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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How Schwinn Uses Stories to Power Brand Advocacy

“Don’t be afraid to to embrace your brand ambassadors. Make them a part of your marketing.” Schwinn Bicycles is a historic brand that’s part of the lives of generations. As Associate Marketing Manager, it’s part of Samantha Hersil’s job to…

Social Sound Bite: Why Is Facebook Blocking Ad-Blockers?

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed an interesting development. Just as Facebook continues to offer their own robust advertising solutions, they’ve taken a big step to block the…

How Stories Can Help Your Brand Stand Out with Aaron Orendorff

“It’s almost cliche to say but the Internet is challenging. There’s so much noise. Why do weed another blog or another channel?” While digital media has provided more opportunities for building brands online, it’s also created a…

Connecting Brain Science and Branding with Daryl Weber

“In marketing we’re trying to get people to do something. We need to understand why we do what we do. What motivates us?” Building on a career at Coca-Cola and brand consulting, Daryl Weber has devoted himself to connecting the dots of…

Practicing Data-Driven Empathy with Andy Crestodina

“A bad marketer is one who does things based on their gut.” As the co-founder of Orbit Media, an author, and host of Content Jam in Chicago, Andy Crestodina helps marketers quantify those gut impulses with actionable data and strategies. Andy is…

Social Sound Bite: Why You Should Pay Attention to Pokemon Go

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed … Pokemon Go! Love it or hate it (and folks seem squarely in one of those two camps) Pokemon Go is lighting up the Internet this week. Let’s…

Embracing Your Community Both Online and Off with Erica McGillivray

“It doesn’t matter where you interact with us — you’re part of our community.” Being on the community team at SEO software giant Moz isn’t just focusing on social media. As senior community manager, Erica McGillivray interacts with the…

How Adobe Enables Their Social Brand Ambassadors

“Employees are trusted more than the organizations they work for.” Citing this simple stat from the Edelman Trust Barometer, Adobe’s Lauren Friedman described her job in a nutshell. As the head of Global Social Business Enablement, Friedman…

Social Sound Bite: Facebook’s New Like Button (and What It Means)

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed the news that Facebook has redesigned their ‘like’ button. While this could sound trivial, consider the fact that the like button is a…