Ever feel like you're fighting your own content every time you sit down to create? Like no matter how many templates you buy or tips you save, nothing feels quite right anymore?
You're not behind, you're not broken, and you definitely don't suck at this. You've just outgrown your brand — and that's actually a massive flex.
In this episode, we're diving into why that resistance you're feeling when you create content isn't a content problem at all. It's your brand waving a big red flag that says "I'm ready for something bigger." You'll walk away understanding the difference between a surface-level refresh and a full rebrand, plus exactly how to tell which one you actually need.
Your brand assets are the toolkit you're relying on every single time you design a carousel, update your website, send a newsletter, or create literally anything for your business. If you're feeling constant resistance in your content, friction with your visuals, or you're just not confident or proud showing up for your brand anymore? That's not a personal flaw. That's a sign.
We're so close to these things every single day. Most of us are posting two to three times a week, sending weekly newsletters, maybe recording podcasts. We're being faced with creating content and designing for the online space every single day. So when things start feeling harder than they used to, you might think it's a content problem. But it actually comes from the toolkit you're using.
It's just a sign that you're meant to evolve. Your business has grown, but your brand hasn't grown with it. You no longer fit the visual identity you once held. Things don't match, they don't align, they're not speaking the same message anymore.
Because you, my dear freak, are always growing, always evolving, always getting better at what you do. Rebranding just means you're past your current stage and you're ready for something bigger.
Let's bridge this gap between content design and your brand assets. Not only is it common for the first sign you need a rebrand to be struggling with designing content in a way you didn't before, it's also very common to think, "Oh, I'll just get a couple of social media templates and this will be fixed."
Now, if you've ever bought a pack of social media templates, I'm not saying throw them in the trash. What I mean is this: I have a lot of clients who come to me with their main pain point being that they feel insecure about every single piece of content they post. What starts as "I'm insecure about how things look" quickly becomes "I'm insecure about what I'm actually saying. I don't think people will view me as the expert I am."
Showing up online starts burning you out because you're not proud of what you're posting, but you keep posting anyway. People feel that energy and they don't engage. That feedback loop breaks. You start posting less and less, showing up in general feels difficult, and you feel uninspired by the whole thing.
It sucks to spend so much time on content you're not even excited about posting, then get barely any engagement. So you stop posting. The less you post, the less practice you have, the less visibility you grow — it's a snowball that's very hard to get out of.
It's easy to think Instagram templates alone will solve all your problems. But I've had clients come to me at this stage, and we ended up going for a full rebrand. Not only did the strategy phase give them confidence to put their person back into their personal brand, but they got their own audience excited about it too.
It makes content creation easier, faster, exciting. You feel confident and proud because you know what you're meant to say. You know what you're doing is going to give you results because now everything is aligned. You look the part, you've become the only option in your ideal client's mind, you know the audience you're meant to communicate with, and you're not trying to do all these things at once.
Getting a new pack of social media templates can feel like a refresh, but it's very surface level. It works when your brand is mostly aligned, but you just need a creative jolt — like adding a new accent colour to your palette, polishing your website here and there, adding a handwritten font or some hand-drawn elements to your graphics. You're still running the same show, you just want it to feel more current.
A rebrand is deeper. You're not running the same show anymore. Your business has evolved to a point where what you have no longer reflects what you actually do or who you are. Even if your current visuals look fine, you don't feel confident and proud showing them because you know they're no longer an accurate depiction of who you are and how you want to be perceived.
Here's what I see over and over again: people who need a rebrand settling for a refresh, then still wondering why it's not working. Like, "Why did I just spend a hundred bucks on template packs and I still don't know what to say in my content? I still don't know how to design a post I feel proud of sharing. I'm still feeling unsure when people ask what I do."
You can't fix foundational misalignment with just visuals. You have to start from the ground up. If you're trying to scale an evolved offer inside a brand that was built for your beginner stage, that's like trying to fit into jeans two sizes too small. It's going to hurt, it's not going to work for anybody, and you're going to be uncomfortable the whole way through.
Here are a few signs that you're due for a rebrand and not just a refresh or a bunch of Instagram template packs:
If any of these resonate, I'm not going to leave you hanging. I'm going to give you next steps — we like things to be actionable around here.
First, if you didn't come to the Content Carousel Workshop live, the replay is already in your inbox. That's the perfect first step if your content and design aren't working together the way you want them to. You'll get practical things you can do in Canva to make things look better. If that solves the problem for you? Awesome.
But if you're still applying those tips and feeling like, "Okay, this is better, but it's still not how I want it to be," then you might be the perfect candidate for the Extravaganza.
That's my full scope rebrand experience where we take care of everything from brand strategy — going through foundations, audience, positioning, all those things that perhaps you've pivoted and changed since the last time you got a brand. We start with that. Then we build your visual identity so you have an aesthetic you're actually proud and confident to share. And we implement it into your custom website design and development in Webflow, and into your Instagram content design.
You'll have literally everything in your hand to start demanding attention for your business proudly, confidently, and you'll be ready to sell from day one of launching your rebrand.
I'm just going to finish this off by reminding you: you're not behind, you're not the problem, you're not failing, you're not broken. You're probably just ready to step into the spotlight and the next version of your brand.
I'll be here in the front row, cheering you on, as you enter this new season!
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This episode was co-produced with Adrienne Cruz.
Over the last 5 years as a Brand & Marketing Designer, I’ve helped freaks like us design their unconventional brands so they can step onto the main stage & own their weird. Because if you wanted to be, look or sound like everyone else, you wouldn’t be where you are today. Now it’s your turn.
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