Recurring revenue wins every time.
Great content will get people through the door, but it’s your brand DNA that keeps audiences engaged and makes your story memorable.
This unique workshop dives deep into visual storytelling, structured copy, subscription marketing, and how to create a hidden hook at every turn.
“Such a brilliant session! The team are still talking about it and we continue to use the material to this day” – Loose Women editor-in-Chief Sally Shelford
“That was really stimulating. It was great to throw ideas around with people I don’t normally work with” – Mike, Managing Editor
This workshop is about content strategy, so is suitable for anyone responsible for coming up with creative ideas. Editors, writers, designers, publishers and marketers will all benefit. The workshop is highly interactive, with individual and breakout room exercises, plenty of group debate, and lots of Q&A. Online, you can invite as many people as you like. In person, this workshop can handle up to 18 people.
We will run a Zoom call beforehand with the key stakeholders in order to establish what success looks like for you. We will establish what markets and titles are most relevant, who we want to praise and who we need to critique. All case studies and exercises will be relevant to your specific situation.
• Why, why now, why this way?
How to answer the most important questions about your content
• Visual storytelling
Why showing, not telling, is the key to success
• Secrets of the Wet Dog
How to get your audience to come back time after time
• Structured copy
Readers can’t wait to bail out. We share techniques for getting them to stick around
• Real-world loyalty
How to earn it, how to keep it
• Have a really big idea
And what that looks like in the real world
• Hidden Hooks Top Ten
And how you can learn from them
• Tanks behind the hill
How to surprise your reader and out-flank the competition
• Step-by-step
Inside a subscription marketing success story
Should you choose, this Hidden Hooks session can be extended, either to a full day, or by adding a second half-day session.
Each delegate chooses pieces they would like to talk about, everyone can share their screen, and together we work through the issues.
This consultancy/training hybrid is a unique process. You’ll make real strides in the shortest possible space of time, and your team will totally own the outcomes.
