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.
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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“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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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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“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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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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“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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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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“Brands are being distracted by drones, 3D printing, and big data.” This keeps us from focusing on what we should be focusing on. Larger trends in consumer behavior pose even bigger shifts in how we build brands online and off. I couldn’t wait…
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On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed the new Discover feature on Snapchat. We also offered some pregame commentary the upcoming Super Bowl, the ads, and what…
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Each month as part of the On Brand podcast, we take a look back on the month that was. We’ll reflect on the brand builders we chatted with here on the podcast and also discuss the biggest stories and pop-culture funnery that made up our brand zeitgeist. To help with this, I’m joined by our…
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