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Katie Dooley on Branding as a System: Why Consistency Beats Pretty
Katie Dooley on Branding as a System: Why Consistency Beats Pretty

Most people think branding is the logo. Katie Dooley thinks that is putting you ten thousand steps ahead of where you should be. Katie is the founder of Paper Lime Creative in Edmonton, Canada, and she has been doing brand strategy and print design for almost a decade. In this week’s episode, she said something I want every business owner to read twice: your brand is every impression your business makes on every person. Not just the logo. The dress code. The pricing. The voice in your emails. The thickness of your business card. All of it.

Why SEO Isn’t Enough Anymore: What AI Search Optimization Means for Your Business
Why SEO Isn’t Enough Anymore: What AI Search Optimization Means for Your Business

If your website is showing up less in search results lately, you’re not imagining it. The way buyers find businesses has shifted, and most websites haven’t caught up. Jacki DeVries pivoted her entire business around this shift last year, and her perspective changed how I think about visibility for service businesses.

Andrea Klunder on Podcasting as Brand Strategy: Why Your Show Has to Match Your Business
Andrea Klunder on Podcasting as Brand Strategy: Why Your Show Has to Match Your Business

When I started this podcast, I did it because I wanted to. There was no strategy, no funnel, no audience plan. I just wanted to have conversations with people I admired and learn out loud. What I did not expect was how quickly the podcast would become one of the most valuable parts of my business, not because of download numbers, but because of the relationships and referrals it has opened up.

From VA to Web Designer: How Katie Eberman Built a Business Around Women’s Stories
From VA to Web Designer: How Katie Eberman Built a Business Around Women’s Stories

In today’s episode, I sat down with Katie Eberman, the founder of Simply by Katie, a web designer who specializes in helping women-founded businesses build websites that actually sound like them. We talked about what sets a website apart — and it’s not what most people think.

Why CEOs Don’t Trust Marketing — And What to Do About It
Why CEOs Don’t Trust Marketing — And What to Do About It

There’s a number Mari-Liis Vaher leads with that’s hard to ignore: 70% of CEOs don’t trust marketing to deliver growth. She’s not citing it to blame anyone. She’s citing it because she’s lived on both sides of that table — as the agency presenting polished digital reports to a bank CEO who asked, bluntly, “How does any of this help me grow my business?” The room went silent. She cried in her car afterward. And then she spent the next decade figuring out the answer.

From Chef to Belt Guy: Referral Networking, B2B Branding & Howard Rudin | This Might Get Creative
From Chef to Belt Guy: Referral Networking, B2B Branding & Howard Rudin | This Might Get Creative

Howard Rudin will tell you he has a bad knife habit and an emergency meat freezer in his basement. He will also tell you that if he has to sell you on BNI, he doesn’t want you. Both of these things are true, and both of them tell you everything you need to know about how he operates.

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