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Meet the Ghetto Country Brandmother®

Phyllis Williams-Strawder is a certified brand strategist, life and business coach, and psychology marketing specialist who is known as the Ghetto Country Brandmother®. She has a passion for guiding people and helping them become brand leaders.

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Essential Episodes

Should You Follow Passion or Profit? (Pt. 1)

What is a brand?

How to start your own design agency

Done is better than perfect

Deep Dive: Guide To Freelancing

Brand Strategy and Advertising

The Art of Sales and Negotiation

How to run your own YouTube channel

Contagious Selling

The library

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Ghetto Country Brandmother

Phyllis Strawder

There is wisdom in learning

Knowing when to quit (Part 2)

Knowing when to quit (Part 1)

Don’t trade time for money

February 22, 2023

Boredom is the key to creativity (Part 2)

February 15, 2023

Boredom is the key to creativity (Part 1)

February 8, 2023

How affiliate marketing works

February 1, 2023

Energy is everything

January 25, 2023

Feelings are unreliable (Part 2)

January 18, 2023

Feelings are unreliable (Part 1)

Nidhi Tewari & Mo Ismail

January 11, 2023

The art of PR

January 4, 2023

Making sense of YouTube

Benji Travis & Tom Ross

December 28, 2022

Trust your gut (Part 2)

December 21, 2022

Trust your gut (Part 1)

December 14, 2022

The 3 pillars of great content

Dakota Robertson

December 7, 2022

What is self-confidence?

November 30, 2022

Business Q&A

November 23, 2022

Change is inevitable

November 16, 2022

You are more than your job title

November 9, 2022

Creativity is not magic

November 2, 2022

The Laws of Creativity

October 26, 2022

How to give and receive feedback

October 19, 2022

Know your audience

October 12, 2022

The 4 phases of Design Thinking

October 5, 2022

What is Design Thinking?

September 28, 2022

Your vibe attracts your tribe

September 21, 2022

The Art of Detachment Part 2

September 14, 2022

The Art of Detachment Part 1

September 7, 2022

Put something on the line

August 31, 2022

Prototyping yourself

August 24, 2022

Making a marketing strategy from scratch

August 17, 2022

How to make content that goes viral

August 10, 2022

Making sense of data

From Gangster to CEO

Navigating the Creative Industry

Build Your Personal Brand

Daniel Priestley

Self Sabotage Part 3

Self Sabotage Part 2

Self-Sabotage Part 1

What is copywriting?

Neville Medhora

You Can’t Be Good At Everything

How chatbots and messenger automation work

Natasha Takahashi

Life in the Metaverse

Making time for yourself

How to tell better stories

How to tell your story

How Brand Strategy Works

You don’t need to be an expert

Graham Cochrane

Taking Risks

What makes something valuable?

Learn Together

Making The Internet Fun Again

Forget The Algorithm

The Science Of Sleep

Nicoline Douwes

Just Do The Work (Pt. 3)

Design Your Life (Pt. 2)

February 23, 2022

Should You Follow Passion or Profit? (Pt. 1)

February 16, 2022

NFTs For Newbies

February 9, 2022

How to think on your feet

February 2, 2022

How to stay curious

January 26, 2022

Why you dread doing the work

January 19, 2022

Own who you are

January 12, 2022

Into the Creative Unknown

January 5, 2022

Start before you’re ready

December 29, 2021

How to Build Authority

Rochelle Moulton

December 22, 2021

How to Design a Presentation

Ashley Smithers

December 15, 2021

Death by a thousand cuts

December 8, 2021

Is The Futur™ a cult?

December 1, 2021

The Art of Sales and Negotiation

November 24, 2021

How to get more from what you read

November 17, 2021

Is Being A Designer Enough?

Anneli and Rodrigo

November 10, 2021

What is Primal Branding?

November 3, 2021

You Are Here (For Now)

October 27, 2021

Done is better than perfect

Martha, Jule, & Lola

October 20, 2021

The Difference Between Art and Design

Loyola Marymount

October 13, 2021

What is experience design?

October 6, 2021

You are one decision away

Kyle Quilausing

September 29, 2021

How to run your own YouTube channel

September 22, 2021

Round 5: Success leaves clues

Chris Do & Mo Ismail

September 17, 2021

Round 4: Change the plan, not the goal

Chris Do & Mo Ismail

September 16, 2021

Round 3: A long term sacrifice

Chris Do & Mo Ismail

September 15, 2021

Round 2: Failure is the building block

Chris Do & Mo Ismail

September 14, 2021

Round 1: Remove emotion from the equation

Chris Do & Mo Ismail

September 13, 2021

The Brand Doctor

Henry Kaminski Jr.

September 8, 2021

Golden Handcuffs

September 1, 2021

Hey Chris: How do I find my purpose?

Chris Do & Greg Gunn

August 25, 2021

A fighter’s mindset

August 11, 2021

Why the world need creative thinkers

How to make yourself indispensable

Make enemies, gain friends

Copywriting and Cold Emails

Everything is a Remix

Lauren Schwendimann

What is Human-Centered Design?

How to start your own design agency

What is a brand?

Christine Looser

When to fire all your clients

What to do when you’re stuck in your career

How to make it in the dice business (Part 2)

Dungeons & Dragons & Dice (Part 1)

Brand Strategy and Advertising

When your plan fails

Why do you believe what you believe?

How to Price Your Work

Teaching the Business of Design

How to Become a Creative Director

Why Quantity Leads to Quality

Deep Dive: Guide To Freelancing

Find Your Creative Courage

Deep Dive: Pricing Creative Work

How to Position Your Agency

Pricing Creativity

February 24, 2021

High performance creativity

February 17, 2021

Passive income for designers

February 10, 2021

Why remote work works

Cameron Pierron

February 3, 2021

Building The Futur™

January 27, 2021

Chris Do’s Origin Story — Part 1

January 20, 2021

116 - Leveling up in life

January 13, 2021

The Business of Sound Design

January 6, 2021

Beats, marketing, and Chillhop Music

Bas van Leeuwen

December 30, 2020

Scaling a business during a pandemic (Part 2)

December 23, 2020

Starting a business during a pandemic (Part 1)

December 16, 2020

Prototyping made easy

December 9, 2020

The business of hand lettering

December 2, 2020

Bonus: Building educational frameworks

Christine Looser

November 27, 2020

Redesigning education

November 25, 2020

Building a community

November 18, 2020

Digital real estate

November 11, 2020

Making art that matters

Timothy Goodman

November 4, 2020

Invisible marketing

October 28, 2020

Email marketing like a pro

October 21, 2020

Making it in Film and TV

Matthew Helderman

October 12, 2020

Winning over new clients

October 5, 2020

100th Episode: Live Q&A

Chris Do & Greg Gunn

September 28, 2020

Side project gone wrong

Benjamin Shapiro

September 21, 2020

Making life happen for you

September 14, 2020

Build your dream job

September 7, 2020

Deep Dive: How to be a professional

August 31, 2020

Introducing “Hey Chris”

Chris Do and Greg Gunn

August 24, 2020

Deep Dive: Teaching on YouTube

August 10, 2020

Deep Dive: Listening, Learning and Mindfulness

The Business of Podcasting

Jordan Harbinger

Why Your Story is Valuable

From ice cream parlor to design studio

Tales From a Creative Director

From Shy Kid to Tech Executive

Designing The Future

Stop Thinking and Start Doing

Problem Solving and Product Design

The Promise of Virtual Reality

How To Tell A Great Story

Stop Giving Advice, Ask More Questions

Michael Bungay Stanier

Designing With Empathy In Mind

Design, Comedy and Personal Branding

Why Branding Matters

Stef Hamerlinck

Empathy, Self-Publishing and Collaborative Spirit

Beth Stafford and Jeremy Slagle

What does the future of education look like?

Christine Outram

Deep Dive: The Pressures of Leadership

Marie Elena Rigo

Deep Dive: Vulnerability and Human Connection

Stress Addiction and Hustle Culture

Deep Dive: Branding, Sales and Creativity

Introducing Deep Dive: After Hours

Interior Designer, True Entrepreneur, Queen of Taupe

February 24, 2020

Don’t Be Afraid, Just Try

February 17, 2020

Making Online Teaching Profitable

February 10, 2020

Curiosity Is The Key To A Successful Career

Philip Van Dusen

February 3, 2020

Work-Life Balance As A Creative

Robert Hranitzky

January 27, 2020

Inclusion and Belonging: The Difference

Hank Washington

December 20, 2019

Stealing Like An Artist - Part 2

October 31, 2019

Don’t Call It A Side Hustle - Part 1

October 25, 2019

A New School

October 16, 2019

Giving Back to the Design Community

Martha Murray & Heather Crank

October 8, 2019

Marketing Versus Branding

Fabian Geyrhalter

September 14, 2019

Contagious Selling

August 12, 2019

Believe You Can

Jonathan Courtney

August 10, 2019

A.I. & Creativity

Taking The Big Risks

December 3, 2018

Staying Productive In Silicon Valley

November 14, 2018

Challenges Of Post Production

November 11, 2018

Character-Driven Animation Part 2

September 8, 2018

Character-Driven Animation

August 14, 2018

Gender in the Design Industry Part 2

Gender & The Design Industry

Finding Success in a Creativity

From Creativity to Strategy

Content Marketing Consultant

January 28, 2018

The Importance Of A Name

December 21, 2017

Logo Inspirations

Jonathan Rudolph

December 7, 2017

The Knowledgeable Outsider

November 21, 2017

Cinematography Database

Matthew Workman

November 13, 2017

Facing Your Fears: Logo Geek

August 30, 2017

How To Get Work On Behance

August 29, 2017

First Client Meeting: The Sales Call

August 29, 2017

Feeling Overwhelmed: Overload

August 29, 2017

Grow Your Business

August 29, 2017

How To Charge More For A Logo

August 29, 2017

Where To Start With Social Media

August 29, 2017

Can You Charge To Diagnose?

August 29, 2017

Running A Creative Business

August 29, 2017