5 tips for telling your innovative product story. Products today are innovative and sometimes complex and consumers want to know immediately how products can benefit them, which makes marketing those products a challenge. The best brands such as Nike, Apple, Adidas and others know how to tell their brand stories.

1. P R O D U C T I N N O VAT I O N S T O RY T E L L I N G
C O N N E C T I N G W I T H Y O U R C O N S U M E R
P I X E L P O O L P R E S E N T S

2. C O M M O N LY H E A R D F R O M P R O D U C T M A R K E T E R S
Our consumers don’t fully understand our product
Our product is too expensive - lets lower the price
To consumers, our product looks like other, cheaper products
Our product gets good reviews but only geeks seem to buy it
Consumers can't see the cool stuff inside the product
Our product has no media budget, so its going to fail
Speeds, feeds and tech specs - how do I communicate all of it?
Our product isn’t selling because it is complicated
Our product is destined to be mediocre even though its cool

3. M A R K E T E R S , E N G I N E E R S
A N D D E S I G N E R S S P E N D
Y E A R S O F T H E I R L I V E S
C R E AT I N G A P R O D U C T

4. T H E P R O D U C T T U R N S O U T
A M A Z I N G .
I T I S B E A U T I F U L .
I T I S R E V O L U T I O N A RY A N D
H A S A M A Z I N G F E AT U R E S A N D
B E N E F I T S .

5. Y O U R P R O D U C T H A S A N
I N N O VAT I O N S T O RY T O T E L L
Y O U R C O N S U M E R S .
A F T E R A L L , T H E R E I S A R E A S O N
W H Y S O M U C H R & D WA S S P E N T
T O M A K E I T A M A Z I N G .
I T K I C K S A S S , R I G H T ?

6. Its your job as a marketer to
tell its story!
Storytelling helps close the
deal, encourages upsell,
and can make the customer
feel good in the process.

7. H O W ?

8. T R A D I T I O N A L LY,
P R O D U C T
I N N O VAT I O N
S T O R I E S A R E
F O C U S E D O N
F E AT U R E S

9. Feature 1 - Revolutionary material
Feature 2 - Faster processor
Feature 3 - Bigger screen
Feature 4 - Enhanced software
E X A M P L E S O F F E AT U R E S

10. B U T, I T S N O T J U S T A B O U T W H AT
Y O U R P R O D U C T F E AT U R E S A R E
I T S A B O U T H O W Y O U R P R O D U C T
C A N B E N E F I T Y O U R C O N S U M E R

11. Benefit - Its easier and lighter to carry
Benefit - you charge it less often
Benefit - it organizes your life and saves you time
Benefit - its softer and lasts longer

12. Less charging - We reinvented the battery.
More comfortable - We revolutionized the fabric and material.
Its healthier - We now only use organic ingredients.
Its more useful - It learns your patterns and adjusts to your needs
T I E T H E B E N E F I T T O T H E
I N N O VAT I O N

13. B U T W E A L R E A D Y
K N O W T H I S , R I G H T ?

14. Innovations and their benefits are what allow brands to sell
products at higher price points.
The key word is sell.
As a marketer you must justify your position and price.
You must sell the value to your consumer. Otherwise, you
look like every product on the shelf.

15. T E L L I N G A G R E AT I N N O VAT I O N S T O RY T O
A M A S S M A R K E T I S H A R D .
Consumers are in a hurry.
Consumers want value (great for less)
Consumers want to understand your story, quickly.

16. T H E F O L L O W I N G A R E A F E W
E X A M P L E S O F G R E AT
P R O D U C T I N N O VAT I O N
S T O RY T E L L I N G

17. ADIDAS BOOST VIDEO
http://youtu.be/PE73KDDn658

18. S P E C I A L I Z E D B I K E S , F S R
S U S P E N S I O N
Innovative product, communicated in
terms of the benefits first. Control,
Comfort, Efficiency, etc.
Then, a quote from one of their product
experts talking about how he’s worked on
it for years and what he’s designing it for.

19. H U R L E Y I N N O VAT I O N V I D E O
http://pixel-pool.com/projects/product/phantom-fuse-short

20. 3 M W E B S I T E F O R I T S D Y N E O N M AT E R I A L
http://solutions.3m.com/innovation/en_US/stories/conquering-mountains

21. A P P L E M A C B O O K
https://youtu.be/hajnEpCq5SE

22. T O T E L L A G R E AT S T O RY
F O R Y O U R P R O D U C T

23. F O C U S O N I T S B E N E F I T S

24. T I E T H E B E N E F I T S T O
Y O U R I N N O VAT I O N S

25. T H E N D E L I V E R Y O U R S T O RY
T O Y O U R A U D I E N C E W H E R E
T H E Y C O N S U M E C O N T E N T

26. 5 T I P S T O C R E AT I N G A G R E AT
P R O D U C T I N N O VAT I O N S T O RY

27. #1 Make it simple, a product innovation story is not a list of product
features, but it is what your amazing product can do for your consumer.
Your product has 47 amazing things about it? Choose the best 3.
5 T I P S T O C R E AT I N G A G R E AT P R O D U C T
I N N O VAT I O N S T O RY

28. 5 T I P S T O C R E AT I N G A G R E AT P R O D U C T
I N N O VAT I O N S T O RY
#2 The best stories are entertaining and emotional. Tell your innovation story
in a way that captures the heart of your audience. Use of visuals, music and
motion will keep your audience engaged while learning about your product.

29. 5 T I P S T O C R E AT I N G A G R E AT P R O D U C T
I N N O VAT I O N S T O RY
#3 Make the story easy to communicate on different mediums including digital,
social, print and in store. Short videos and animations are great formats that
can be used in many places. Creating a story that only works in a long form
video is difficult to communicate in retail, for instance.

30. 5 T I P S T O C R E AT I N G A G R E AT P R O D U C T
I N N O VAT I O N S T O RY
#4 “Ultimately, it’s not the product itself that’s inspiring. It’s what the customer is
planning to do with it. That’s the story.” Glenn Condradt, VP Global Marketing
at CoreMedia. Focus on what the product can do for your consumer.

31. 5 T I P S T O C R E AT I N G A G R E AT P R O D U C T
I N N O VAT I O N S T O RY
#5 Be visual. We consume with our eyes first. Use of photo real CG is a great
way to tell product innovation stories, because you have the freedom to show
different layers or innovations.

32. If you’re ready to learn more about how product innovation storytelling from PixelPool
can help you and your brand, please reach out to us.
We are a global studio that focuses on helping marketers and designers tell their
brand stories, visually.
http://www.pixel-pool.com
email: us@pixel-pool.com
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