On Brand with Nick Westergaard
On Brand helps you tell stronger stories and build better brands. Each week, host Nick Westergaard, author of Brand Now and Get Scrappy, interviews marketing and communication thought leaders and innovators from brands like Ben & Jerry’s, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Meta, Crayola, Beats by Dre, Southwest Airlines, Reddit, Spotify, and MailChimp. Watch the full, in-depth conversations and get actionable insights to help you and your brand stand out in a crowded, distracted world. For show notes and more, please visit http://onbrandpodcast.com.
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How to Be Your Brand’s Editor in Chief with Ann...
"The value of an editor cannot be understated. The editor is the proxy for the audience." As the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs and the best-selling author of Everybody Writes and Content Rules, Ann Handley knows a thing or two about...
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Social Sound Bite: Election Fatigue Hits Social...
On this week's Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed what people are tired of hearing about on social media these days — the 2016 presidential election! New data from Pew Research shows that most...
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Creating a Crisis-Ready Brand with Melissa Agnes
"It's not about crisis preparedness. It's about how culture approaches challenges." Social media has created a powerful new dynamic for brands of all shapes and sizes. When things are going great, it can be an incredible business communications tool....
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How SEO Can Help You Grow Your Brand with John ...
“SEO isn’t done unless your done growing.” Growth is something that John Jantsch has helped countless small businesses with in his decades of experience. As the author of the classic Duct Tape Marketing and founder of the Duct Tape Marketing...
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Social Sound Bite: Why Social Platforms Don't W...
On this week's Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed a recent article from Adweek, which noted that social platforms like Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter are getting away from the 'social' label....
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Selling Brands by Telling Stories with Paul Smith
“Brands don’t have stories. People have stories.” Paul Smith is an acclaimed speaker and expert trainer. Specifically his work focuses on how stories and storytelling can influence leadership and life. His latest book, Sell with a Story,...
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Branding and Search: Getting Found vs. Getting ...
“I always say it's not that a brand can't be successful. It's that they have already self-selected unsuccessful." As a Moz Associate, Ronell Smith helps brand builders at organizations big and small overcome obstacles in digital marketing...
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Amplifying Your Brand’s Online Reputation with ...
“If you’re not amplifying the positive stories around your brand, you’re missing out on a huge opportunity.” This past week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Social Media Rockstar event in Minnesota alongside last week’s guest Also...
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Using Influencer Marketing to Optimize Your Bra...
“There's a gravity to shiny new objects and tactics that people can easily fall prey to." As CEO of TopRank Marketing, Lee Odden helps both B2B and B2C clients overcome the obstacles of today's shiny new things. He's also the author of Optimize...
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Social Sound Bite: What Facebook Video Length W...
On this week's Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed new data on Facebook video length from Q2. Best practices usually remind us to keep videos short and sweet but that may not be the best...
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Get Scrappy with Nick Westergaard LIVE at Prair...
This week, we have something a little different for our podcast listeners. Recently, I was asked to do a reading of my new book, at Prairie Lights Bookstore in Iowa City. Prairie Lights is something of a literary institution — both in the region...
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Branding in the Age of Disruption with Geoffrey...
“The new normal is that there is no normal.” Geoffrey Colon opened this week’s episode of the On Brand podcast with these daunting words. Colon, a self-described data punk, DJ, podcaster, and author, serves as a communications designer and...
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Brand Yourself or You Risk Being Branded by Others
“It’s brand or be branded.” That’s the ultimatum that Deb Gabor presented this week on the On Brand podcast. The founder and CEO of Sol Marketing and author of the new bestselling book Branding Is Sex explained that if you aren’t...
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Social Sound Bite: Is Twitter in Trouble?
On this week's Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed the latest news out of Twitter. And it's not super great. With a recently downgraded market share of the US social networking space, Twitter is...
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How Schwinn Uses Stories to Power Brand Advocacy
“Don’t be afraid to to embrace your brand ambassadors. Make them a part of your marketing.” Schwinn Bicycles is a historic brand that’s part of the lives of generations. As Associate Marketing Manager, it’s part of Samantha Hersil’s job to...
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Social Sound Bite: Why Is Facebook Blocking Ad-...
On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed an interesting development. Just as Facebook continues to offer their own robust advertising solutions, they’ve taken a big step to block the...
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How Stories Can Help Your Brand Stand Out with ...
“It’s almost cliche to say but the Internet is challenging. There’s so much noise. Why do weed another blog or another channel?” While digital media has provided more opportunities for building brands online, it’s also created a...
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Connecting Brain Science and Branding with Dary...
“In marketing we’re trying to get people to do something. We need to understand why we do what we do. What motivates us?” Building on a career at Coca-Cola and brand consulting, Daryl Weber has devoted himself to connecting the dots of...
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Practicing Data-Driven Empathy with Andy Cresto...
“A bad marketer is one who does things based on their gut.” As the co-founder of Orbit Media, an author, and host of Content Jam in Chicago, Andy Crestodina helps marketers quantify those gut impulses with actionable data and strategies. Andy is...
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Social Sound Bite: Why You Should Pay Attention...
On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed … Pokemon Go! Love it or hate it (and folks seem squarely in one of those two camps) Pokemon Go is lighting up the Internet this week. Let’s...
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Embracing Your Community Both Online and Off wi...
“It doesn’t matter where you interact with us — you’re part of our community.” Being on the community team at SEO software giant Moz isn’t just focusing on social media. As senior community manager, Erica McGillivray interacts with the...
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How Adobe Enables Their Social Brand Ambassadors
“Employees are trusted more than the organizations they work for.” Citing this simple stat from the Edelman Trust Barometer, Adobe’s Lauren Friedman described her job in a nutshell. As the head of Global Social Business Enablement, Friedman...
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Social Sound Bite: Facebook's New Like Button (...
On this week's Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed the news that Facebook has redesigned their 'like' button. While this could sound trivial, consider the fact that the like button is a...
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Understanding Native Advertising and Content wi...
What sets apart good branded content? “Strategic tools, storytelling, and understanding your objectives.” Melanie Deziel helps brands and publishers better understand the shared goals and potential wins that are possible through native...
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Social Sound Bite: Instagram Has Twice the Dail...
On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed some new numbers that Instagram shared this week. The popular Facebook-owned social network now boasts 500 million users and 300 million...
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