The Freak Show
di Eva Couto
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058. You're Not For Everyone (and That's Your Best Marketing), with…
058. You're Not For Everyone (and That's Your Best Marketing), with…
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Welcome to The Freak Show, a podcast for the weirdos of the service-provider world ready to go all-in on their brand — brought to you by Eva Couto, Ringleader at Flying Colours Creative. Gather round & step right up as we turn your unique personality into your biggest brand asset, and celebrate the bold, quirky & unconventional.
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- 058. You're Not For Everyone (and That's Your Best Marketing), with Andrea Shah · 57 min · Episodio 58Find your niche. Pick ONE industry. Get specific. But what happens when niching down starts to feel like squeezing out all the interesting bits about yourself? And why does…
- 057. Catching Up, Happiness Camp & PowerPoints Living Rent-Free In My Brain · 16 minWell, hello again! I disappeared for a while. Life threw me a bit of a curveball, and Q3 was one I'd rather have no recollection of, hence the unplanned two month podcast break…
- 056. Building an Ordinary Business When You're Tired Of The Scale Talk, with Jessica Freeman · 1 h 0 min · Episodio 56Throughout my design career, I've been told what a successful business is supposed to look like: a fancy studio, a full team, a packed speaking schedule, and a founder who's…
- 055. You’ve Just Booked Your Rebrand… Now What? · 28 min · Episodio 55This Sunday marks my seventh brandversary, so what better way to celebrate seven years in business than by giving you an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look on my signature…
- 054. How You’re Gonna Build A Personal Brand By Summer · 17 min · Episodio 54I think we've become a little too obsessed with blank slates, starting the year strong, mid-year resets, ending the year with a bang… you know the drill! The truth is, that “new…
- 053. The Permission Slip You've Been Waiting For To Finally Rebrand · 10 min · Episodio 53You've made the Pinterest boards, had all the conversations with your business besties, stalked every rebrand in your industry, and you still haven't pulled the trigger. Because…
- 052. Stop Trying To Please Your Ideal Client · 18 min · Episodio 52Somewhere along the line, we all created an Ideal Client Avatar: defining the age, income, Saturday morning routine, what keeps them up at night... the whole shebang. And yes…
- 051. How To Create Content That Looks Good Without a Full Production, with Olivia Bossert · 1 h 1 min · Episodio 51Getting in front of a camera is scary AF, and I'm saying that as someone who remembers the first time I talked on Instagram Stories, legitimately terrified that my college…
- 050. Listen To This If You Keep Changing Your Branding Every Few Months · 20 min · Episodio 50Episode 50, Troupe... FIFTY!! 🎉 We hit 1,000+ downloads, listeners in over 40 countries, and somehow, this little passion project became the marketing platform I've been most…
- 049. Cooking Up Controversy: Branding Hot Takes, with Aiza Cheung (Part 2) · 48 min · Episodio 49Two brand designers discussing design hot takes? That’s what I call a front-row-worthy show! Aiza, from Studio Coya, & I got together to discuss 6 different opinions we see…
- 048. The “Tortured Artist” Myth Is Sabotaging Your Creativity · 12 min · Episodio 48Picture this: A sleep-deprived, mildly unhinged, misunderstood genius is surrounded by half-finished masterpieces with a dramatic cigarette in his hand. Locked away in a dimly…
- 047. How To Make Instagram Content Easier Without Overthinking, with Michelle Ong · 1 h 9 min · Episodio 47“I look awkward on camera” “I don’t sound smart enough” “This looks terrible” “I’ll do it later” Yeah… familiar, right? Welcome to the content creation sh*t show: where nothing…
- 046. Why Designing For “10 Years From Now” Is Holding You Back · 11 min · Episodio 46“Why are designers so obsessed with timelessness?” This was the question Sarah Kleist asked on her newsletter, which sparked this whole episode in the first place (yes, episode…
- 045. Your (Personal) Name Isn’t Your Brand, with Katie Pannell · 1 h 6 min · Episodio 45The Freak Show would 100% NOT exist if it weren’t for a couple of people. And one of them is Katie Pannell. Besides being a naming expert (and literally the person behind EVERY…
- 044. My Spring-Cleaning Guide To Pull Your Brand Out of Hibernation Mode · 12 min · Episodio 44After what felt like a never-ending storm here in Portugal (and my nervous system clinging on for dear life), the SUN finally came out, and I swear I turned into a new woman…
- 043. Branding Your Offers To Become The Go-To Service Provider In Your Industry, with Ceels Lockley · 52 min · Stagione 43What do you get when two organised freaks obsessed with label machines and strong opinions about the online business world get on a mic together? I’ll tell you: a deep-dive into…
- 042. iOS-Core vs. Analogue Trend: What They Say About Design & Online Business Today · 13 min · Episodio 42Have you noticed how social media & content design have been shifting from Notes app screenshots to journalling collages? Pinterest’s 2026 Trend Report called it first with…
- 041. Branding, Marketing & Messaging Walk Into a Bar, with Emelie Sanders · 1 h 3 min · Episodio 41Branding, marketing, and messaging walk into a bar… and this whole episode turned out to be the punchline. ‘Cause if you’ve been spiralling down the “Do I need a rebrand? Do I…
- 040. If Your Brand Is Bold, Your Emails Should Be Too: Meet Flodesk · 16 min · Episodio 40You can have the boldest brand on the internet. The juiciest colour palette. A vibe so strong it makes beige, boring brands sweat. But your emails are more of an afterthought……
- 039. On-Brand Client Experience: Where Creativity Meets Systems, with Harriet Evans · 39 min · Episodio 39Are you a creative person? Whether your answer was an instinctive “yes” (or a suspiciously quick “no”), then I invite you to tune into this conversation. ‘Cause somewhere along…







