatar is a
2:26business owner who's looking to scale
2:28their content to grow their business
2:30faster. They want to get better at
2:31content and they want their business to
2:33grow more. Let's say I was writing a
2:34script for a video about social media
2:36growth to try to get [music] that
2:38specific ICP targeted so that they
2:40convert and buy one of my paid programs.
2:43The first thing I would do is try to
2:43understand what key pain points or
2:45frustration do business owners have in
2:48the topic of social media growth that
2:50most other people would not. And in this
2:52case, it might be things like they don't
2:53have a lot of time to make content each
2:55week. They don't know what the right mix
2:57of their content strategy should be to
2:59drive more conversion. They don't know
3:01who to hire or how to run their content
3:03team. They don't know which types of
3:04other businesses on social media they
3:06should model their channel after. Or
3:07even, they have intuition that going
3:09viral's not the right play for them, but
3:11they don't know why or what else they
3:12should do. Things like that are
3:14particularly painful or frustrating for
3:16a business owner that don't really apply
3:18to a solo creator on their own. That
3:20means if I'm trying to go for
3:21conversion, I'm going to pick one of
3:22those angles and hammer it in the first
3:25couple sentences. So, I might say
3:26something like this in the hook to start
3:28a video off. The fastest way to grow
3:29your business on social media is not by
3:32going viral. Instead, you want to run
3:33the 3-2-1 conversion strategy. This is
3:36what I used to go from zero to 100K on
3:38my own channel while also driving
3:40$100,000 in profit in the first 3
3:42months. So, you get both a ton of
3:44conversion without sacrificing the
3:46growth. Here's how it works. So, right
3:48there I did a few different things to
3:50hack your psychology if you're a
3:52business owner buyer I'm trying to
3:54attract. Number one, I specifically call
3:56out business owners by saying grow your
3:58business on social media. So, if you're
3:59a business owner that attracts you and
4:01if you're not, you scroll away. Number
4:03two, I then set up a contrarian take
4:05going against what you typically believe
4:07that you need to go viral and instead
4:09offered an alternative, the 321
4:10conversion strategy. I then gave
4:12concrete proof of results that I've had
4:15using the alternative strategy to get
4:17what you want. I also tried to use
4:19mid-level business terms that a business
4:21owner would immediately understand but
4:23someone who's not may not. Things like
4:25conversion, conversion strategy, profit,
4:27or sacrifice growth. And then finally, I
4:30tried my best to make it fairly
4:31compelling to want to go down the rabbit
4:33hole and hear more. The reason this
4:34works so well at attracting convertible
4:36viewers is because it feels like I'm
4:38saying the thing that has been rattling
4:40around frustrating them in their head
4:42for weeks. And when they hear it, it's
4:43almost like they're subconsciously
4:45nodding along as they watch. Now, the
4:46places this goes wrong if you're trying
4:48to execute this avatar framing are the
4:50following. Number one, you're not
4:51specific enough in the pain point
4:53framing such that it really locks on to
4:56a pain they're worried about. Number
4:57two, you don't have proof validating
4:59your alternative method works or the
5:01proof you do have kind of misaligns with
5:03your claim. Number three, you don't
5:04actually sound like you know what you're
5:05talking about. You're not using the
5:06right words or phrases in the right way.
5:08And number four, plainly, you don't
5:10create enough curiosity to make them
5:11want to keep watching. Those are some of
5:13the common pitfalls where people try to
5:15execute this strategy but fall short.
5:17So, that is avatar framing and it's one
5:19of the most important storytelling
5:20exercises you can use if you're trying
5:22to make content that drives more
5:23conversion. All right, tip number two is
5:25called the broad to narrow framework. If
5:27there was one thing that you could take
5:29away from this video and try to apply
5:30right now, it would be this. People buy
5:32from you when they have an extremely
5:34clear understanding of exactly what
5:36you're saying. And one of the big
5:37reasons why people like my content so
5:38much is that I try to make it extremely
5:40clear what action they should take next
5:43after they watch the video. And I spend
5:44almost all of my time in the writing
5:46process on this. I call it clarity
5:48purification. I am just constantly
5:50rewriting and rewriting and rewriting
5:52trying to purify it so that there's 100%
5:54clarity on exactly what I'm saying. And
5:56that's because when I'm clear, you're
5:58clear, and when you're clear, you trust
6:00me more, and that's what leads to
6:01conversion. Now, one of the secrets to
6:03that clarity is the broad to narrow
6:05framework. And you can use this when you
6:06structure your short-form videos,
6:07different segments in YouTube videos,
6:09stories, carousels, emails, any kind of
6:11content. Here's how it works. The brain
6:13consumes information top down, like a
6:15funnel or an upside-down pyramid. It's
6:17widest first and then narrowest last.
6:20First, at the widest, people need to
6:22understand context about what you're
6:24talking about. Then, they need to
6:25understand the stakes for why it matters
6:27for them. Then, they want to hear a
6:29strategy, high-level, for how to
6:31approach this thing. Then, they want to
6:32get into the tactics, the specifics for
6:34how to execute that strategy. Then, they
6:36want examples showing how those tactics
6:38work, and then finally, they want
6:40summarized principles breaking down the
6:42core elements from that stack. Context
6:44is the broadest, and then you work down
6:46as you get narrow: stakes, strategy,
6:49tactics, examples, principles. This is
6:51the order for how you want to structure
6:53your information so that you can
6:54maximize clarity and people can follow
6:56along. If you start by introducing a
6:58point halfway down the information
7:00funnel, you just like open with a
7:01strategy, people can't follow and they
7:03won't buy in because they don't have the
7:05context and they don't have the stakes,
7:06the reason why they should care.
7:08Typically, when people are bad
7:09storytellers, they skip the context and
7:11stakes or they start there, but they
7:14never go back to examples to actually
7:16codify what the tactics mean. And either
7:18of those mistakes leaves the viewer
7:19unclear, confused, and they won't buy.
7:22For example, if you just rewind to the
7:23start of this section, I will
7:25demonstrate live how I explain things in
7:27the broad to narrow framework. First, I
7:29started with context. [music] All right,
7:31tip number two is called the broad to
7:32narrow framework. And if there was one
7:34thing that you could take away from this
7:36video and try to apply right now, it
7:38would be this. People buy from you when
7:39they have have extremely clear
7:41understanding of exactly what you're
7:42saying. And this was just to orient you
7:44on the idea of broad to narrow and
7:46really talking about why clarity is so
7:48important. Then I added stakes to really
7:51crystallize why you should care about
7:52clarity in the context of getting more
7:54sales. And that's because when I'm
7:56clear, you're clear, and when you're
7:58clear, you trust me more, and that's
8:00what leads to conversion. And this acts
8:02kind of like a re-hook to refocus your
8:04attention. If you heard me say broad to
8:05narrow and you're like, "Ah, clarity
8:06doesn't matter." Now this stakes piece
8:08snaps you back on because you want
8:10conversion and so you're locked back in.
8:12Next, I set up the strategy for how I
8:14actually solve this clarity problem,
8:16which is explaining how the broad to
8:17narrow framework works. Now, one of the
8:19secrets to that clarity is the broad to
8:21narrow framework. And you can use this
8:23when you structure short-form videos,
8:24different segments in YouTube videos,
8:26stories, carousels, emails, any kind of
8:28content. Next, I shared the tactics for
8:30how broad to narrow is executed in the
8:32first place, where I went through every
8:33single level and kind of broke it down.
8:35The brain consumes information top-down,
8:37like a funnel or an upside-down pyramid.
8:40It's widest first and then narrowest
8:42last. To crystallize those tactics and
8:44to really make the strategy come to
8:46life, I gave you two quick examples.
8:47First, what not to do, starting halfway
8:49through, and then literally this example
8:52now that we're going through is the
8:53example. Typically, when people are bad
8:55storytellers, they skip the context and
8:57stakes or they start there, but they
8:59never go back to examples to actually
9:01codify what the tactics mean. The only
9:03thing left to do is go through the
9:05summarized principles at the end, so it
9:06really sticks into your head. So, here
9:08we go. If you really want to increase
9:09clarity information stickiness so people
9:12buy, you [music] want to explain your
9:13points broad to narrow. First, you start
9:15with context, then you go stakes,
9:17strategy, tactics, examples, and
9:19principles in that order. And the reason
9:21you want to do this is because by
9:22increasing clarity, you increase
9:24comprehension, which increases trust,
9:26which drives more sales. All right, now
9:27that was a little magic trick to show
9:29you the Jedi mind tricks of storytelling
9:31and psychology when you know how to use
9:33it well. If you're a business owner and
9:35and to learn more about how I approach
9:36content to grow faster and using all
9:38these principles, I've got two things
9:40for you. The first is my breakdown of my
9:42entire content system. It covers ideas,
9:45hooks, storytelling, all the way to
9:46monetization. It's completely free. You
9:48can get that shortformsytem.co.
9:50It's one of the best things I think
9:52we've ever made. And then two, if you
9:53run a business or you're building your
9:54personal brand and you want to use my
9:56content brain to help you scale faster,
9:58I've got a link below where you can work
10:00with me one-on-one. All right, the third
10:01storytelling tip to help optimize for
10:03conversion is called the double aha. And
10:05if I did my job right, you should have
10:07already experienced the double aha
10:09before we got to this point. An aha
10:11moment in content is that lightbulb
10:13feeling for a viewer when they heard
10:14something that crosses their value
10:16threshold. Typically, this is when you
10:18say something they hadn't thought of
10:19before, but when they hear it, they can
10:21immediately see how it would help them.
10:23Now, one aha in content might earn you a
10:26save, a share, or a like, but two ahas
10:29in the same video will accrue 10x trust,
10:31for sure get you a follow, and usually
10:33leads to conversion. Now, here's why
10:35this happens. Potential buyers watch
10:37content looking for new things that can
10:39help them solve their problems.
10:40Delivering one non-obvious insight is
10:42good, but delivering two proves that
10:45you're a goldmine of information, and
10:47that's a pattern in their brain. When
10:48the second aha hits, they will
10:50immediately follow and subscribe because
10:51they're afraid if they don't, they'll
10:53miss the next treasure chest of gold
10:55that you're going to deliver. Your goal,
10:57if you're trying to enable storytelling
10:58for conversion, is to embed two aha
11:01moments as early as you can in the
11:03video. And right after that second aha
11:05hits, that's where you want to put an
11:06aligned CTA because this is the point of
11:09maximum leverage in the story where,
11:11based on the law of reciprocity, they
11:12feel like they owe you the most. So,
11:14double aha straight into aligned CTA,
11:16and that's how you can maximize
11:17conversion. For example, in this video
11:19so far, I was pretty sure I was going to
11:20get at least one aha somewhere in the
11:22avatar framing section, and then I
11:24thought the second aha would come from
11:26this broad to narrow piece. And just a
11:28hedge, in case the actual concept wasn't
11:30good enough, that kind of magic trick
11:32where I went back and showed you it, I
11:33figured that would be a good hedge to
11:35get the second aha. And then I CTA'd you
11:37right after that. Now, if you're at this
11:38point in the video and you're still
11:39watching, you can probably tell I know a
11:41lot about storytelling that you haven't
11:43heard before. And if storytelling is a
11:44problem for you, especially if you're a
11:46business owner, then you probably trust
11:48me a lot already. This is mostly because
11:50I created that double aha in the first 8
11:52to 10 minutes. I'm telling you this
11:53stuff is black magic, but it really does
11:55work once you learn how to harness the
11:57power of psychology and know how to
11:59influence trust. Again, if you want to
12:01work with me and have me point my
12:02storytelling brain on your content so
12:04you can scale, I've got links below. All
12:05right, tip number four to improve the
12:07conversion in your storytelling is
12:08called the emotional transformation
12:10response. Now, let's break this down.
12:12Passive viewers listen to stories
12:14because they're interesting and
12:15compelling. But buyers listen to stories
12:17because they have a target pain point or
12:19problem that they want to solve. So, if
12:20you want to turn a passive viewer into a
12:23buyer, you need to use your stories to
12:25trigger an emotional transformation
12:27response. This is essentially activating
12:29their desire to want whatever
12:31transformation that you sell. It's
12:33pretty obvious. Now, transformations are
12:34not exclusive to coaching and info.
12:37Every product secretly offers a
12:38transformation. SamCast, which is my AI
12:40software, offers a transformation to go
12:42from no content system to content
12:44system. AG1, Athletic Greens, offers a
12:46transformation of no healthy body or
12:48unhealthy to a healthy body. Clothing
12:50brands promise to turn your fashion or
12:52style sense from bad to good. All
12:54products are subconsciously offering
12:56some shift or change from A to B. And
12:58so, what you want to do is create the
13:00emotional transformation response from
13:02your story so that people want that A to
13:04B change. Now, the way you trigger this
13:06response in your storytelling is to
13:08frame the before and after state. And
13:11the easiest way to do this is with this
13:12scriptwriting framework. It's five
13:14steps. First, you start by aggravating
13:16the base pain point. And this is pretty
13:17clear, you just state it up front and
13:19try to tie it to the emotion that person
13:21is probably feeling. Usually it's
13:23negative, fear, frustration, sadness,
13:25uncertainty, confusion. Second, you want
13:27to frame how you have failed to solve
13:30that pain point in the past with
13:31traditional methods. And typically, the
13:33traditional method is the conventional
13:35way that they're stuck doing things.
13:37Now, third, you want to tease some
13:38newfound mechanism or solution that
13:41you've got to solve the problem. And a
13:42bonus tip is to name that mechanism with
13:44a name they haven't heard before. Now,
13:46fourth, you want to show the real
13:47results that you got from using that
13:50mechanism. And ideally, those results
13:51are exactly what they want. Fifth and
13:53last, give them an offer ramp CTA. If
13:56they want to learn more about how to use
13:58that mechanism to get the similar
14:00results. So, all together, it looks
14:01something like this. As a business
14:03owner, it's incredibly hard to make
14:04content that gets both high views and
14:06high sales. I spent months learning how
14:08to go viral. And even though I got 25
14:10million views, it didn't translate into
14:12meaningful sales. But 2 weeks ago, I
14:14finally discovered a new video format
14:17that actually worked. After just two
14:18attempts with it, I drove $55,000
14:21in profit off just 14,000 views. It's
14:23called the Conversion Method. completely
14:25changed how I approach making content.
14:27Comment method and I'll send you a full
14:29guide breaking down exactly how the
14:30process works and why it's so great at
14:32driving sales. That framework works
14:34super well in all types of stories.
14:36Short-form YouTube, carousel, stories,
14:38whatever you need, it will work. All
14:40right, tip number five is a little
14:41different from the four we've already
14:42covered. This is a super helpful
14:43framework to help you understand what
14:45storytelling psychology influences you.
14:48Because throughout our day, we're all
14:49being subconsciously influenced through
14:51various pieces of content. The fastest
14:52way to understand how you should tweak
14:54your storytelling is to use this double
14:57zoom out method to understand how other
14:59storytelling is influencing you. You
15:01should run this on every piece of
15:02content you consume. First, as you're
15:04watching a piece of content, you want to
15:05zoom out a little bit as if you're
15:07standing over your own shoulder and ask
15:09yourself this. Is this piece of content
15:11making me trust this person more such
15:13that I want to consider buying whatever
15:15it is they're selling. If yes, zoom out
15:17again basically to a god's eye view and
15:19ask this. What specifically did they
15:21say, show, or do that made me start to
15:24trust them and want to learn more? It
15:26sounds counterintuitive, but just by
15:28doing this, the double zoom out, it will
15:29reveal the exact messaging, words,
15:32actions, and visuals on the screen that
15:35best influence you into trusting them.
15:37And then you can mimic that in your own
15:39content. Now, not every piece of content
15:41is going to make you trust the creator,
15:43but when you start noticing this is
15:44happening, pause, retrace your steps,
15:47zoom out, and ask, "How did I get here?"
15:49If they get you to trust them, typically
15:51they did one of several things. They
15:52either showed you an example that deeply
15:55connected with one of your struggles
15:56that you're currently facing. They
15:58described an emotional state that you
16:00are in or were recently in. Or they
16:02articulated their own transformation of
16:04pain, their failed attempt at solving
16:06it, and then their new novel solution.
16:07And I'm telling you, once you understand
16:09what they used on you, it's so much
16:11easier to flip around and use that in
16:13your own stuff. Here's why this is so
16:15helpful. Humans have trouble
16:16introspecting on their own work. We can
16:19easily see mistakes in others, but we
16:20really struggle to look inward and find
16:22the mistakes in our own stuff. The
16:24double zoom out allows you to catch
16:26yourself being persuaded in real time so
16:28that you don't have to sit and try to
16:30guess what happened. Now, here's an
16:31example of this happening to me recently
16:33so I can articulate my own experience to
16:35show you how this works. Recently, I was
16:37watching a few videos from this guy
16:38Jeremy Haynes. He specifically makes
16:40content for business owners that are
16:41kind of doing a couple hundred K a month
16:43trying to grow to a million a month. And
16:45this is exactly where I'm at in my
16:46entrepreneurial journey, and that's the
16:47goal I have is try to get to a million a
16:49month. So, I was watching one of his
16:50videos and I noticed myself begin to
16:53fall down the trust rabbit hole. So, I
16:55double zoomed out and I said, "What is
16:56he doing here that's making me trust him
16:58and want to potentially buy his
17:00products?" And in this case, there were
17:01four things that he was doing. Number
17:03one, he consistently uses terms that I
17:05know, but are not at a beginner level.
17:07So, it signaled to me that he serves
17:09advanced people like me. Number two, he
17:11consistently reiterates the exact target
17:13I have, million-dollar months, over and
17:15over and over and over, almost like
17:17drilling it into your head that that's
17:18all he does. Number three, he dissected
17:21several other businesses kind of similar
17:22to mine in a way that made me reflect on
17:24patterns or roadblocks that I have in my
17:27own business. And number four was the
17:28consistency of the quality of those
17:31first three things over and over and
17:32over and over in many videos. Bonus
17:34number five, he's also kind of a funny
17:36guy and so that just like adds an extra
17:37icing layer as well. So as I was sitting
17:39there feeling myself be influenced like
17:41a magnet was pulling me in, that double
17:44zoom allowed me to realize, "Oh, I
17:46should just do those things in my
17:47content." Now this double zoom exercise
17:49is probably the most non-obvious and
17:50effective thing you could take from this
17:51entire video. It's a little psychology
17:53level, it's not as tactical, but I find
17:55it to be extremely helpful. And the
17:57reason is because most people are not
17:59good at noticing psychology patterns. So
18:01this gives you a new perspective to
18:03uncover what's working on you. All
18:05right, the last tip, number six, is
18:06around buyer psychology. If you want to
18:08drive more conversion from your
18:10storytelling, it's super helpful to
18:11understand why people actually buy from
18:13certain stories. So let me break down
18:15how I think about this. At the most
18:17basic level, people buy because they're
18:18willing to risk dollars today in the
18:20hopes of returning a multiple on that
18:23investment in the future. That's really
18:25it. So the job of your story is to
18:27derisk that buying decision for them. So
18:29it feels like an automatic no-brainer
18:31yes that they will get a return.
18:33Typically, this is done through three
18:35things: client proof, your own proof, or
18:38demonstration of aptitude or ability in
18:41the content. For example, in this video,
18:43I've tried my best to demonstrate an
18:45advanced or mastery level of
18:47storytelling and psychology such that
18:49you have no doubt that if you paid me
18:51and I applied my full force of will on
18:54your content, I could help you grow
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18:57that is through a series of very
18:58non-obvious, novel, but clearly
19:00explained frameworks to show that I have
19:03a deeper bag than other people. Now
19:04after you watch this video, you can take
19:06what I said, implement some of it on
19:08your own, and if you see conversions go
19:10up, you will immediately come back and
19:12want to buy to get more of that. And
19:13this is the content cycle that drives
19:15authority, trust, and conversion. Now,
19:17the thing that's even stronger than the
19:19demonstration of ability and aptitude is
19:22the client proof and my own proof from
19:24using these methods and actually having
19:26the raw data and testimonials. And I
19:28left that out on purpose so I can make
19:29this point hit harder, but ideally, I
19:31would have also included my own proof,
19:33the 2 million followers, the billions of
19:35views, the three seven-figure
19:36businesses, and the client testimonials,
19:39the dozens and dozens of business owners
19:40that I've helped grow from zero to
19:41millions and actually grow their
19:43business. The truth is, information and
19:45demonstration can only get you so far on
19:47the de-risking spectrum. If you're
19:48selling high-ticket offers, you're
19:50probably going to need to infuse the
19:52proof, whether from clients or yourself.
19:54And so, if you know that's how buyer
19:56psychology works, you want to try to
19:57infuse as much of those three things as
19:59you can, given the constraints of the
20:01length of the content. All right, guys,
20:03that is all I've got on this video. As
20:05always, I'm trying to just push the
20:06boundaries for what's available and free
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20:09growth. If you're a business owner, you
20:11could probably tell this is going to be
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20:13possibly watch if you're trying to use
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20:17all I do, that's all I specialize in. If
20:19you want to work with me one-on-one, you
20:20want me to allocate my content brain
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20:24grow your business, I've got links below
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20:33All right, we'll see you guys on the
20:34next video. Peace.

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