S5 E19: “Value Whisperer” Melitta Campbell
As you may have noticed, I've been a bit focused on my Higher⚡️Voltage event lately. This week I am on our guest's podcast, The Art of Value Whispering, and she is on mine!
Today's guest is Melitta Campbell, aka the Value Whisperer, and she is going to be at Higher⚡️Voltage on 22nd January at Battersea Power Station in London giving attendees signed copies of her newest book, “Value Whispering: The Smarter Way to Market Your Small Business (That Just Happens To Be Brilliant for Introverts)”.
We had a fantastic discussion today about how Melitta became the “Value Whisperer,” what value whispering even is, and how identifying as an introvert has played a huge part in her brand and business.
We also talk about Melitta's corporate background, the first incarnation of her own business, and how she realized she needed to shift direction. She now works with people who are doing their own thing in business for themselves (aka the Higher⚡️Voltage audience!), so we trace how she got there, the skills that she uses to help that audience, and my absolute favorite part, the personal gifts that she brings to that work that enables her to create such transformative results.
(And if you’d like your own free, autographed copy of “Value Whispering,” head over to my Higher⚡️Voltage event for solopreneurs at Battersea Power Station in London on 22 January, 2026!)
In this episode:
Our conversation on her podcast, and what Value Whispering even is
Her first book, “A Shy Girl's Guide to Networking”
A career in marketing communications
Leadership communication coaching & setting up a women's network
The childcare conundrum
Communication consultancy…and burnout (with a baby!)
Coaching, and a sign from the universe (in the form of fellow female business owners)
Finding her alignment 10 years ago
The difference between handing someone a strategy and coaching them
The importance of true inner value
Energy management, self trust, and connecting the dots to find your value sweet spot
How her personal brand and strong network kept her visible
Shifting what she was known for (big to small)
Alignment, boundaries, and staying open to evolution
Introversion and confidence
The importance of communication
Marketing, and what’s usually beneath the issues therein
“Confidence isn't knowing you can do something. It's trusting your ability to figure things out if it doesn't work out.”
Melitta’s superpower: X-Ray Hearing!
Melitta’s preferred way to get her brand out there
The new book,“Value Whispering: The Smarter Way to Market Your Small Business (that just happens to be brilliant for introverts)”
Find Melitta:
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Get Started on Your Personal Brand Journey with a sampling of Christine's Personal Branding Questions here: https://www.gritmon.com/talkaboutmybrand
Join us at Higher⚡️Voltage in London on 22 January 2026!
S5 E18: Being SEEN with Hannah Spence
Celebration time, friends: with this week’s Hannah Spence interview, we’ve now had the entire Higher⚡️Voltage speaker lineup on “Let’s Talk About Brand”!
Former teacher Hannah actually has THREE brands (which we of course talk about): her tutoring business Prep4Prospects, her multiple-award-winning social media agency Clockflower Solutions, and her own emerging personal creator brand, Miss Be Seen, where Hannah takes the lessons she’s learned about visibility, puts them into action, and teaches you how to do the same.
How did Hannah leave the literal glitter of primary school, for the virtual glitter of the social media business, for the once-again-sometimes-actual glitter of seeing and being seen? Well, you’ll just have to listen to this week’s episode!
(And if you’d like to Be Seen yourself, come listen to Hannah’s talk on visibility at my Higher⚡️Voltage event for solopreneurs at Battersea Power Station in London on January 22, 2026!)
In this episode:
Clockflower Solutions (business brand) vs. Miss Be Seen (personal brand)
“The minute HMRC said, this is a business, I thought, wow, I have a business!”
Prep4Prospects to Clockflower Solutions
Showing up in new spaces, and in different ways
Putting on her own events
Finding her different audiences
Putting your energy towards events that matter–and making them worth it
Hannah’s SEEN framework
What Hannah brings to her clients (and events…and life!)
The penny drop
Hannah’s hidden talents (and mine!)
Higher Voltage’s opening number?
Find Hannah:
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Get Started on Your Personal Brand Journey with a sampling of Christine's Personal Branding Questions here: https://www.gritmon.com/talkaboutmybrand
S5 E17: Getting VISIBLE with Sapna Pieroux
We’re continuing the Higher⚡️Voltage speaker party with today’s guest, my good friend Sapna Pieroux!
Sapna Pieroux is a brand consultant at InnerVisions ID, the bestselling author of “Let's Get Visible!”, and creator of the VISION branding method. She guides us through all of that today, as well as how she built her own personal brand, what she was doing before, and what's coming next on Sapna’s own brand journey (hint, it's going to become much, much easier for you to work with her!).
Sapna will be speaking at my Higher⚡️Voltage event for solopreneurs at Battersea Power Station in London on January 22, 2026! She’ll talk about building your business brand alongside your personal brand–which is something you can also hear more about on today’s episode.
In this episode:
The differences between a personal brand and business brand when someone is their business
Should I lead with my personal brand or should I lead with my business brand?
What Sapna was doing before and how it led to her current business, InnerVisions ID
Motherhood, depression, and retraining to be an interior designer
“I did his branding and…he came back with seven business cards”
Publishing “Let's Get Visible!” in 2020
The campaign and award that got Sapna’s book noticed
Sapna’s VISION methodology
BrandVisions.AI
How to approach creating a business brand vs. a personal brand
What Sapna will teach you at Higher Voltage
What Sapna ultimately delivers to clients on a deeper level
What lights Sapna up in her work
What Sapna won’t include in her personal brand
What Sapna would do if she were guaranteed to succeed
How Christine and Sapna initially bonded
Find Sapna:
Join the BrandVisions.AI beta
Come party with The NotWorkers
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Get Started on Your Personal Brand Journey with a sampling of Christine's Personal Branding Questions here: https://www.gritmon.com/talkaboutmybrand
S5 E16: The “coach-shaped” Janine Coombes!
I took a little bit of an unplanned hiatus from Let's Talk About Brand, but now I'm getting back into it!
Today’s guest, Janine Coombes, is one of the incredible speakers at my Higher⚡️Voltage event for solopreneurs, happening at Battersea Power Station in London on January 22, 2026 (Dani, Sophie, and Teresa are all speaking too, and I’ll be having Sapna and Hannah on in coming weeks!).
(Janine’s been on before, but the show was a slightly different format then, so it felt like time for a new episode!)
Janine also happens to be someone I actually work with—she’s helped me detangle a lot about my offerings and how I present them! I am one of the "coach shaped people" she helps, and in this interview we get into what that means, how she helps, and how her first book, "The Easy Yes," came about.
We also talk about Janine’s personal talents, what lights her up about doing the work that she does, how she came to do the work that she does, and also how she became known for it. Because it's great if you're brilliant, but if nobody knows who you are or what you do, that's not gonna do you a whole lot of good.
In this episode:
What are "coach shaped people"?
Why does Janine enjoy working with “coach shaped people” most?
The turning point that led Janine to working for herself
“What I missed for an embarrassingly long time was actually having something solid that people could actually buy!”
Gaining visibility…but without offers
“Perhaps wear a set of pearls…”
“The Easy Yes” offer matrix
“At the ready point, what does it look like?...create content that calls to that and then you can work back”
What's next for Janine
What Janine hopes to leave the Higher Voltage audience with in January
What Janine truly delivers
What gives Janine a real sense of satisfaction in her work
“The C word” (it’s not cancer…or c**t)
What she’d do if she were guaranteed to succeed at it (I love this one! -C)
Find Janine:
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Come see Janine speak at Higher Voltage!
Get Started on Your Personal Brand Journey with a sampling of Christine's Personal Branding Questions here: https://www.gritmon.com/talkaboutmybrand
Check out Janine’s 2023 episode: