Fruitful Design & Strategy
Growing a Fruitful Brand Podcast
Growing a Fruitful Brand is a commentary/interview podcast that helps business leaders clarify and infuse their brand into every area of their organization. Join Raj Lulla and Ben Lueders, owners of Fruitful Design & Strategy, as they explore the role that brand identity plays in creating company culture, driving valuable customer experiences, and recruiting/retaining great employees.
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Oct 1, 2025
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Episodes
Is Liquid Glass Good Design? | Growing A Fruitful Brand | Episode 71 01.10.2025 42:32
On September 15th Apple released iOS 26 – featuring a controversial all-new design language that they’re calling “Liquid Glass”. Drawing inspiration from transparency, magnification and reflection of actual glass, Apple is trying a new twist at “skeuomorphism” – a classic design practice that incorporates real-world visual elements and textures into digital interfaces. Raj and Ben take you on a jo...
Build Your Business Without Doing Tik-Tok Dances with Macy Robison | Growing A Fruitful Brand | Ep. 70 17.09.2025 41:31
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Spotify Ghost Artists? | Growing A Fruitful Brand | Ep. 69 04.09.2025 41:07
Without an artist, is it still considered art? Spotify has begun sneaking “AI Ghost Artists” into their listener’s playlists. To the casual listener, these ghosts may sound like real artists – but they offer a big advantage to Spotify: They don’t have to pay royalties to AI musicians. Ben and Raj explore the moral, business, and existential ramifications of a world filled with soulless, generative...
SPECIAL EPISODE: The Cracker Barrel Rebrand Fiasco 28.08.2025 47:35
It’s not every day that a nationwide rebrand emergency happens – Ben and Raj could no longer keep silent about the branding story of our generation: The Great Cracker Barrel Fiasco What happened?: Last week, Cracker Barrel released a new logo, the internet melted, their stock plummeted, President Trump scolded them, and they went back to their old logo. That’s the story in a nutshell, anyway...
Stop Feeling Overwhelmed: Plan Your Week Like a Pro with Derek Imai | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 67 10.04.2025 37:43
This interview offers practical, actionable tips for crafting a weekly plan that maximizes your productivity. Derek Imai is the founder of Parliament Consulting and specializes in leading owners and entrepreneurs from feeling overwhelmed to flourishing. He is a certified coach in both Working Genius as well as the Full Focus Planner (Both of which are discussed in this interview). Learn how to pri...
Southwest Airlines: Is this the end? | Growing a Fruitful Brand | Episode 66 26.03.2025 58:39
In this episode Ben Lueders and Raj Lulla unpack what the heck has been going on at Southwest Airlines– and what we can all learn from their potential brand FAIL. 🛬 In this episode: What was so great about Southwest? ✈️ What's changing at Southwest (and why)? 🧳 How will Southwest’s changes affect their brand? 🤔 What can your brand learn from Southwest's failure? 📈
Is Brand Dead? A Branding Agency’s Response to Scott Galloway | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 65 12.03.2025 47:09
Famed branding and marketing guru Scott Galloway (Prof G) recently made some bold claims about the state of branding, advertising and marketing. In our latest episode of Growing a Fruitful Brand, brand designer Ben Lueders and brand strategist Raj Lulla react to his recent comments. #branding #advertising #marketing #brandstrategy #brand #design #profg #scottgalloway
What to Look For in a Book Designer w/ Lauren Cibene | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode #64 26.02.2025 53:49
In the latest episode of Growing a Fruitful Brand, designer Ben Lueders interviews Lauren Cibene, author of the upcoming memoir, Tiger in a Lifeboat (available May 6) . When Lauren needed a cover designer - she immediately thought of Fruitful. But why? Ben and Lauren get into what it was like working with each other, what makes a good book cover, and what the Fruitful design process is really like...
How To Write a Book With Your Kids! | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 63 29.01.2025 1:10:29
Fruitful founder and designer Ben Lueders just wrote a book with the help of his creative kids! “Escape from Terikiak” is the first book in a new children’s adventure series, and geared toward kids ages 8-13 (although all ages enjoy it). Buy the book here: https://www.benlueders.com/book In this episode of Growing a Fruitful Brand, Raj interviews Ben about: 🧑🧑🧒🧒The process of writing a book...
A Few of Our Favorite Things | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 62 15.01.2025 1:09:43
When your job is to be creative all the time, surrounding yourself with inspiring, creative tools becomes a big priority. In the latest episode of Growing a Fruitful Brand, Raj and Ben share each of their top five creative tools of the last year! From guitars and cameras, to fountain pens and automatic watches – there’s a lot of fun recommendations in this conversation! Some of the brands mentione...
What We’ve Been Up To | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 61 18.12.2024 1:01:14
What the heck have Raj and Ben been up to this year? It’s been a minute since the last Growing a Fruitful Brand podcast, but don’t worry – Fruitful is still staying busy! In this episode, Raj and Ben tell all about what they’ve been up to: A Fruitful update on their new 30 Day Brand Sprint product Raj wrote a book! The Caring House Ben wrote a book too! Escape from Terikiak Why designers should us...
Branding Is In The Details w/ Darren Horwitz | Growing A Fruitful Brand | Episode 60 12.06.2024 1:05:34
Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach out to Fruitful Design & Strategy today. https://www.fruitful.design/
The Death of the Follower? | Growing a Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 59 09.05.2024 58:32
Jack Conte’s 2024 SXSW talk “The Death of the Follower & the Future of Creativity on the Web” Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach out to Fruitful Design & Strategy today. https://www.fruitful.design/
Is Good Design Worth the Money? | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 58 03.04.2024 1:21:25
Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach out to Fruitful Design & Strategy today. https://www.fruitful.design/
Who Brands the Brand Strategist? | Growing A Fruitful Brand | Episode 57 14.03.2024 54:42
Find out more about the The Sharing Place , a grief support center for children in Salt Lake City, UT that inspired Raj’s book, The Caring House. Pre-order The Caring House now: https://www.rajlulla.com/book Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach...
How (and why) Raj Wrote a Book | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 56 29.02.2024 54:58
Find out more about the The Sharing Place , a grief support center for children in Salt Lake City, UT that inspired Raj’s book, The Caring House. Pre-order The Caring House now: https://www.rajlulla.com/book Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach...
How We Pivoted Fruitful & Why | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode #55 14.02.2024 1:06:23
Check out this episode where ever you find your podcasts! APPLE: https://apple.co/3pJO1sw SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/3CuOmHh OVERCAST: https://overcast.fm/itunes1639753816/growing-a-fruitful-brand-podcast
Raj & Ben Explain The 30 Day Brand Sprint 10.01.2024 3:48
Take our assessment today, to see if you qualify for Fruitful’s 30 Day Brand Sprint: www.fruitful.design/sprint Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach out to Fruitful Design & Strategy today. https://www.fruitful.design/
2024 Predictions | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 54 03.01.2024 50:41
Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach out to Fruitful Design & Strategy today. https://www.fruitful.design/
Introducing the 30 Day Brand Sprint | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 53 14.12.2023 53:16
Take our assessment today, to see if you qualify for Fruitful’s 30 Day Brand Sprint: www.fruitful.design/sprint Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach out to Fruitful Design & Strategy today. https://www.fruitful.design/
Redesigning U.S. Elections w/ Drew Davies | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 52 29.11.2023 44:58
https://oxidedesign.com/ Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach out to Fruitful Design & Strategy today. https://www.fruitful.design/
How To Conquer Your Rebrand w/ Bill Kenney | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 51 15.11.2023 47:02
Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach out to Fruitful Design & Strategy today. https://www.fruitful.design/
Technology Deep Takes with Craig Nashleanas | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 50 08.11.2023 54:01
Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach out to Fruitful Design & Strategy today. https://www.fruitful.design/
Speed: The Forgotten Element of Good Design | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 49 01.11.2023 48:57
Check out the episode and check out Phil Smith at gotimehq.com Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach out to Fruitful Design & Strategy today. https://www.fruitful.design/
Q&A | Growing A Fruitful Brand Podcast | Episode 48 25.10.2023 50:41
Subscribe to Growing A Fruitful Brand where ever you get your podcasts! YOUTUBE APPLE SPOTIFY If you’d like to explore working with Ben and Raj on a branding project of your own, please reach out to Fruitful Design & Strategy today. https://www.fruitful.design/
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