103. 10 Steps to Create Strategic Case Studies that Sell
Are your case studies costing you strategic credibility?
If they read like a design diary: client needed a logo, you made it, they loved it, it’s time to raise the bar.
In this episode, learn how to craft and use case studies that demonstrate your value as a brand strategist.
You'll learn how to:
Lead with the business problem
Show your thinking (not just the doing)
Highlight transformation—emotional, strategic and visual
Use quotes, stats, and niche-specific insight
Repurpose for maximum leverage
When you use case studies to show your thinking, you’re no longer selling visuals, you’re selling value.
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102. The Missing Piece in Your Solo Studio
If brands aren’t built in a vacuum, why are so many brand designers trying to create them in one?
In this episode, I explore the hidden challenge most solo brand designers face: growing creatively without any support.
I’ll unpack why:
~ Guides, hacks and courses will only get you so far
~ Creativity is a team sport (even when you work solo)
~ Insightful, objective and strategic feedback at the right time will unlock your next level of growth
Opening up to feedback feels hard, but pushing through the discomfort is a game-changer.
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101. Filtering: The Essential Strategy Skill No One Talks About
If you think brand strategy is about adding more... think again.
In this episode, I’m sharing the one skill that instantly makes you more strategic: filtering.
I’ll walk you through the three tools I use every time I create brand strategy: Themes, Priorities, and Focus.
These methods will help you simplify without dumbing things down—so your clients get clarity, not confusion.
If you want to be seen as a strategist (as well as a designer), this is where it starts.
Press play.
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Episode 97 - Rethinking Customer Avatars: Apple or Spotify
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100. Lessons From 25 Years (and 100 Episodes) in Brand Strategy
For this 100th episode, I’m sharing 12 lessons from 25 years of working in branding.
This isn't just the process of strategy, but what it really means to be a brand strategist.
From why no one wants to buy 'strategy', how good strategy often feels like therapy, to why the best strategists know they don’t know everything, this episode is a behind-the-scenes look at the mindset, method, and messiness of the work we do.
If you want to benefit from my insights and learnings as an experienced brand strategist, this is the episode for you.
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99. How to Dovetail Strategy into Your Brand Design Process
Not sure how to fit brand strategy into your design process?
This is the episode for you:
Why strategy doesn't have to be as complex as you think
The 5 steps in my SIMPLE framework
How to seamlessly dovetail strategy into your current design workflow
What it really means in terms of time and workload
Find out how adding strategy to your process could be the smartest shift you make.
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Listen to Episode 83: My 5 Pillars Brand Strategy Research Framework
The Brand Strategy Unwankified podcast, hosted by Bec Hughes, is the no BS space for brand designers and creators who want to learn brand strategy and sell it as a service.
If you’re over the jargon and gatekeeping of the ‘exclusive club’, and want practical, honest tools, tips and insights, you’re in the right place.
~ Why listen… this podcast is dedicated to helping brand designers confidently add strategy to their skillset and create a lucrative revenue stream.
~ What you’ll hear… real talk on pricing, selling, frameworks, and processes, with expert insights and case studies.
~ The vibe… cheeky, straight-talking, simplified, and totally unwankified.
Subscribe and let’s dive in!