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.

Brand Consistency vs. Coherence with Barbara Apple Sullivan

“Digital has democratized marketing … Consumers are playing an active role in defining our brands.”  would know. As the founder and managing partner at Sullivan, she’s helped complex regulated brands like American Express and Merrill…

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Social Sound Bite: Is Google Killing Google+?

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed a recent development from Google. On , we shared new data illustrating that Facebook is far from dead with teens. However, Google…

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How to Co-Create Brands with Tom Webster

“Your brand is not something you create. It’s a story that is told by you and your customers. It’s a co-creation.” As part of his role at Edison Research,  spends a lot of his time carefully examining the relationship between…

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Social Sound Bite: Facebook Is NOT Dead to Young People 12–24

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed new data from Edison Research on social media usage among Americans age 12–24. Of particular interest is the fact that Facebook is…

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Distrupting the Definition of Branding with Jason Baer

“I don’t particularly love the term — branding.” This may come as a surprise when you consider the source.  has an extensive background working with large organizations on large-scale brand transformations. He has a point, though….

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Social Sound Bite: A Modern Family Content Marketing Lesson

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed an upcoming episode of ABC’s Modern Family shot entirely on the Apple products (iPhone, iPad, etc). While this makes for…

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Why Your Brand Is the Sum of Your Digital Touchpoints

“Don’t think of digital as a channel — it’s the sum of all touchpoints.” It’s human nature to sort and categorize the world around us. All of these new marketing tools like Facebook and Twitter? They’re just part of “the digital…

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Social Sound Bite: Google Gets Access to Twitter’s Full Firehose

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed the deal that Twitter inked with Google for full access to their “firehose” of tweets. We broke down what this means and also…

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The Art of Personal Branding with Bryan Kramer

“Pick one or two things instead of trying to do everything.” As a leading social media influencer, Silicon Valley CEO, and TED speaker,  knows a thing or two about personal branding. Kramer also knows about some of the pitfalls that…

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Social Sound Bite: Twitter Group DMs and the Social Super Bowl

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed the new Twitter group DM feature. We also added some more social media commentary about the recent Super Bowl — the game, the…

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