Episode Category The StoryConnect Podcast
Reducing Broadband Business Churn

Business customers need reliability, flexibility and simple billing. Delivering and communicating about those value adds can lead to long-lasting customer relationships.
The Value Based Approach to Selling Broadband, with Joe Kohegyi

What You’ll Learn Calix’s Joe Kohegyi says competing on price and speed is a recipe for failure. Modern consumers want value in their connection and smart broadband marketers are working to communicate the value they deliver. Show Notes Transcripts have…
The Importance of Alignment and How to Get There

Clever marketing campaigns are fun, but they are ineffective unless staff and sales processes are aligned behind them.
Food Trucks and Fireworks: How to Creatively Connect Community Events

What You’ll Learn When you have multiplebroadband competitors pulling potential subscribers away, how do you set your story apart? Hear how Georgia’s Tri-CoGo turned powering food trucks, fireworks shows and parks and recreation spaces into a way to build brand…
Strategies for Getting Out of the TV Business

Facing increasing costs and angry subscribers, many broadband providers are looking to drop TV service. Ending linear video service in a strategic way can leave customers and broadband providers in a better way—as long as it's done in a smart way.
Weaving Compelling Narratives into Your Marketing Strategy

The broadband packages at SCTelcom don’t focus on speed. Instead, they highlight experiences like the connected family, high techies, home tech starter and a package for a simple and secure experience. Wendy Crenner shares how her team uses the power of narratives to connect with subscribers.
What Can We Learn from 31 Years in Utility Communications?

Mike Teegarden is retiring from Pioneer after 31 years of telling stories, first through his photography and then through his editorial leadership. Mike joins “The StoryConnect Podcast” to discuss lessons learned from photography to leadership to storytelling.
Frontline Storytellers: How to Train Your Team on Subscriber Experience

Is your consumer service team built to care? Scott Paul, of Beacon Broadband, shares how he uses team building and mentoring to turn his frontline team into storytelling specialists!
Team ThunderForce: How a Dino-Riding Hero Turns Humor Into Sales
Incorporating humor into broadband marketing has skyrocketed sales at Co-Mo Communications over the past several years. How did dino-riding Chip Thunder go from a short-lived advertisement to a beloved character among subscribers?
Football and WiFi: How One Utility Connects with Fans (and Subscribers) on Friday Nights

What You’ll Learn Every Friday night, stadium lights flash on and fans in purple or red file in. Before the crowd roars for touchdowns, they pull out their phones to connect to free Wi-Fi from the co-op. Pea River Co-op’s…