The Branding Fix

The "Spring Clean": Deleting 30% of our Content Strategy


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It is time for a Spring Clean of our content strategy. In this monthly Board Meeting, we are auditing our business and deleting the tasks that are just distractions. We are also breaking down the massive shift happening in video podcasting and Instagram right now.

It is time for a Spring Clean. In this monthly Board Meeting, we are auditing our business and deleting the tasks that are just distractions. We are also breaking down the massive shift happening in video podcasting and Instagram right now.

Watch the video: https://youtube.com/live/OcGapB8Iavs

📝 On The Agenda:

The Audit: Exactly what we are quitting in Q1.

The Numbers: The truth about our February traffic & revenue.

The Plan: Our simplified, "essential-only" plan for March.

📊 The "News Desk" (Trends We Are Watching):

March Content Ideas: What you should be promoting, updating, and creating right now.

Instagram vs. Snapchat: The leaked "rival app" being testing—is the "Social" coming back to Social Media?

The Video Podcast War

Who is this for? Content creators and bloggers who feel overwhelmed and need permission to do less to grow more.

👇 Question: What is one thing you need to DELETE from your to-do list this month?

LINKS & RESOURCES

Fix Your Brand Challenge: https://youtu.be/M8ZPlEzd_90

75 Hard Challenge: https://youtu.be/J_UdE8wcWZ4

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 March Board Meeting Kickoff

01:08 February Audit Fran Check-In

03:02 Simplify and Post Less

06:45 Rank Your Core Platforms

08:53 February Traffic and Seasonality

10:01 March Plans and Repurposing

18:55 March Content and Traffic Trends

23:57 Video Podcasting Shakeup

28:02 Fran Tests Spotify Video

31:07 Spotify Clips Boosts

32:09 Why YouTube Differs

33:34 Go Live and Grow

34:25 Simple Video Setup

35:40 Short Form Supports Long

36:03 Podcast vs YouTube

38:22 YouTube Algorithm Example

41:24 Time Saving Repurposing

43:23 Netflix Apple Spotify Shift

47:06 Instagram Instance Test

49:45 Does Instance Make Sense

56:47 One Stop Shop Trend

59:34 Wrap Up and Coworking

SOURCES:

https://newsroom.spotify.com/2026-01-07/spotify-partner-program-updates/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/netflix-video-podcasts-1236417771/

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/apple-introduces-a-new-video-podcast-experience-on-apple-podcasts/

https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-meta-working-on-internal-prototype-disappearing-messages-snapchat-2026-2

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The Branding FixBy Francesca & Victoria