DesignRush Podcast

DesignRush Podcast brings you the best insights and perspectives from industry leaders and C-suite business influencers. Each episode features successful professionals in the digital world, discussing topics ranging from digital strategy and branding to email marketing and entrepreneurship. Whether you're a young professional, a startup entrepreneur, or a business executive, DesignRush Podcast provides valuable knowledge and advice to help you succeed in your career.

DesignRush Podcast is a business podcast hosted by designrush, with 195 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

designrush hosts DesignRush Podcast, a business show with 195 episodes published.

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  Episode #149

  How to Know When It’s Time to Pivot Your Business

  Aug 19, 202630 minS1

  Discover more marketing insights and top agencies at https://www.designrush.com DesignRush Podcast host Kia Johnson speaks with Seventh Bear founder and Content Marketing Institute Chief Strategy Advisor Robert Rose about how to build through disruption, turn expertise into a business advantage, and recognize when the strategy that got you this far needs to change. Rose shares how the dot-com crash led him to CrownPeak, why he built its marketing team around storytellers, and how competing against companies like IBM and Microsoft changed his thinking about differentiation. He also explains how he helped turn content marketing into a practical business discipline and why another major market shift eventually pushed him to reinvent his consultancy as Seventh Bear. What you’ll learn in this episode: Why market disruption can create opportunities to pivot and grow Why building around core talent can be more valuable than hiring for tools How to know whether your competitive differentiator actually matters How to spot an emerging market opportunity before it becomes obvious How to turn expertise and ideas into a repeatable business methodology When to stop protecting an old business model and build something new Related DesignRush resources: Explore growth marketing strategies: https://www.designrush.com/agency/digital-marketing/trends/growth-marketing-strategies Learn how strong brand storytelling creates differentiation: https://www.designrush.com/agency/content-marketing/trends/examples-of-brand-stories #BusinessGrowth #MarketingStrategy #ContentMarketing #BrandStorytelling #DesignRushPodcast

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  Episode #4

  Instagram's "InstaXam" Redesign: The High-Stakes Risk of Rebranding

  Aug 14, 20262 minS1

  In this DesignRush news brief, we break down Instagram’s first wordmark refresh in a decade, from Adam Mosseri’s rollout of Instagram Pan and Mono to the internet’s “InstaXam” legibility backlash.More importantly, we unpack the business lessons behind protecting visual equity, the risks of changing familiar brand assets, and why leaving Instagram’s iconic gradient camera untouched may have helped Meta avoid a much bigger rebrand problem.Key Business Takeaways in This Brief: The Rebrand Paradox: Why changing familiar typography can feel like changing a bank’s signature. The Cost of Redesign Disasters: How Jaguar’s backlash affected its creative leadership and Cracker Barrel’s redesign coincided with a 16% stock drop. Visual Equity Protection: Why Instagram can change its wordmark while protecting the camera icon users already recognize. Visit DesignRush.com for deeper agency reports and insights.#DesignRush #Rebranding #Instagram #BrandStrategy #Meta #MarketingNews #GraphicDesign #BusinessInsights

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  Episode #148

  AI Won’t Fix Bad Marketing

  Aug 12, 202619 minS1

  Discover more marketing insights and top agencies at https://www.designrush.com DesignRush Podcast host Kia Johnson speaks with Updraft Brand Founder and former Just Eat CMO Mat Braddy about why brands lose customers when marketing starts with what the company wants to say instead of what people care about. Braddy also shares how creative freedom influenced Just Eat’s brand voice, why CEOs and boards affect the quality of marketing, and where AI falls short without a strong story behind the work. What you’ll learn in this episode: Why customers ignore inside-out brand messaging How to identify the problem customers actually care about Why creative teams need room to develop a distinctive brand voice How AI can increase marketing output without improving the idea Why marketers should study brands outside their own industry How storytelling keeps marketing relevant to customers Related DesignRush resources: Explore top brand strategy agencies: https://www.designrush.com/agency/logo-branding/brand-strategy Read about AI marketing risks: https://news.designrush.com/ai-marketing-risks-brands-cant-ignore #BrandStrategy #MarketingStrategy #AIMarketing #BrandMessaging #DesignRushPodcast

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  Episode #3

  Domino’s Is Paying Customers to Test Its New App

  Aug 7, 20262 minS1

  Domino’s is offering customers a $5 coupon to test its redesigned app and website, turning a product rollout into a customer participation campaign.This DesignRush Brief explores how the brand uses immediate rewards, optional feedback, and a follow-up digital order to build goodwill, improve the user experience, and encourage repeat business.

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  Episode #2

  The Death of Traditional SEO: How AI Is Changing Search

  Aug 6, 20262 minS1

  This DesignRush Brief explores how AI-powered search is changing traditional SEO, why declining organic traffic is not always a negative sign, and what businesses need to do to stay visible across search engines and answer platforms.Discover why hybrid search, higher-intent traffic, stronger technical foundations, and revenue-focused metrics are becoming essential for modern search strategy.

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