Brand Agony

Getting content signed off is hard.
Who's really in charge? What are the ground rules? Why are we even producing content in the first place?
Alan, Chris, Helen and Siân help a listener struggling with one of the biggest brand agonises of all: approvals.

It's emphatic – everyone in the team loves your new value proposition. The boss thinks you've finally nailed the offer. The sales team is nodding along in unison. Heck, even the people who won't have to use it reckon it's a job well done.
But what next? How do you take a value proposition and put it to work?
In this episode, Alan, Siân and Helen explore why it can be hard to transform it into messaging – and offer some advice for getting the Big Unifying Idea out of the brand manual and out into the wild.
Share your agonies (and anything else)
Got a brand agony you'd like us to answer? Send an email to [email protected] and we'll do our very best to help.
Or maybe you just want to tell us what you think of the podcast. It's the same address: [email protected]

You've got a whopper of a project you need to deliver in a hurry. It needs words. Lots and lots of well-written words.
Should you call every freelance copywriter in town and beg for a slot in their schedule? Perhaps hit up a content agency instead? Or maybe you could bring the whole project in-house – and finally build that content team you've been talking about?
In this episode, Alan, Siân, Chris and Helen find a way through the complexities – and figure out when freelancers are the best option.
Share your agonies (and anything else)
Got a brand agony you'd like us to answer? Send an email to [email protected] and we'll do our very best to help.
Or maybe you just want to tell us what you think of the podcast. It's the same address: [email protected]

Messaging gets muddled when the value proposition is left to chance.
But what is it? What's it designed to do? And where's the, ahem, value, in creating one in the first place?
In this episode, Alan, Siân and Helen chew the value proposition fat – dispelling some myths (the value prop isn't a mission or vision statement), and explaining how to smuggle one past a reluctant boss.
Share your agonies (and anything else)
Got a brand agony you'd like us to answer? Send an email to [email protected] and we'll do our very best to help.
Or maybe you just want to tell us what you think of the podcast. It's the same address: [email protected]

What is it that turns a merely bad tone of voice into a truly obnoxious one? That's what Chis and Alan set out to explore in this Little Agony – an episode that's just ever-so-slightly leaner and hungrier than usual.
Somehow, we also manage to talk about death, unicorns and tweeds. All in the name of brand, you understand – and the solemn task of letting you know about our just-published Terrible Tone of Voice Playbook. Available from all good browsers, etc.
Share your agonies (and anything else)
Got a brand agony you'd like us to answer? Send an email to [email protected] and we'll do our very best to help.
Or maybe you just want to tell us what you think of the podcast. It's the same address: [email protected]