{"podcast":{"title":"The Brand Marketing Show","slug":"the-brand-marketing-show-1210258","podcast_index_feed_id":1210258,"rss_url":"https://productpreneursuccess.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://productpreneursuccess.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/6/0/2/2602f112b4b7220d16c3140a3186d450/The-Brand-Marketing-Show-Tile-3.png","author":"Catherine Langman","episode_count":338,"summary":"Welcome The Brand Marketing Show. The show for the creators. The innovators. The ones who wake up at 3am with an idea that won't let go and refuse to accept \"that's just how it's done.\" Who sketch prototypes on napkins and turn kitchen tables into laboratories. Who look at every \"impossible\" and whisper back, \"watch me.\" You don't just create products. And you understand that people don't fall in love with features and benefits. They fall in love with the future you're building. The problems you're solving. The way you make them feel when they hold your creation in their hands. And you're determined to make them feel something extraordinary. Some might call you perfectionists. Dreamers. Disruptors. We call you the future. Because while the world is drowning in ordinary, you're busy crafting extraordinary. While mass market settles for mediocre, you're obsessing over every detail that transforms a simple product into an experience people can't stop talking about. I'm Cath Langman, and I'm here to lift the lid on what's possible when innovation meets obsession. When purpose meets profit. When the crazy idea in your head becomes the must-have product in their hands. Are you ready to…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T10:21:11.266403+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brand-marketing-show-1210258"},"episode":{"title":"Why You're Working Harder Than In Your Old Job (And What Actually Builds Freedom)","slug":"why-you-re-working-harder-than-in-your-old-job-and-what-actually-builds-freedom","published_at":"2026-05-14T22:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brand-marketing-show-1210258/why-you-re-working-harder-than-in-your-old-job-and-what-actually-builds-freedom","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brand-marketing-show-1210258","url":"https://productpreneursuccess.libsyn.com/why-youre-working-harder-than-in-your-old-job-and-what-actually-builds-freedom","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/productpreneursuccess/Why-Youre-Working-Harder-Than-In-Your-Old-Job-And-What-Actually-Builds-Freedom.mp3?dest-id=1827761","summary":"You started this business for two reasons. Meaningful work, and more freedom over your time. Somewhere in year two or three, that deal stopped working – you're working harder than you did at your old job, for less money, with less time on the parts of the business you actually love. This episode is about why this happens to almost every premium brand founder, and what actually fixes it. Not a tactical fix. A structural one – the kind that compounds over years to deliver both a better brand and the freedom you originally started for, without selling out everything that makes your brand premium. Amanda from Bell Art shares in her own words what changed for her business, including her biggest revenue month ever in April 2026 while many other premium brands are contracting. → Bell Art case study · https://www.productpreneurmarketing.com/case-study-bell-art-from-artists-studio-to-lifestyle-business/ → Brand Growth Strategy Session · https://www.productpreneurmarketing.com/book-a-brand-growth-strategy-session/ Subscribe for weekly episodes on premium eCommerce marketing, brand-led growth strategy, and the structural realities of running a small brand in a year that won't sit still. Chapters 0:00 · The moment you realised the deal stopped working 1:30 · Welcome and framing 3:00 · The founder's deal (and why it stopped working) 7:00 · Why the obvious shortcuts can't deliver 11:00 · The real route to your original deal 16:00 · What the village actually means 20:00 · Amanda from Bell Art on her freedom outcome 24:00 · Wrapping up","meta_description":"You started this business for two reasons. Meaningful work, and more freedom over your time. 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