On Brand helps organizations and individuals 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 or those working for innovative brands like Adobe, Ben & Jerry’s, Maker’s Mark, the Minnesota Vikings, The Onion, Salesforce, and Whole Foods. For show notes and more, please visit http://onbrandpodcast.com.
“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…
Read More
“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…
Read More
“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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
“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…
Read More
“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…
Read More
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…
Read More
“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…
Read More
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…
Read More