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UnPeeled: Stories for a Better Life, Career, or Business
Discover ideas, tips, and tricks to help you create an appealing life, career, or business. Stories published in the APeeling Digital Magazines are posted here in the UnPeeled Blog when a new issue is created. Topics about life include: Emotions, professionalism, fear, depression, anxiety, mental health, life's purpose, struggle, courage, strength, dating, and more. Topics about career and business include: Brand storytelling, marketing, time management, decision making, pivoting, start ups, social media, SEO, search engine optimization, SEM search engine marketing, real estate, personal branding, branding,
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The Key to Success on Social Media
How to Succeed on Social Media in 2026 Engagement is still the secret sauce of social media success. If your goal is to connect with your ideal customers, it’s not enough to post and hope they notice you—you need to show up in the right conversations, add value, and get noticed. This guide focuses on practical ways to engage with your audience, build your brand, and turn followers into customers. Give People a Reason to Follow Your Story Your audience wants a story they can r
Shannon Peel
Mar 610 min read


What is Brand Storytelling?
Brand Storytelling is the narrative storytellers tell the marketplace about a brand / company / person Discover how to tell your brand story
Shannon Peel
Feb 2510 min read


How to tell a Brand Story
Telling a Brand Story is not as difficult as it looks. Discover how to tell your brand story using a storytelling technique.
Shannon Peel
Feb 2010 min read


Start Smart: Branding Foundations Every New Business Needs
When you're starting from scratch, branding is one of those things that feels both obvious and oddly mysterious. You know you need a logo. You’ve probably picked some colors. Maybe even bought a domain name that almost matches your business. But here’s the real truth: branding isn’t about how you look—it’s about how you make people feel the moment they meet you, read about you, or walk through your door. For new small business owners, branding isn’t a step you check off. It’s
APeeling Guest Contributor
Sep 30, 20254 min read


The Foundation of Ads that Sell
in the race to find the answer to new ways of advertising, did we miss a truth? Creating ads that sell
Shannon Peel
Nov 11, 202410 min read


Creating a Compelling Brand Presence on Amazon
building a strong brand presence is akin to having a well-dressed storefront on a bustling main street. However, with the digital marketplac
APeeling Guest Contributor
Oct 21, 20245 min read


The ABCs of Effective Brand Marketing and Storytelling
explore the fundamental principles of brand marketing and storytelling, highlighting key strategies that can elevate your marketing efforts
Shannon Peel
Aug 1, 20234 min read


How Video Content Can Improve Your SEO
One of the most efficient and successful ways to build your brand and grow your audience is through video content. Videos are engaging,...
Shannon Peel
Jul 28, 20233 min read


The Ultimate Guide to Video Marketing for Small Businesses
Video is a great way to connect with your target audience and get your message across in a way that is engaging and visually appealing. But
Shannon Peel
Jan 25, 20233 min read


Brand Storytelling Tip
How can you establish your brand as the go to expert and stand out in today's digital marketplace?
Shannon Peel
Jan 20, 20232 min read


Summits Offer Solutions to Problems
Matching businesses to their ideal audience by creating stages where speakers offer solutions to audiences with a specific problem.
Shannon Peel
Jan 15, 20232 min read


The Art of Standing Out With Interviews
I wanted to focus specifically on how interviews can help you stand out with audiences and build credibility.

Lilian
Jan 15, 20232 min read


How Public Relations Can Help You Build Brand Awareness
How the power of public relations can help you raise brand awareness for your story.

Lilian
Jan 6, 20232 min read


Speaking as a Marketing Channel
Speaking as a marketing channel gets your offer in front of your ideal audience when they need their problem solved.
Shannon Peel
Jan 4, 20235 min read


How to Use Storyboards to Up Your MarketingGame
Storyboarding improves your content marketing results - find out how and discover tools to raise your engagement and conversion rates
Shannon Peel
Dec 19, 20222 min read


Reinvigorate Your Marketing With Forgotten Methods That Still Work
modern marketing has gone digital. In the face of email, social media, and targeted internet advertising, many companies have forgotten abou
Shannon Peel
Dec 5, 20223 min read


Digital Publishing Market to Garner $ 37,940.7Mn by 2028 | 6.4% CAGR - Global Analysis by The Insigh
Substantial Growth of Edtech Companies in APAC to Provide Growth Opportunities for digital publishing Market during 2021–2028
Shannon Peel
Oct 25, 20223 min read


Brand Stories Inspire Empathy
Eliciting empathy not sympathy in your vulnerable brand stories will create connection between your brand and your audience or customers.
Shannon Peel
Aug 20, 202217 min read


What is the Definition of Brand?
Brand is the image, voice, mask, reputation, personality, persona and more of a company. I asked experts and business owners to define brand
Shannon Peel
Jun 6, 20224 min read


Why Tell a Brand Story?
Tell a brand story to get noticed in the marketplace, to connect your customer to your brand, and show which decision is the best one - You
Shannon Peel
Jun 3, 20227 min read
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