Own Your Space - Your brand deserves to get noticed for all the right reasons
Own Your Space brings you inspiring conversations with founders, actionable advice from industry experts, and practical insights to help you claim your place in a competitive market.
As the founder of Strong & Together, I’ve helped ambitious, purpose-led businesses build brands that stand out, connect, and thrive.
This podcast offers the insight and inspiration you need to do the same—whether you’re scaling up, refining your niche, or taking the first steps toward owning your space.
Each episode is here to support you as you grow your brand with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Own Your Space - Your brand deserves to get noticed for all the right reasons
Own Your Space — Introduction
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Welcome to Own Your Space, the podcast for founder-led, product-based brands navigating growth in a crowded marketplace.
In this opening episode, Clare Sheffield shares why she created the podcast and what owning your space really means beyond simply “looking good”. She explains why strong branding is about connection, clarity and commercial intent — not trends or surface-level design.
Clare outlines what listeners can expect from future episodes, including conversations with inspirational founders, insights from industry experts, and practical guidance from the Strong & Together studio. She also introduces her own journey, drawing on 27 years in the design industry and her belief that every business deserves a clear, confident voice.
If you’re building a purpose-led consumer brand and want stronger alignment, packaging that sells, and a brand that supports scale, Own Your Space is here to guide and support you on that journey.
Hello and welcome to Own Your Space with myself Clare Sheffield. I am founder of Strong and Together Strategic Brand and Design Studio, and also author of Brand Ready to Scale. Now I am really passionate about empowering businesses to carve out and own their space in what is a very busy, crowded marketplace. Own Your Space is really here to inspire and support founder led businesses on their branding journey. With some, you know, practical advice, tips and inspiration to, to help you. So I'm really excited about the type of content we've got coming up because we have got some really, really exciting conversations with inspirational business owners who have created successful brands. And we're gonna talk to them about what it takes. Uh, some of the, um, struggles, the challenges, the successes, um, and how they've managed to get there. We're also gonna speak to industry experts such as copywriters, photographers, illustrators, that all support branding. And we're also going to talk about, um, practical insights and tips from the Strong and together studio. So why have we called it own your space? Really owning your space is when you know it is not just about looking good. Owning your space is about really connecting with your customer because you are really expressing what's different about you. Why should I choose you over another brand? And really that's what owning your space is all about. So a little bit about myself. Um, I'm Clare Sheffield. I have 26 years in the design industry. I think I have over over 50 awards to my name. Um, I've judged on, um, design award panels, and I've worked with a huge range of clients from household names to solopreneurs. But what's what I'm really passionate about is, you know, branding and design is about giving businesses a voice and everybody, every business has a voice that deserves to be heard. And branding can really help you to do that. So really, I would love you to subscribe to Own Your Space, to tell other business owners about Own Your Space and to tune in and listen to the next episode. So I would like to really thank you for joining me here today and I really look forward to you coming on the journey with me. So I look forward to seeing you in the next episode.