Welcome to the Brand and Brew Podcast, hosted by brand and website designer Chloe Thomas. In each episode you can expect to learn about all things branding, websites, wellness and entrepreneurship. Consider Brand & Brew your daily cup of Joe — but for your mind and biz.
Latest episodes
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29 min
022: 3 Mistakes That Keep You From Making Consistent Income as a Designer with Bonnie Bakhtiari
In today's episode, Chloe speaks with brand designer + strategist Bonnie Bakhtiari from B is for Bonnie Design. Bonnie talks through her main mistakes she hears (and has experience…
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22 min
021: Behind the Scenes of CCS Processes Pt. 3 - Branding and Website Design
In today's episode, Chloe walks you through the CCS process of onboarding clients and the actual design process. This episode would be great for an aspiring brand/website designer…
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24 min
020: Behind the Scenes of CCS - Pt.2 - What Goes Into Social Strategy
In today's episode, Chloe and marketing coordinator Izzy walk through what actually goes into the social strategy we are building and implementing at CCS. They walk through:…
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32 min
019: Behind the Scenes of CCS - Pt. 1 - Business Structure
In this episode, Chloe walks you through some common questions she gets asked about running a successful business. Questions ranging from: How to Register Your Business How to Find…
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26 min
018: Setting a Schedule for Bible Time
This week on B&B, Chloe is chatting about her personal faith-life and how she balances her schedule for Bible time. She will also walk through three devotionals she reads on th…
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31 min
017: Nashville Trip Recap with my husband, Luke
This week on the B&B, we have a special guest that comes to with me about our Nashville trip thus far. You'll listen in on: The comparison between Hattie B's Famous Hot Chicken…
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30 min
016: Starting a Business from Scratch with Trista Taylor
In today's episode, Chloe chats with Trista Taylor of Wildly Creative Co. You'll listen in on Trista's story of how she worked several jobs - including non profit ones - that event…
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30 min
015: Finding Balance Between Pivoting and a Full Time Job with Claudia Gebhardt
In today's episode, Chloe interviews Claudia Gebhardt, a passionate marketing entrepreneur that has experienced pivoting in business while also maintaining her full time job. Some…
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22 min
014: Giving Grace in the Slow Seasons as an Entrepreneur
I've had this podcast episode planned for a while, because I knew it was something I'd be needing for myself in the upcoming months. We all have slow seasons, and in them, we need…
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26 min
013: Random Life Things with Chloe Thomas
In this episode, I'm talking all the random things from updates about my Nespresso purchase, to #WFH life, to my Instagram insights from posting Reels. If you're just talking a wal…
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37 min
12: The Entrepreneur Perspective from a Sports Dietitian in Private Practice with Eden Morris, MS, RD, LD
In today's episode, Eden and I chat about a dietitians side of entrepreneurship. Eden markets her private practice in such a unique way that I believe every business owner should l…
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22 min
11: Dealing with Insecurities as a Business Owner
In this weeks episode, I'll touch base on the many common insecurities business owners face on the daily - Instagram pressures, imposter syndrome, clients, comparison, hard feedbac…
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37 min
10: Designer Chats with Kenzi Green
In this episode, Kenzi asked me to come onto her YouTube channel for a random question interview. I decided it would also be a great interview for my listeners to hear as well; it'…
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22 min
09: Honing in On Your Client Process
In today's episode, I'm opening up -honestly- about how I've struggled in getting my client process nailed, but I also offer tips on what has helped me over the past year to make i…
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32 min
08: The Showdown of Wordpress vs. Showit
In today's episode, we will discuss the ULTIMATE question I get asked: what's the benefit of building my website in Showit vs. Wordpress? Why do so many people like Wordpress? I've…
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20 min
07: Planning For Your Brand Shoot
In today's episode, I'm talking about all the ways you can prepare for your brand shoot ranging from picking out a photographer that you love, down to the detail shots that are ess…
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24 min
06: Using ClickUp For Your Business (and why you should!)
On today's episode, I'm talking all about my favorite project management system, ClickUp and how I use it for the benefit of my business. I'll walk through the structure of bo…
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21 min
05: Instagram Tips for the Service Based Business Owner
In today's episode, I'm giving you four tips that have helped me to gain ideal clients straight from Instagram. Ranging from the obvious, to the not-so-obvious tips you may not thi…
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22 min
04: What's In A Branding Suite and Why Do You Need It?
Today on the podcast we are talking all things branding -- I'll talk you through what a primary and secondary logo is and how it differs from a submark. In addition, we will also d…
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26 min
03: How I Started a Business in College and Maintained it During a 9-5
Listen in as I peel back the layers of my creative business, walking through my backstory, very first projects and how I grew this biz from scratch. (And I’ll share the time manage…