For designers, creatives, entrepreneurs, and content creators who want to level up their careers and creative businesses. Hosted by Philip VanDusen, Brand Consultant and founder of BONFIRE, this show explores personal branding, content creation, freelancing, and creative career growth.
Philip and his guests deliver practical coaching, strategies, and inspiration to help you market your work, attract new clients, grow your influence, and build long-term success. Covering personal branding, content creation, freelancing, digital marketing, and creative entrepreneurship, every episode is designed to support your growth as a creative professional in the Creative Economy.
Roger is a speaker, podcaster, and marketing guru with a stellar 25-year career in “big corporate” handling some of the biggest brands in the UK. Today, he runs a thriving marketing agency and consul…
In this episode, I speak with Ian Paget who found his career path after a Moped accident. Ian recounts how he somewhat fell into the industry as a Graphic Designer turned Creative Director and now in…
The recognized international business mentor, keynote speaker, podcaster, blogger and bestselling author of “Virtual Freedom” and “Rise Of The Youpreneur” talks about the following:
Daniel Scott is a digital designer, certified Adobe instructor, and a regular speaker at the annual Adobe MAX Conference. A self-proclaimed software nerd, Dan built Bring Your Own Laptop, an online v…
If there’s anyone that can attest to self-actualization being the fruit of being able to take control over your life and the ability to master yourself, it’s Roberto Blake.
In this episode, I talk to…
Nicole helps entrepreneurs, influencers, and business owners improve their marketing results through coaching programs that highlight stellar personal branding and engaging content marketing.
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In this episode, I speak with Natalie Hailey, CEO and Founder of Hot Content UK — an end-to-end content marketing agency that specializes both in creating and maximizing the bandwidth of existing con…
In this episode, I speak with Ben Amos — Creative Director of video strategy and production agency Innovate Media and CEO of Engage Video Marketing. Undoubtedly the go-to guru for video strategy, Ben…
Gavin is an ads guru and creator of the Funnel Academy - a membership site that offers video courses that provide invaluable strategies on how to run ads and actually get results from them. He is a m…
In this episode of the Brand Design Masters Podcast, I talk to Clare Josa — a leadership mentor, speaker, podcaster and 8-time author who has spent 15 years studying imposter syndrome. Following the …
In this interview, I talk with Amy about her career as a new media triple threat—YouTuber, keynote speaker and best-selling author. We discuss her rebranding efforts, dealing with evolving content, c…
Establishing a reputation and presence for yourself outside of work or the definition of your job or agency is important. In this episode, I talk about why building your personal brand doesn’t need t…
We discuss his non-linear career path stemming from being exposed to both analytical and creative schools of thought early on in his family life, the importance of a lifetime of learning, and interes…
The reality is that many creative people express themselves in a range of creative ways. In this episode, I talk about how being a multi-creative becomes a strength, the right approach to it that un…
At his core, Chris is a problem solver. We discuss rising up to the challenge of finding solutions to our clients’ problems but more importantly, how this entails constant improvement, getting your p…
This episode gives valuable insights on what it means to have a great career and achieve success especially to those who have been messaging me about identifying their passion, stepping into their pu…
In this episode I touch on how the podcast is about the power of design and branding to build successful and profitable businesses. This is significantly relevant especially with today’s creative eco…