EP 113 - Why Bold Opinions Are One of Your Brands Greatest Assets

05/30/24 • 28 min

People pleasing creates watered down brands. If you're a people pleaser, I want you to ask yourself to name three people that are actually pleased with you and being LOUD about it. It's hard to bring out bold, enthusiastic opinions in other people if you're not sharing them yourself.

Think about your favorite celebrities. People rally around celebrities because of their brand! And part of building their brand comes from super bold actions and statements. From one confident claim, we can all guess what their next move might be. We can start to feel like we understand them and even know them on a deeper level.

I think we're all a little bit afraid that we'll sound like a hater if we share our boldest opinions. But here's the thing: you're only a hater if you have no other solutions. I've been guilty of this before! I used to be totally against website templates. But was I coming to the table with a solution for people who weren't ready for a full rebrand? Nope! So I've been a bit of a hater before and I'm sure you have too.

But the great news is, we're all allowed to evolve and change our opinions over time. Yes, it's important to have conviction and congruency in your brand. So don't go out and flip flop with contradicting opinions every week. We don't want to encourage distrust. But there is a way to change your opinion and stay on brand! Tune in till the end for the inside scoop.

In this episode, we're chatting about:

Why brands that don't center bold opinions have a hard time finding aligned clients
Reframing "mean girl energy"
The difference between a hater and a business owner that knows who they are
How to change your mind without feeling off-brand

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In this episode, we're chatting about:

Why brands that don't center bold opinions have a hard time finding aligned clients
Reframing "mean girl energy"
The difference between a hater and a business owner that knows who they are
How to change your mind without feeling off-brand

Learn how to build a strong brand and sign your next 5 highest paying clients using cold leads inside our 12-month program Brand Revenue Lab. Join today: www.highflierpowerhouse.com/revenue

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EP 112 - This Hack Will Make Brand Decisions 10X Easier: How to Model Your Brand Off a CHARACTER

How do you make brand decisions before you get any feedback from your audience? We can't for everyone else to tell us who we are. And yet, I see a lot of business owners doing this. They'll try to be for everyone because they want to cast a wide net. They feel like committing to a certain vibe will isolate potential clients.

The result? Super vanilla branding with no perspective at all. But how do you know what to commit yourself to? One day, you might feel called to the light, airy, beachy vibe and the next, you feel more bold, powerful, and luxury. If that sounds like you, you need to listen to this episode because indecision is death to a good brand.

Your brand is your ability to stand out. We don't want you to be basic, we want you to be a one of one entrepreneur. For Highflier Powerhouse, that meant tuning into the Villian archetype. Growing up, I was always more drawn towards Kate Sanders than Lizzie McGuire. And you can feel that in the brand. We're not afraid to be a little sassy, bold and confident.

You want people to make automatic associations with you. They see a certain meme and they immediately tie it back to your brand. They see your posts on Instagram and they can IMMEDIATELY tell it's your post without looking at the username. How do you do that, even without a big audience? You personify the brand. And you'll have to tune into the episode to learn more about how to do that!

In this episode, we're chatting about:

Why I don't like the term "cult-like branding"
How I built a brand with a small audience
How your personal brand can allow you to intentional craft an identity that YOU want to embody
Why it makes no sense for a brand like Marc Jacobs to try and appeal to a Gen Z, hyper-trendy audience

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EP 114 - Welcome to Brand Your Way To A Million! Here's Our Full Rebrand Recap

If you’ve been a fan of Becoming The Brand for a while, don’t fret. Your favorite podcast still exists, it’s just undergone a rebrand! So today, the podcast is actually a perfect example to take you behind the scenes into the rebranding process. We’ll start with why I felt like now was the time for a rebrand, what elements we intentionally changed, and close out with what the plan is moving forward.

Believe it or not, I actually didn’t plan on changing the direction of the podcast until the final days of the rebrand. If you’re on the email list, you’ve been getting updates and sneak peaks along the way but today, we’re really getting into the intentionality behind every choice. From choosing to go with a rebrand instead of a refresh to the details of our most recent photoshoot, we’re covering it all!

This episode is going to be especially valuable to you if you're in stages of deciding whether you want to rebrand or not. It can be a tricky decision. You'll find yourself wondering - should I just do a brand refresh? Do I just need new photos? What's working and what's not? So I'm excited to take you behind the scenes into our thought process to help you make that decision for your business. On top of the rebrand, we've got some new and improved resources for you. So if you're more of a reader than a listener, go check out the episode in blog form over on our website.

In this episode, we're chatting about:

How to answer the question "how often do I need to rebrand?"
Why design trends can affect the way cold leads react to your brand
What we loved about our first rebrand
The reason behind this rebrand
Behind the scenes on the entire process of rebranding

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