DSR Branding Presents: Recent Episodes
Dan Rowell
Conversations with business leaders on branding, marketing, digital and design. People who think differently and have commercialised their creativity to do something remarkable.
This episode is on making brands fun, finding your unique value, and the importance of great marketing with Tech Entrepreneur & Motivational Speaker, Jonny Shannon. Jonny’s the CEO of Gamify, a marketing company that develop video games for some of the world’s biggest brands. He’s also Australia’s most requested speaker for schools, with talks on […]
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This episode is on Search Marketing and the Death of SEO with Ben Hirons. Over the past 20 years, Ben has started and grown three successful businesses, researched over 1000 small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and studied the great marketers of our generation. He is the founder of Due North, a boutique digital marketing agency specialising in […]
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Hosted by former show guest Zoe Green, this episode has Dan Rowell discuss his focus on Building Extraordinary Brands. As well as being the regular host of this podcast, Dan is a Brand Strategist and the Founder of DSR Branding. He’s also the Co-Founder of Brill Coffee, a premium freeze-dried specialty coffee business. Episode Contents: […]
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Matthew Haynes is an Experience Designer and the driving force behind The Design Conference, an epic two-day event featuring critically acclaimed strategists, designers and some of the world’s most renowned commercial artists. With notable past speakers including Chris Do, Tea Uglow, Dean Poole and Christopher Doyle, as well as previous guests on this podcast — […]
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Clive Ormerod is the CEO of Les Mills, a global fitness brand famous for their group fitness classes like BODYPUMP™, BODYCOMBAT™ and BODYATTACK™. Their workouts are licensed in 20,000 clubs worldwide, with a team of 140,000 instructors delivering group fitness classes to over six million people a week. Before joining Les Mills, Clive ran his […]
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Matthew Barram is CEO of Enspara, a technology company that develops energy efficiency software and hardware for enterprises. He’s led software projects for global brands like Rio Tinto and Chevron, and coaches people on how to develop their soft skills through experiential learning. Leading a fully distributed workforce across three continents, Matthew shares great advice […]
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Tony McGinn OAM is the Principal of The McGinn Partnership, a sales coaching business for CEOs and leaders of B2B SMEs, and a Chair of a CEO Peer Mentor Group with TEC. At 22, Tony founded MCM Entertainment Group, which he grew to a $50M global business. His sales and marketing experience includes working with […]
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Dr Zac Fitz-Walter earned one of the world’s first PhDs in gamification design, and has since lectured and developed curriculum on gamification for universities. He is the Co-Founder of Eat More Pixels an App Development company, and TBD Game Company, who have just published their first iOS game, Endless Runner X. In this episode we […]
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Tash Menon is the Director and Founder of MASH Brands – a global community of independent brand strategists and creative problem solvers that offers a modern take on the traditional agency model. Tash works with a network of 80 freelancers, or ‘MASHers’, around the world, connecting them with brands and providing an agile, in-sourced solution. […]
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Lee Crockford and William Smith-Stubbs are the Co-founders of spur: a strategy, design, and venture studio focused on positively affecting human actions—and measuring the outcome. Some of spur:’s projects have spanned sustainability, human rights, mental health, and more, with achievements including the world’s first global smartphone survey for mental health and a record breaking […]
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Ryan Murtagh is the founder and CEO of Neto, a B2B and multi-channel Ecommerce platform that provides an all-in-one solution for Ecommerce, POS, inventory & fulfilment. Neto is the trusted retail management platform for household brands like Spotlight, Bicyclesonline, Anaconda and Edible blooms. An entrepreneur at heart, Ryan’s business journey started at the early age […]
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Zoe is the Co-Founder & Creative Director of Co-Partnership, a multi-award winning branding and packaging agency that specialises in alcohol brands. Since 1998, Zoe has worked on some of the world’s most iconic brands with some of the industry’s most inspiring creatives, including Harry Pearce of Pentagram, Mary Lewis of Lewis Moberly and Max Harkness […]
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Nikki Bentley is an Executive Producer who has dedicated her working life to creating world-class content and marketing, for brands around the world. She is the founder of Perfect Tribe, a creative consultancy and representation agency for brands. By tapping into her global network of brilliant creative specialists, Nikki assembles the perfect team for each […]
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Craig Parsons is the Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Parsons, a Brand Design Studio with offices in South Africa and Ireland. Founded in 2009, Parsons work with businesses across the globe, on identities, campaigns, packaging and more. In this episode, Craig shares his story of how he went from being a young surfer, designing […]
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Keith Byrne is a globally experienced Creative Director, who has worked for some of the world’s most renowned advertising agencies, including: Digitas, R/GA, Ogilvy and Rothco. With over 15 years’ experience, Keith’s worked on some of the biggest brands, such as Disney, Honda, HSBC and Mercedes-Benz. In a time where advertising is seen as an annoying […]
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Ben Johnston has spent more than 15 years developing businesses, consulting on digital strategy and identifying market gaps and future trends. He’s founded and co-founded some hugely successful companies including digital ventures studio Josephmark (JM), motion design company Breeder, indigenous creative agency Gilimbaa and trending music platform We Are Hunted, which was acquired by Twitter […]
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Tim Hughes is a global expert in creative brand strategy and the founder of The Brief Doctor. He is a lifetime achievement award–winner, and former chair of Promax UK. A creative brief is a short 1-2 page document outlining the strategy for a creative project, typically between client and agency. Tim’s business, The Brief Doctor, […]
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Andrew McShea is a Management Consultant and Co-Founder of Play Sports Marketing, a leading sports consultancy firm created for the post COVID world in the business of sport. He’s the former General Manager of Queensland Cricket and the Brisbane Heat. Having spent 9 seasons with the Brisbane Heat, Andrew talks about how the Big Bash […]
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Welcome to DSR Branding Presents For the people who have been with us for our first 10 episodes, why the change in name? Well it’s not because we’ve run out of remarkable people to talk to. We’re changing the name because we want to align the topics of the podcast with what our business does: grow […]
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Jason Andrew is a leading real estate industry commentator, keynote speaker and CEO of Ray White — NSW. Previous to joining Ray White, Jason ran his own hugely successful Auctioneering business. As a group they called over 3,000 auctions per year, with Jason personally calling over 30,000 in his career alone. Jason was awarded the […]
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Francis Barram is a thought leader in Energy Management, a leading Sustainability Adviser, and the Founder and Director of Ensight, a multi-award winning energy management company. He’s a published author of a book, “How to Profit From Climate Change: A Breakthrough Approach to Increase Business Profits With Energy Efficiency Despite the Carbon Tax”. He’s also […]
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David King is a Director and Senior Lawyer of Schofield King Lawyers, a personal injury firm with offices across New South Wales. In 2018, David completed Marathon Des Sables, a 240km multi-staged ultra marathon through the Sahara Desert. The themes of this episode revolve around mental toughness, setting personal challenges and continual improvement. We discuss […]
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Laura Wellington is a Welsh Designer based in Leeds in the UK. She’s a Place Maker, Creative Thinker, Product and Interior Designer, Positive Disruptor and the Co-Founder of Duke Studios, Duke Makes and Sheaf Street. Laura is also the curator for In Good Company Leeds, a street art initiative seeking to shape Leed’s future as […]
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Simon Harradence is an Investment Adviser and Director of Investment Management firm, Lugarno Partners. Before founding Lugarno Partners in 2015, Simon worked for two of the world’s biggest investment banks. He’s written a book on value investing, titled “Protecting What Hard Work Built”, and runs an investment fund. In this episode we discuss why he […]
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Peter Brennan is an award-winning designer with over 20 years experience, across three continents. He’s a keynote speaker and the Founder & Creative Director of Electric And Analog – a brand, content and design studio based in Sydney, Australia. In this episode Peter shares what it’s like to go through a business break-up, putting in […]
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Frankie Ratford is the founder of The Design Kids (TDK), an organisation that bridges the gap between studying and working in graphic design. It’s a global community of 275,000 designers, running 495 events a year. Frankie also coaches design studios around the world, on their market positioning. In this episode we discuss Frankie’s recent venture: […]
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Craig Black is a Scottish-born Independent Graphic Designer, Lettering Artist & Typographer. Having spent the first few years of his career in leading design agencies in London, Craig now runs his own design studio in his hometown of Gourock, near Glasgow in Scotland. His work has been celebrated and published internationally by leading design magazines […]
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Dr Chris Rowell is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Sauder School of Business, and the Head of Education and Professional Development at Cyberium Group. Chris has been researching and working in the blockchain field since 2017. In this episode Chris explains in simple terms what Blockchain technology is, and […]
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Megan Fry is a Clinical Psychologist, Advanced Individual Schema Therapist and the Founder of MFRY Psychologist. In this episode Megan explains what schema therapy is, and discusses the potential schemas high achievers in the business world may suffer. We discuss potential long-term effects of social distancing and isolation during COVID-19 and how we could use […]
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