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No. 151 · Business

When money is tight, tell your story harder

Line illustration: a small figure leaning into a strong wind and carrying a horn, with a few coins scattered behind.

The cost of living is crazy high, and I feel it most for young people. There's a huge need to show your worth through money, yet it feels like there's less money available to showcase your value. Social media shows that success, which is what everybody's striving for, but it doesn't feel attainable.

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When it feels like society is not investing in new opportunities and new products, that's when you have to go even harder at letting people know your story.

Why you? Why now? Why should they trust you? Why is this important? Why is this a better value today than later?

Go deeper

You have to go deeper into explaining your story, explaining your offer, and connecting with your consumer, because the opportunity is still there. You just have to put more effort into telling your story.

Try this: write your own answers to those five whys and put them on your offer page.

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The opportunity is there. Tell it harder.

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