At the risk of sounding like Swiss Tony from The Fast Show, running a business is a lot like making love to a beautiful woman telling a story.
You’ve got characters (your products/services) and a gripping plot (your business strategy), and you aim for a satisfying ending (customer satisfaction).
But what about the theme?
Like a best-selling novel, your brand needs a core narrative that pulls all the elements together. And this, my friends, is where the magic ingredient of a content theme comes into play.
The Insightful Prologue: Why Every Story Needs a Theme
In the crowded digital marketplace, where the average human has the attention span of a goldfish with a caffeine addiction, standing out isn’t just nice—it’s vital.
Enter the base content theme: your brand’s North Star. At the heart of the De-bland Your Brand philosophy, this isn’t just about finding a catchy tagline. It’s about finding your brand’s soul and then holding a megaphone to it.
What’s the point? Beyond not blending in like a chameleon at a colour festival, it’s about connecting. A well-crafted theme resonates with your audience’s values, needs, and preferences. It turns your messaging from white noise into a symphony they can’t wait to hear again.
The Humanity within the Hash-tags: Crafting a Theme That Cares
As we become more entangled in the web of AI and data analytics, remember that Barbara in accounts is still cackling over cat memes, and Geoff from sales is trying to mimic the new TikTok dance craze. It’s humanity, with all its quirks, that drives your audience. That’s why your content theme should be an ode to human creativity and intuition.
Think about it. A theme like IDOLISE isn’t about putting you or your customer on a pedestal. That would be crass. Instead, it’s about finding that shared, relatable experience your audience instantly recognises in your brand. For example, the financial world of an accountant is complex and hard to understand if you’re not in that world. So, you could idolise “Simplicity”. Your theme could be based on simplifying the accounting world so anyone can understand it.
On the flip side, with a cheekier theme like DEMONISE, you join your audience in a collective eye-roll at shared annoyances. Using the accountancy example, you could demonise complicated jargon and how some professional services seem to go out of their way to make it seem hard to understand.
It’s these emotions, powered by humans, that transform interest into loyalty.
The Plot Twist: Dialogue Over Monologue
Pitching your brand should never feel like a monologue where you bang on about past glories. Engage in a conversation through the lens of your content theme. The REALISE theme invites your audience backstage, pulling back the curtain to reveal the blood, sweat, and (occasional) tears behind your services or products. Bring your audience into your world and make them part of your story.
A Spoonful of Humour: Adding Personality to Your Pixels
Remember the last time you laughed so hard that your smartwatch asked if you were having a workout? That’s the power of humour. It’s human, relatable and, above all, memorable. Infusing a dash of humour and personality into your brand narrative could mean the difference between a customer snoring through your content and them sharing it faster than a dad joke at a barbecue.
The Final Touch
Picture your favourite storyteller — one who grabs you by the heart and pulls you through a saga that leaves you breathless at every turn. Now, take that energy and channel it into your brand’s message. It’s not just about stringing together words. It’s about crafting a story so engaging that your audience can’t help but lean in closer.
The question, now, is not how your story unfolds, but rather, when are we starting Chapter One?
