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Be Kind, Unwind with Tyler Calder Of Girls’ Night In and Whiled

Release Date: 12/30/2020

Brandsplaining

It’s our party and we’ll…end it when we want to. That’s right, we’re bringing Season 1 of Brandsplaining® to a close in order to explore other show concepts for the upcoming NEW season. Hear what we’ve got in store and why it’s the most athletic thing we’ve done yet. A very special thanks to all of our incredible guests from this season—we had so much fun ‘splaining branding with you all. Season 2 drops soon, so stay tuned.

Be Kind, Unwind with Tyler Calder Of Girls’ Night In and Whiled

Brandsplaining

The Burn Identity with Ida-Sofia Koivuniemi of Evil Queen

Brandsplaining

Ready for some un*match*ed entrepreneurial insights that will help you light your industry on fire and blow away the competition? Perfect, because this week’s episode is wick-ed good. We spoke with Ida-Sofia Koivuniemi, the founder of Evil Queen—a candle company committed to bringing light and attitude into homes around the world. Basically, they’re making candles fun again.

Laughing Over Spilled Milk with Mike O'Hagan of JOI and Explorer Cold Brew

Brandsplaining

You’re nuts if you think we’d do an episode about branding nut milk and not make that joke. This week is all about joy and JOI and we had a lovely conversation with Mike O’Hagan, the chief strategy officer of JOI, who also happens to be a buddy of ours after working together to launch their first site in 2019.

Gary Christmas and Happy Holidays

Brandsplaining

Do You Hear What I Hear? Some Jingle Bell-y laughs and minds being (snow)blown. That’s right, It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Great Branding and in this episode Allie and Lyndsay brandsplain all of the strategies and tactics that make the holiday branding so compelling...and how you can incorporate them into your business year-round. Gather round the fire as they break down the two pillars of holiday branding—spectacle and story—and share magical background stories to classic campaigns.

Boxers or Creative Briefs with Eleanor Turner of The Big Favorite and Argent

Brandsplaining

This episode is a panty dropper. Oh man we are already sorry for writing that line BUT we promise it sorta makes sense given that today’s episode is all about underwear. And even wilder: recycled underwear. Keep your pants on while we explain: this week we spoke with Eleanor Turner, the founder and CEO of The Big Favorite, which is a company making super soft and circular understuffs (their brilliantly coined term for undershirts and underwear) for men and women.

Allie and Lyndsay Stomp on Your Podcast Dreams

Brandsplaining

This week we’re dropping a new and fun episode series called “Bcc”. And nope, not blind carbon copy, but ‘business casual conversations.’ These episodes take our guests off the thread so founders Allie and Lyndsay can have unfiltered, 1:1 chats to impart branding insights, experiment with new ideas, and pull back the curtain on creative entrepreneurism.

Joke & the BeansTalk with Ibraheem Basir of A Dozen Cousins

Brandsplaining

We hope you’re hungry, ‘splainiacs (okay, wait, this one is actually really good) because today’s episode is full of beans—emotionally and topically. Did you know that expression means ‘lively; in high spirits’? Which works out great because our guest today is the founder and CEO of A Dozen Cousins, Ibraheem Basir, and his joyful energy and branding insights will put you in high spirits indeed.

Get Niche or Die Trying with Kate Kennedy of Be There in Five

Brandsplaining

This week we talked with the word razzle-dazzle in human form: Kate Kennedy from the brand and podcast, Be There in Five. Kate is a former market research professional, author of a #1 new release book Twinkle, Twinkle, Social Media Star, seasoned entrepreneur, and pop culture commentator. (A quadruple threat, if you will.)

Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Drink with Adrian Molina of Aviation Gin

Brandsplaining

Bottoms up, 'Splainers, (a working fan group name we're playing around with), because our new episode will leave you shaken (with laughter) and stirred (emotionally). Our guest this week is Adrian Molina, the Senior Brand Manager for Aviation American Gin—a renegade brand that has become a household name, re-energized an entire segment, and used self-aware, tradition-bucking humor to do it.

More Episodes

There’s not a more appropriate way to end 2020 than with an episode all about staying in. We chatted with Tyler Calder, the Director of Content for Girls’ Night In—a community and weekly newsletter exploring the ways we unwind, take care, and make friends into adulthood. Girls’ Night In also just launched The Lounge: a new membership platform for connecting IRL and online, and Whiled: goods designed for downtime. (And P.S. Whiled’s tagline is so good it makes us howl like wolves: “Press pause and play.) We’ve admired the entire brand suite because of their fun, candid messaging and their use of levity to open dialogue and foster community. We had a riot talking with Tyler (who herself is the queen of cozy) about the Girls’ Night In ethos and brand strategy and got into a lot of fun topics, like:

Using candor and clarity to draw in the right audience
Having a distinct brand personality in order to foster strong partnerships and collabs
Resisting the urge to put out clickbait or frivolous content even if it feels the most marketable
Not being afraid of having a counter-cultural message, because it can often help you carve a niche and find your people
How a thoughtful, integral brand approach will pay off in the long haul in terms of consumer loyalty

And we ended talking about snack necklaces (on Instagram @wearyoursnacks, by the way). You can check out everything GNI is up to @girlsnightinclub, @whiled.co, or @jointhelounge on Instagram or at www.girlsnightin.co.

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