BYOBrand Podcast

Season One Ends With A Bang -Taking Us Down Nostalgia Lane For A Glimpse Into How Industry Giants transition their Brands over the years to stay the relevant with their Target Audience + every one that follows.Trust me - BIG Brands don't just wind up 10-years later in the land of "All Is Well!!" They PLAN To Be There!And THIS is the rough Brand plan they use to guarantee that 10-years later; they're still at the top of the game. Turn IT UP + Get Ready To Go Where Only Branders...

Picking Up Where Part I Left Off, We're Busting Into Years (2 -6) Of The Branding Process. Whether Your Business Is 2-Days Old or 2-Years, Missing These Steps Can Be The Difference Between The Struggling Business + The RoCk Star. Branding Your Company Is A CONTINUAL Pursuit!Your Logo may be the reason people walk in the doors, but it's definitely NOT going to be the thing keeping them there. THIS. STUFF. WILL. From my Brander Brain To Yours - Take This Knowledge Into The World + B...

You Have To KNOW The Rules Before You Can Break Them. Break The Rules Without Understanding Them Just Makes You A Rule Breaker - Nothing New There. Break The Rules When You KNOW Them.... Now, You're A Revolutionary!!!Branding is like that. And so is this episode! In A Perfect World...Your Brander would advise you to do certain things. In real-life, you look it up online and fall into the pits of cyberspace rants by some hack. Considering you already have an occupation as the b...

Somewhere inside of this episode is your Home-Run, Viral Ignition Button - ALL IN ONE!That something articulates : All that you doEverything you stand forYour competitive advantageYour higher purposeYour ethosYour mantraYour reasonAND!!! ...What you actually sell - rather then what you think you sell. All That And SOOO MUCH MORE - and it does it in a single word. But to get to that word, you have to put in the heart work and this episode is EXACTLY How You Can Do It. I wo...

In freelancing, quoting rates to relative strangers and committing to a self-assessed value is all in a day’s work. The money part can be intimidating. Quoting and setting your freelance rates is a delicate, balancing act that most people don't talk about. Even when you’ve been at this for a hot minute, it still takes a certain amount of moxie to not only know your worth, but quote it to someone on the other side of a screen.From pricing strategies and determining how much to charge to gettin...

Freelancing is an attractive option. When you freelance, you do what you want, when you want - within certain limitations, of course. Let’s be real, as with all things in life, the #freelancelife is not as glamorous and glitzy up close as it is on Instagram, but for the RIGHT kind of human -it’s even better. If you’re here, chances are you’re ready to sub the suit and stilettos for something more -comfortable, but first, you need to know what’s involved...an...

No matter where you look, some business somewhere is proudly displaying its Values, sharing how thoughtful and transparent they are. Aren’t those qualities that we should innately have as businesses? So, why is that kind of braggadocio strutting across websites and social media accounts?Because most people… even most marketers have it all wrong. Episode 7 is about doing it all right. From what Core and External Values actually are to where and how to use them throughout your company, ins...

It’s open-mic week on the BYOBrand Podcast, and I’m passing the torch to a badass business owner on an inspiring mission to bring the Circular Advantage to the masses.Most of us can’t wake up and run a 10K. That’s not how habit adoption works. Enter Sustaio, a female-led tech start-up that knows the key to viable sustainability begins with small, daily steps to help reduce your consumption over time. Sustaio’s an intelligent ecological tracker that works for you, wherever you’re at in your jo...

COVID-19 Doesn’t Have To Be The End Of Your Business! Make It A New Beginning Tune-In + Turn-It Up To Find Out How With Jimmy Chebat!No matter where you're tuning-in, it feels as if someone is spouting doom and gloom about the times we live in. As business owners that's a dangerous spiral. Many of us have much more than our entire lives invested in our companies, but those of the employees and the families we support. Existing in fear of the unknown is equivalent to entrepreneurial suici...

Sure, walk-ins are great -and you should take that sale to the bank, but if THAT'S your average customer...you may be in some deep dodo. At the end of the day, nobody wants to be sold to. I think we’ve all had enough of the marketing gimmicks and pop-ups. Want to know what Brands do that most of us, day-to-day businesses, don’t do? They connect with their target audiences by sharing an experience. Think about it...Dove doesn't say, 'Buy Our Soap!" They talk about body confidence. A lurking is...