In this episode of the Branding, Boundaries, & Bullshit podcast, Phyllis Williams Strawder, aka your Ghetto Country Brandmother®, opens up about her journey.
From battling self-esteem issues due to her height in her younger days to embracing her identity and becoming a personal branding coach, Brandma shares the highs and lows of her entrepreneurial path.
Brandma talks about her experiences in the restaurant industry, her transition to coaching, and the importance of being true to oneself in business. Join her as she discusses personal growth, the struggle of finding one's voice, and the birth of Brandma as a brand.
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Being Famous Is Not A Personal Brand Qualifier
In this episode of the Branding, Boundaries, and Bullshit podcast, your host, the Ghetto Country Brandmother®, goes in on Kevin Hart's attempt at the restaurant business with Hart House. She doesn't come right out and say it was a failure but she certainly teases it.
Being a celebrity is not the same as personal branding and Kevin proves that in spades. That's because there's a difference between being known and being know for something. He's know for being a comedian and that's pretty much it.
Of course, Brandma talks about the importance of personal branding, the challenges celebrities face when venturing into business ventures unrelated to their persona, and the pitfalls of assuming celebrity status automatically translates to business success.
With in your face insights and personal anecdotes, Brandma cuts loose on why Hart's plant-based restaurant couldn't sustain itself and what it reveals about the realities of personal branding.
00:00 Introduction and Podcast Struggles
00:17 Kevin Hart's Restaurant Venture
01:35 Personal Branding Insights
04:07 Kevin Hart's Social Media Analysis
09:59 Celebrity Influence and Restaurant Challenges
18:38 Challenges of Expanding a Business
20:09 Introducing Grandma's New Book
21:10 Kevin Hart's Restaurant Ventures
24:02 Critique of Kevin Hart's Branding
34:26 Comparing Celebrity Endorsements
37:51 Final Thoughts and Sign-Off
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The Unnamed Episode On Personal Branding
Impromptu Branding Masterclass with Brandma: No Secrets to Brandma's PB&Slay
Join the Ghetto Country Brandmother, Phyllis Williams Strother, for an unexpected and fiery branding session turned podcast. Her guest is her Brandbaby, Charlene, a Wordpress wizard known as the Brand Misfit.
What started as a scheduling mishap evolved into a deep dive into personal branding, marketing strategies, and practical advice for entrepreneurs. Learn about the difference between dedication and commitment, effective communication, marketing nuances, client management, and much more.
Ideal for aspiring personal brand builders and anyone looking to understand the intricate relationship between personal branding and business success. Tune in for no-nonsense, heartfelt guidance, and a splash of grandma's unique personality guaranteed to help you elevate your brand.
Yes, this shit was written by AI because I just didn't have the bandwidth. You see I couldn't even come up with a title.
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Why 10x Your Personal Brand
Are you using your personal brand to be popular?
Are vanity metrics minus money benefitting you?
Everyone wants to be a personal branding expert but all they're promising is followers with no funnel of any kind. They expect you to have the brand and marketing know how to turn your popularity into profits.
Personal branding for the sake of personal branding is giving bullshit energy. You may as stick with curating content that has nothing to do with you.
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When The Fam Comes To Visit
What do you when you got a house fulla folx?
You invite them to do a podcast.
This is the first impromptu podcast Brandma has ever done with the fam. Hanging out late after a House party it just made sense.
The stragglers were Ebony L. Green (The Ratchet Sage), Charlene Brown (The Brand Misfit), Fulei Ngangmuta (The Resourceful Liberator), Kevin Brown (The Kolorblind Konsultant), and True Adams.
This was a behind the scenes, behind the scenes thing.
Branding, Boundaries, & Bullsh💋t is an unfiltered, unscripted, and barely edited commentary and conversation on personal branding. The host, Ghetto Country Brandmother®, is the Head Brandma In Charge @ Brandma's House. She's been at for over 15 years.
Brandma here for Brandbabies™ who want to be Brand Leaders, not brand. She talks about topics like integrating personal brands into the brand architecture, leveraging bias for marketing, and calling out what she deems bullshit in the personal branding industry.
This is a thing because personal branding isn't personal, it's business