235 - Why Storytelling is a Powerful Marketing Strategy, With Jake Karls, Founder of Mid-Day Squares

Your brand means nothing if it can’t stand out from the competition. So quit trying to blend in and start telling your audience a great story.  Daniel sits down with Jake Karls, co-founder of Mid-Day Squares, to discuss the power of storytelling in marketing. Discover how Mid-Day Squares built its brand with storytelling at the forefront, allowing it to thrive in the otherwise over-saturated health food marketplace. Jake divulges how Mid-Day Squares started with a homemade recipe, a dream, and a plan and skyrocketed into an overnight social media sensation. What makes their content creation process so unique? He reveals how through authenticity, customer relationship-building, and Grade-A content, Mid-Day Squares managed to conquer brick-and-mortar stores and DTC.  Tune in to gain insights on how to add value to your audience and make a lasting impact with your brand.   00:00:02 - The Constant Power of Storytelling 00:00:58 - Revolutionizing Chocolate Bars with Clean Ingredients 00:06:25 - Crafting Authentic Brand Stories for Trust 00:13:58 - Differentiating Midday Squares Through Storytelling 00:20:16 - Authentic Storytelling: The Key to Business Success 00:28:43 - Discover Midday Squares' Marketing Strategy   Black Crow helps Shopify brands get more value out of their existing tech stack by using AI to uncover patterns that can fuel performance. You can sustainably grow your email/SMS lists, efficiently retarget on Meta, and start seeing additional revenue that you would have otherwise missed in paid marketing and abandonment flows. Visit the link for more information.   Learn More About Mid-Day Squares:  Website: https://www.middaysquares.com   Follow Jake:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-karls-653106ba/   Follow Daniel: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@themarketingmillennials/featured Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Dmurr68 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing   Sign up for The Marketing Millennials newsletter:  www.workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennials   Daniel is a Workweek friend, working to produce amazing podcasts. To find out more, visit: www.workweek.com

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Bored of the same BS Marketing podcasts? With insights from the sharpest minds in the world, Daniel Murray unpacks their playbooks just for you to take into your weekly Marketing meeting. We'll get deep into the conversation with Marketing leaders from companies like Gymshark, Shopify, and Infiniti. Every week you'll hear from guests who run 9-figure businesses, manage communities of 20M+ people, and execute the campaigns you see on your timeline every day. The best part? We'll give you ALL of their actionable insights. From building profitable newsletters, to scaling on TikTok: Daniel gets into all of it. The one request he makes to all his guests? Stories or it didn't happen. If you want to be part of The Marketing Millennials community, join in the conversation at: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-marketing-millennials Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_marketing_millennials And if you love the show, tell a friend. Follow Daniel on Twitter: twitter.com/Dmurr68 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketing Sign up to The Marketing Millennials newsletter: workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennials