On Brand With Nick Westergard

Hosted ByNick Westergard

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.


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Moving Your Brand from Average to Exceptional with Jay Acunzo

“All advice is bad advice unless it’s contextualized to you.” As marketers and brand builders, we get advice left and right. Do this, not that. Send this many emails. Write this many blog posts. This week, Jay Acunzo of the Unthinkable podcast…

Social Sound Bite: How Wendy’s Handles Social Media Trolls

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed a recent Twitter exchange between fast food giant Wendy’s and a social media troll. Instead of following conventional wisdom and ignoring the…

Seth Godin on Branding, Books, and Education (Episode 100 – Part 2)

In 100 episodes we’ve had a lot of our expert guests define what branding is. Today we add a new definition to that list. Seth Godin joined me to celebrate, as he said, “showing up 100 times.” I’m happy to do it and happy to bring you more…

Authenticity in Branding with Patrick Hanlon (Episode 100 – Part 1)

This week we have a very special episode of the On Brand podcast! Actually, it’s Part 1 of a two-episode special commemorating 100 interviews with industry-leading brand builders. To kick off Part 1, we go back to the beginning. Our was Patrick…

Non-Obvious Trends for 2017 with Rohit Bhargava

“I don’t look far enough ahead to call myself a futurist.” Instead, Rohit Bhargava focuses on being a “non-obvious” trend curator, to the benefit of brands big and small. Each year since 2011, he has curated the digital trends businesses…

What’s Next for Brands and Content Marketing with Robert Rose

“Most content marketing is stuck in the ‘meh’ gear.” Robert Rose knows a thing or two about content marketing. He literally co-wrote the book on it. As Chief Strategist for the Content Advisory Group with the Content Marketing Institute and a…

Social Sound Bite: Liking Comments and Other New Instagram Features

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed several new features making their way to Instagram including liking comments, blocking comments, and reporting abuse anonymously. Listen for…

Creating Experiences Customers Crave with Nicholas Webb

“The future for both organizations and entrepreneurs is in leveraging innovation techniques to design masterful customer experiences.” Nicholas Webb knows a thing or two about both customers and innovations. As an inventor, he’s been awarded over 45…

Social Sound Bite: Should You Use Hashtags on Facebook?

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed a question on the minds of many social media marketers — should you use hashtags on Facebook? We found answers in some recent research. Listen…