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: Is Facebook Use Down?!?

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed some some new data on Facebook use. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, most of us are lurking more and posting…

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How to Develop Fluid Brands with Marty Neumeier

“Brands are not static anymore. They’re fluid.” As the Director of Transformation for Liquid Agency and the author of several books on branding including The Brand Gap and The Brand Flip, has spent his career studying,…

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Why Your Brand Has to Align with Your Audience’s Personal Brand

“You have to start the conversation by understanding who you’re having the conversation with.” As a professor and Dean at the College of Media and Communication at Texas Tech University,  spends a lot of his time studying, speaking,…

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Social Sound Bite: Twitter’s Identity Crisis + #SocialBrand15 Sneak Peek

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed some big changes in store on Twitter. Specifically their new CEO, stagnating use numbers, and possibly losing their 140-character…

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Using Employee Advocacy to Strengthen Brands with Greg Tirico

“Your employees can be the biggest advocates your brand has.” However, you have to engage and enable their advocacy. That’s what spends his time working with brands on. As the Senior Manager of Advocacy Solutions and Services at Sprout…

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Designing the Customer Experience with Justine Jordan

“So many marketers have never walked a mile in their user’s shoes.” While we joked about playing “buzzword BINGO,” Litmus’ and I spent a lot of time talking about mapping the customer journey and designing intentional…

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Digital Branding in a Regulated Industry at Allianz

“Your brand is what people say about you when you aren’t in the room.” This very personal, very human definition is what  uses to guide her brand building online and off. As the Social Media Manager at Allianz, she spends her time…

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Social Sound Bite: A Facebook Dislike Button? What the What?!

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed some big news on Facebook. This past Tuesday Mark Zuckerberg announced that they were adding a new button. While many have called…

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How Culture Impacts Brand Building with Amber Naslund

“This is a cultural shift. Not an operational shift. You have to understand people first.” As the SVP of Marketing for Sysomos and co-author of The Now Revolution,  understands the impact people — both internally and externally…

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