Since 2009, Tell Your Story has been helping organizations develop & amplify great stories for business success. Enjoy the first edition of Storytime – Updates from Tell Your Story.
What’s Shaping Social Media in 2025?
The social media landscape is shifting fast. For social teams, staying ahead of these shifts isn’t just beneficial – it’s essential for delivering impactful results. In our latest blog, Amanda Pollard breaks down five key trends, from Social SEO and short-form video to AI tools and employee advocacy. Discover how your brand can stay ahead, stay agile, and stay relevant in 2025.
Networking: Stud, Dud or Bud?
Want to level up your networking game and be more strategic with your connections? Have you heard of “Studs, Duds and Buds?” It’s a way of categorizing the people you meet and how you go about networking. Understanding this concept can help you be more strategic in your networking efforts. While it’s important to be open to connecting with everyone, prioritizing the time you spend with different types of people can make the difference between fulfillment and a waste of time. Here’s a blog post where we summarize the concept and a video conversation between our founder George Rafeedie and his entrepreneur nephew, Hanna Kassis.
Media Gaffes, Tips & Tricks
We are starting a new video series to go along with our Storytime newsletter. Our first production stars our very own Kira Perdue, a public relations industry veteran who knows a thing or two about successful media interviews. She is also quick to point out when things go bad. And how you can fix them to leverage media opportunities for business success.
Support Local Journalism – It’s So Important
We are proud supporters of honest, fact-based and balanced journalism. Many of us at Tell Your Story have degrees in journalism and support our rights for free speech and free press. As part of that commitment, on a local level, we support a local (Chicago’s northshore) nonprofit newsroom called The Record North Shore. Our founder, George Rafeedie, sits on the board directors and is involved in many of its charity events. This month, George emceed a “Hot Ones” – inspired wing eating fundraiser.
Storytime is published by story marketing agency Tell Your Story Brand Communications Inc. (TYS). Since 2009, TYS has been the alternative marketing partner for organizations of all sizes who have a great story to tell, but don’t have the resources to work with a giant marketing agency. We are integrated marketing communicators who develop and amplify great stories for business success. Our purpose is to bring great people together to accomplish things we wouldn’t be able to accomplish on our own. Let’s make something happen together.
