On Brand with Nick Westergaard

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.

Social Sound Bite: Instagram & Pinterest Up, Twitter & LinkedIn Flat

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed some new insights from a Pew Research Center study. Specifically the fact that Instagram and Pinterest usage has doubled since they…

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How Realtime Branding Is Possible with Insights from Zignal Labs

“Today brands need to surgically remove and filter insights.” How can we make sense of it all? This week on the On Brand podcast I was joined by two old friends,  and . These two innovative marketers have joined forces as part of…

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Social Sound Bite: Air Force Warns That “Loose Tweets Destroy Fleets”

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed something of a throwback campaign. Hearkening back to the Navy’s World War II propaganda poster “loose lips sink ships,” the…

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The Secret of the Suitsupply Brand Experience: Empowering People

“It’s not about the name. It’s about the product you deliver and the service around it.” Service and customer experience are at the very heart of the Suitsupply brand. This vertically integrated men’s fashion retailer is gaining a lot…

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Solving the Mysteries of Brand Strategy with Scott Monty

Was Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories the original brand manager? That’s the theory  posed at the top of the show. Scott is the executive editor and co-host of the Sherlock Holmes website and podcast I Hear of Sherlock…

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Social Sound Bite: Instagram Ads, HootSuite Integration on the Way

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed a flurry of recent announcements from Instagram. Specifically, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform announced that they were…

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Brand Unity vs. Uniformity with Josh Miles

“Great brands demonstrate unity not uniformity.” Branding is a tricky topic. It’s both an art and a science. It’s about consistency yet not being so consistent that your story suffers. It’s this narrow space…

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Social Sound Bite: Hunting Lions Is Just Bad for Business

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed a recent item in the news. Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer probably wishes he never killed one of Zimbabwe’s most beloved lions….

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Social Sound Bite: Facebook Revenue Sharing Targets YouTube

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed a new announcement from Facebook. While YouTube is the leading source for online video, the social media giant took another big step…

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The Naked Truth on Brand Transparency with Jeff Rosenblum

“Great brands are built, not bought.” To many brands and agencies alike, this has been a big shift in recent years. It’s a shift that  has been at the forefront of understanding and explaining. As the founding partner of Questus,…

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