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Mark Evans on the TechTO stage

Mark Evans

Principal, Marketing Spark

MarketingTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2015

Mark Evans is a fractional CMO and the principal of Marketing Spark, the Toronto consultancy he started in 2012 to bring storytelling-led positioning to startups and B2B SaaS companies. He spent 15 years as a technology reporter at the National Post, The Globe and Mail and Bloomberg News, co-founded Blanketware, and hosts the Marketing Spark podcast.

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2015. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Mark

In their words

your customers don't care about your product your platform or their solution what they care about is the experience that your product delivers

TechTO, Sep 2015 · watch at 03:12

when you convey information using a story it's 8 to 10 times more memorable than if you use facts and figures

TechTO, Sep 2015 · watch at 02:10

storytelling is a mindset it involves embracing a different approach and a different way of thinking and in some ways you have to think like a reporter

TechTO, Sep 2015 · watch at 04:11
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Quick answers

What was Mark Evans' TechTO talk about?

That storytelling is a marketing skill rather than a talent. Most startups describe what they built long before they explain why anyone should care, and a feature list gives a customer no reason to keep listening past the first ten seconds.

What is Marketing Spark?

Evans' own consultancy, started in 2012. He works as a fractional CMO and strategic advisor, mostly with B2B SaaS companies, and has partnered with more than 100 of them.

What did Mark Evans do before consulting?

Fifteen years as a technology reporter with the National Post, The Globe and Mail and Bloomberg News, then three startups — b5media, PlanetEye and Sysomos — and co-founding Blanketware.

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