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Training Hub - Brand Building & Strategy 🌟

Here you'll find previous talks from marketing experts, templates, blogs, and featured podcast episodes all about brand building and strategy!

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Previous Talks 📢

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Up Talk: How Thursday are re-defining dating & brand partnerships

Emma Louise Maw

Global Head of Partnerships

Thursday

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How SURREAL Balance Brand & Performance

Jon Keyte & John Thorton

Head of Growth & Senior Creative

SURREAL

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Up Talk: With Freddy Ward CEO & Co-Founder of Wild

Freddy Ward

CEO & Co-Founder

Wild

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How Bloody Brands Grow

Susan C. Allen Augustin

Co-founder

Here We Flo

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Effective Brand Building and Marketing Leadership

Callum MacKay | Mikayla Hopkins

Global Head of Marketing | Head of Marketing

Laybuy | Tracksuit

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What makes people love a brand or leave one?

Searsha Sadek

Head of Brand Partners & Human Sciences

ProQuo AI

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How we do marketing with Papier

Sophie Agar

Global Brand & Marketing Director

Papier

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How we do marketing (in lockdown)… with Lucky Saint

Emily Laws

Senior Marketing Manager

Lucky Saint

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How we do marketing with Dishoom

Clare Reid

Senior Marketing Manager

Dishoom

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How to build an unforgettable brand

Danny Jennings

Vice President - Product & Experience

Ciklum

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How we do marketing with Cubitts

Tom Broughton

Founder

Cubitts

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Up Talk: How to build a brand people actually care about with Bloom & Wild

Charlotte Langley

Chief Marketing Officer

Bloom & Wild

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How we do marketing with teapigs

Sofia

Commercial & Brand Director

Teapigs

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How To Launch And Build A Brand In The USA

Holly Chapman

Head of Brand

Papier

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How we do marketing with Tony’s Chocolonely

Nicola Matthews

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How qualitative research can help you build a consumer-centric brand

Delphi Jarrett

Director

Humankind Research

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How we do marketing with Bloom & Wild

Charlotte Langley

Brand & Communications Director

Bloom & Wild

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How to Power up your Marketing Strategy using Behavioural Science

Rosie (Bennett-Rees) Foster-Carter


Principal Associate - Behavioural Science

CogCo

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When should marketers start investing in brand as well as performance marketing?

Dr Grace Kite

Founder

magic numbers

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How we do brand partnerships with Made.com

Claudia

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How we do marketing with Grind

Teddy Robinson

Shoreditch

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How we do marketing with Pip & Nut

Jessie Kenneth

Head of Brand

Pip & Nut

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How Brilliant Brands Supercharge their Communities

Will Laurenson

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Why can’t brands get QUEER right – and what can you do about it?

Asad Shaykh

Head Of Strategy

Grey London

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How to build a brand strategy

Jim Brennan

Co-Founder

Mimio Labs

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Better Nature: How to build a brand with purpose

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Marketing For Blue-Chip Brands VS Start-Ups

Virginie Faucon


Global Head of Marketing and Brand / CMO

AXA Global Healthcare

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Ex-lululemon on turning customers into (brand) advocates

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How We Do Marketing with M&S

Tom Lucas

Partner

Squadron Venture Media

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How we do Marketing with Tourism Fiji

Tourism Fiji’s

Chief Marketing Officer

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How we do Marketing with NICE Drinks

Sophie Bond

Marketing Director

Nice

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How we do marketing with THE PIG

Lotti Bruce

Marketing Director

THE PIG Hotel

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How we do Marketing with Snug Sofa

Lauren Hannifan

Head of Brand

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Brand-building, but how do we actually do this in our jobs?

Tools & Templates 🗂

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How to define your brand strategy

This is a slide deck from a presentation so it might read a little strangely without a speaker (in this case Alice Bridges).


However, it includes some great content about what exactly brand positioning is with some examples,  ideas for how you can position your company, and an exploration of brand personality types.

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How to make your insights into a brand strategy

This is a slide deck from a talk (so it's a bit brief in context) but there are some great points in there you should consider.


It covers who to get insights from, how best to get them, what to ignore and what to really hone in on.


It also includes templates on great survey questions to get some fantastic insights from your customer base, employees, and founders.

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Customer persona template

This is to be used when establishing your audience profiles and how to entice them. 


The template gives you the framework to identify your ideal customers and provides numerous examples of how to create customer personas that aren't just surface level demographic observations.

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Marketing strategy template

This is a 1-slide template you can use to quickly map out a high-level brand marketing strategy. 


It covers the brand purpose, vision, objectives, grwoth, positioning, customer insights, and enablers.

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How to craft a brand strategy

A clear brand strategy is key to success.


It can help direct decisions and define the kind of brand you want to be.

Micheal Coden (Head of Marketing at ProQuo AI) and Jim Brennan (Managing Director) spoke to us about the all-important task of creating your brand strategy.


We cover their 6 essential steps for getting your strategy nailed down.

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Marketing campaign brief

This is a tool designed to ensure marketing activities are well-planned and effectively communicated to all stakeholders. It covers essential details such as campaign context, key objectives, target audience, messaging, and desired outcomes. 


The template also includes sections for branding guidelines, budget, deliverables, and deadlines, helping teams and third parties align on strategy and execution.

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How to build a brand

This brand-building template helps businesses assess, refine, and strengthen their brand identity. It guides users through defining objectives, prioritising branding goals, aligning brand identity, and building a brand on a budget. 


Interactive exercises help evaluate brand health, customer touchpoints, and marketing effectiveness. 


The template also includes a framework for measuring success, ensuring a clear and strategic approach to brand growth.

Blogs & Guides ✏️

Podcast Episodes 🎤

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#44 How mediocrity is ruining your brand with Founder of Patch Plants, Freddie Blackett

Tune in to discover Freddie and Lottie chat about building a community of plant lovers, the catalyst of local flyering to solve a problem, why content really is king.

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#27: How Who Gives a Crap made toilet paper popular!

Emily Kraftman is the Managing Director, UK & Europe of Who Gives a Crap – the toilet paper brand founded in 2012 in Australia after learning that 2.4 billion people don't have access to a toilet (now 2 billion – yay for progress!)

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#6: How Callaly stop people from settling

In this episode, Lottie spoke to Jody Elphick, Head of Brand at Callally, who are the innovators of period products and are removing the shame from the world of periods.

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#5: How Butterfly Twists found product market fit

In this episode, Lottie speaks to Emmanuel Eribo, Co-Founder of Butterfly Twists, the creators of the fold up shoe and recent Founder of Loci, who create sustainable footwear.

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#2: How Sanctus created a culture of storytelling

In this episode, Lottie Unwin speaks to James Routledge, Founder of Sanctus- who provide businesses with mental health support and are the creators of the world's first mental health gym.

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