Brand Story

This is Brand Story, where host Steve Gilman talks with those on the front lines of brands: business leaders, entrepreneurs, and marketers. Our guests represent a wide variety of roles and industries, but the lessons learned break through those walls, connecting us on shared themes of brand experience, leadership, storytelling and understanding your audience. You’ll hear unique stories you can relate to, be inspired by, and learn from — because stories are what connects us.

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episode 38: The Value of Brand featuring Michael Smith


Michael Smith compares brand to a person walking into a room. What signals are they sending? How do they come across? As an accomplished brand and creative director and the current Director of Brand & Creative Content at Fountain, Michael’s extensive work with brand strategy has helped businesses find the value of their brand and build it for the better. In this episode of Brand Story, we hear from Michael about the impact a brand’s purpose has on its value, and what it takes to build a strong brand.

This is Brand Story, a podcast celebrating the stories of real people who are making an impact on brands, business, and the world around them. Episodes feature guests from a variety of backgrounds who bring their own unique perspectives to the conversation.

Brand Story is created and produced by Gravity Group, a full-service brand and marketing agency, and is hosted by Gravity Group President, Steve Gilman.

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Episode Chapters:

(0:00) Introduction of Michael Smith

(1:42) Leadership

(3:39) Empathic Marketing

(9:04) Buying Emotionally

(14:38) Brand Purpose

(17:45) Emotional Vs. Factual Marketing

(21:50) Brand Commitment

(24:31) What a Brand Manager Does

(30:18) Marketing or Brand Missteps

(34:20) How to Keep your Brand Messaging Consistent

(40:25) Michael Smith Changing Perspective

(42:35) The Chapter of Pushing Limitations

(45:05) What Inspires Michael Smith

(47:43) Michael Smith Advice to Younger Self


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 October 18, 2022  49m