Y o u Don't Need Louder Marketing. You Need a Clearer Story.
- Jonathan Dampier
- Aug 11
- 1 min read
In every high-growth company I’ve worked with, whether SaaS, logistics, or services, there’s a moment where the instinct is to turn up the volume.
Bigger campaigns. More channels. Louder claims. All in the name of growth. But the companies that break through don’t win by being noisier. They win by telling a story their audience actually hears and remembers.
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗡𝗼𝗶𝘀𝗲
I've seen this firsthand. At Newgistics, we weren’t just selling reverse logistics, we reframed the conversation around Returns Management, creating a category that solved a pain point retailers didn’t even realize was costing them loyalty and profit.
At RetailMeNot, we weren’t shouting louder about coupons. We shifted the B2B narrative to deliver unique insights to retail marketers, giving them visibility into competitive deals data they’d never had before.
These weren’t louder plays. They were clearer ones.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗻’𝘁
It builds trust. People don’t buy what they don’t understand.
𝗜𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀. When your internal teams know the story, they can sell it, support it, and amplify it.
𝗜𝘁 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿. A precise story repels the wrong audience—and pulls the right one in deeper.
You don’t need five more landing pages or a louder ad headline. You need a story that speaks to your customer's problem in their language.
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀
What pain are you solving emotionally, not just functionally?
Why are you uniquely qualified to solve it?
What change do you want your customer to believe is possible?
If you can answer those questions with clarity and then build your campaigns around them—you won’t need to shout. You’ll already be heard.
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