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Chad Alexander

Chad Alexander

Fifth-Level Wizard of video production, editing, concepts, and strategy. Unofficial Jester specializing in Dad-Jokes at Story Collaborative. Deep in the reaches of the grand technical matrix, a wizard was busy at work cracking codes, creating video, and playing pinball. Soon, his skills grew too great to be contained by the matrix, and his role at Story Collaborative was born. Chad is a videographer, video gamer, writer, board gamer, husband to an awesome wife, copy editor, and Doctor Who nerd. Chad spent nearly 10 years in the government contracting sector, has a BS in video communications, and an MS in information systems management. Chad enjoys learning about cybersecurity, drinking good scotch, and laughing entirely too much.

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Chad Alexander
By Chad Alexander
on June 27, 2023

Who will win in the fight between Microsoft Dynamics vs HubSpot? We marketers will!

When comparing Microsoft Dynamics vs HubSpot, there are several key differences that set them apart.

Before we dive into the differences, I'm going to address three myths about the platforms.

Then, I'll talk about the four key differences between the two platforms.

Let's get started!

Chad Alexander
By Chad Alexander
on June 26, 2023

This is a shameless plug for our upcoming series, "HubSpot Bootstrappers of NoVA". This is an open invite to any business or small business marketing consultant in the Northern Virginia area. Over the course of four months we're going to cover how to:

  1. Unleash a Single Sales + Marketing System
  2. Unghost Sales Leads
  3. Build a Landing Page That Works
  4. Write Emails that Get Opened

    P.S. We will be live at these events at Reclaim Arcade in Fredericksburg, VA.
Chad Alexander
By Chad Alexander
on June 15, 2023

Your HubSpot onboarding will become even more effective if you know these five things

If you are in the position to start thinking about HubSpot onboarding or you are about to go through the process-- congratulations! We at Story Collaborative love HubSpotYes, in full transparency, they do pay us for the amount of HubSpot accounts we manage, but this is by no means a paid advertisement. We honestly just like talking about HubSpot and how great of a CRM/CMS it is!

Chad Alexander
By Chad Alexander
on June 06, 2023

Is your business adopting some of these Story Brand flaws?

If you’re familiar with Donald Miller and his book, Building a Story Brand, you obviously are familiar with the Storybrand Brandscript, a distillation of the key points made throughout the book in one nice, handy .pdf file.

This is a broad overview of the main character, the struggles they face, and the mentor figure that takes them under their wing (think Gandalf or Morpheus or even us if you want a growth agency on your side) that will symbolically guide your buyers through their own magical and wonderful buyer journey.

Here’s the problem: Real people and their real-life journeys are complicated and messy. We know because we do buyer journeys for businesses a LOT. And we discover things late in the process that neither us nor the client saw coming, because humans are unpredictable at times.

And to think that you can distill their decision processes down to anything simplistic is, well...

…to borrow a quote from Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park: “That is one big pile of s#!+

And just like his chaos theory, we're about to introduce some chaos into the Story Brand framework.

Chad Alexander
By Chad Alexander
on April 29, 2021

Story Collaborative was named the "Most Outstanding  Growth Marketing Consultancy 2021" by Corporate Vision.

We're honored to make this distinction, and we relish what this means for the company this year and beyond!

Part of the reason we were chosen for this distinction is because of a belief that we hold. And we aren't the most outstanding growth marketing consultancy because of what we do, but what other agencies do, or rather, don't do:

We believe that the current marketing agency model is unfair, and we believe there is a different way.

And here's where we stop talking about us, and start talking about the problems we have encountered with traditional agencies and even inbound agencies.

Chad Alexander
By Chad Alexander
on January 31, 2021

Story Collaborative was named one of the top "30 Most Reputable Companies of the Year 2021" by The Silicon Review. We're honored to have this distinction and excited for what it means this year and moving forward. Part of the reason we were chosen for this distinction is because we believe that the current marketing agency model is unfair.

Chad Alexander
By Chad Alexander
on September 23, 2020

The questionWhat would you tell your boss if they asked you, “Why aren’t our videos working?”

 

The answer:

"That’s a great question, boss lady!

Chad Alexander
By Chad Alexander
on September 15, 2020

The questionhow do you respond to a client when they ask: "What's the best video editing tool?"

The answer:

"for high-end editing, it's DaVinci Resolve. But, there are some other great choices, too. You need to discover the best video editing tool for you and your needs. Here's how..."

Chad Alexander
By Chad Alexander
on September 08, 2020

The questionhow to help your boss feel at-ease in front of the camera, when they say: "I'm terrible at this!"

Chad Alexander
By Chad Alexander
on September 02, 2020

The question: How to respond when asked: "what's better? YouTube or Vimeo?"

 

The answer:

Well, one isn’t better -- they’re just different! In general, YouTube is the place that the average business can build an audience, gain SEO value (since it’s owned by Google), and expect consumer interaction. Vimeo is really the filmmaker’s platform. This is a place you can host videos that are embedded on your website, or share edits with clients. Vimeo provides unique control of your content that YouTube is not designed for. But, don’t forget! Platforms like Facebook typically require you to upload your video there as well for the best shareability and visibility.”