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!
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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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


Up Talk: How to build a brand people actually care about with Bloom & Wild
Charlotte Langley
Chief Marketing Officer
Bloom & Wild


How qualitative research can help you build a consumer-centric brand
Delphi Jarrett
Director
Humankind Research


How to Power up your Marketing Strategy using Behavioural Science
Rosie (Bennett-Rees) Foster-Carter
Principal Associate - Behavioural Science
CogCo


When should marketers start investing in brand as well as performance marketing?
Dr Grace Kite
Founder
magic numbers


Why can’t brands get QUEER right – and what can you do about it?
Asad Shaykh
Head Of Strategy
Grey London


Marketing For Blue-Chip Brands VS Start-Ups
Virginie Faucon
Global Head of Marketing and Brand / CMO
AXA Global Healthcare
Tools & Templates 🗂
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Podcast Episodes 🎤

#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.

#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!)

#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.

#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.