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Before / After: same café, same coffee, different reason to buy.
Most small businesses describe what they sell. Customers buy because of what it means for them. Before lists features that could fit any café in town. After starts with the customer's morning and gives them a reason to come back.
This is the storytelling step I add to every marketing plan: know the person, know the problem, then write the line they see themselves in. Illustrative example.
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