The Creative Edition Podcast
The Creative Edition Podcast empowers creatives to discover, grow, and own their brand. The Creative Edition (formerly known as the Content Creatives Podcast) is hosted by Seattle content creator Emma Cortes Ellendt (@emmasedition). She shares influencer tips and lessons she's learned navigating the influencer world. Emma dives into the tools and strategies to execute content creation for social media channels and to build your online community. She also invites guests, both in and outside the influencer industry to discuss their perspectives on the creator economy. Emma also talks about recognizing and asking for your value as a content creator. Emma also shares what it's like being casted for influencer marketing campaigns as well as sales, business, and marketing best practices for creators.
The Creative Edition Podcast
Meet Kt. McBratney: Chief Brand Officer & Co-Founder of OwnTrail + What is Brand Positioning?
Kt. McBratney, the Chief Brand Officer and Co-founder of OwnTrail joins us to share her career journey plus a few tips on brand positioning.
Kt. shares with us how she wanted to pursue a career in storytelling. She discusses how she started as marketing specialist at the Omaha Zoo out of college and her career goals of reaching the C-suite. Kt. became a chief marketing officer in 2016.
Kt. also discusses how her and her co-founder Rebekah Bastian met. Together they launched OwnTrail in February 2020. OwnTrail is a platform for self-guided mentorship that is powered by community and driven by data. "OwnTrail was founded for womxn to share their life journeys, find inspiration and solidarity from the unique paths of others to then blaze their own trail and inspire others."
In this podcast episode, we also ask and have Kt. answer:
What is brand positioning?
- Where does your brand sit in the eyes of your audience or customer
- Where does your brand sit in relation to the rest of the landscape
- Research & experimentation
- And Emma & Maddy apply these points to the influencer world
Why is brand positioning important?
For someone who is just starting out, what guiding questions would you share to help them figure out to position their brand?
How does a SWOT (strengths - weaknesses - opportunities - threats) analysis help you with brand positioning?
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