Branding Love Letters
Your brand + an emotional connection with your audience = success. But that middle part is tricky. I'm here to equip you to achieve it, through personal stories of individuals who have emotionally resonated with branding. I'm Sam, a brand designer and your host. In each episode, released on the 14th of the month, a top guest picks their favourite brand. I then invite them to unpack why it means so much. As they share, we gain invaluable insights into what makes audiences tick. Not with strategy or theory, but through that undeniable proof of successful branding: emotion.
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"Liquid Death: Did-They-Really-Just-Do-That Branding" — Dave Hopkins, Print Design Expert
Liquid Death is an American canned water company and print design expert Dave Hopkins' favourite brand. "Who does that?!?" is a question that Dave has been asking himself since this subversively silly brand sprung into his life. Yes, it's mountain water with heavy metal branding. And, according to Dave, it reveals a lo
Five Golden Rules For Small Brands (From Big Brands) — Growth Advice For Startups, Charities, Creators And Other Developing Brands
Let's say you're a startup developing an app. Or an NGO launching a social enterprise. Or a niche content creator. In other words, you're not a massive brand (at least not yet). This episode is FULL of growth advice for small brands like yours, drawn from ways that bigger brands have resonated with their audiences. Bec
"BBC's Branding Brilliance" — Steve Folland, Being Freelance Podcast
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is podcaster Steve Folland's favourite brand. Listening to Simon Mayo on Walkman. Rushing home to watch 'The Broom Cupboard' after school. 'Ski Sunday' signalling the end of the weekend. Steve's childhood is wrapped up in warm memories of the BBC: a trusted friend with whom he
IKEA is a Swedish furniture retailer and strategist Anneli Hansson's favourite brand. Narnia, Hogwarts, IKEA... For Anneli, they're all offering the same thing. Because when you step through the doors of that big blue warehouse, you get to experience almost endless possibilities. And 'experience' really is the key word
Harvard is an American university and visual strategist Tosin Odugbemi's favourite brand. It started with 'Legally Blonde'. Or maybe before. In fact, Harvard has always been in Tosin's consciousness, representing the peak of human accomplishment. But studying her master's there hasn't been a Hollywood fantasy. Today's
How did I become a freelance graphic designer? Why did I start this podcast? What's it like to live as a digital nomad? How did I find my niche? What have been the successes and challenges on the journey so far? In this special episode to mark one year of Branding Love Letters, I share some of my story. All while going
