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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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…

Understanding Native Advertising and Content with Melanie Deziel

What sets apart good branded content? “Strategic tools, storytelling, and understanding your objectives.” Melanie Deziel helps brands and publishers better understand the shared goals and potential wins that are possible through native…

Social Sound Bite: Instagram Has Twice the Daily Users as Snapchat

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed some new numbers that Instagram shared this week. The popular Facebook-owned social network now boasts 500 million users and 300 million…

How to Build a TV Brand with Andy Bryant and Charlie Mawer

“There’s something inherently valuable about viewing television.” Andy Bryant and Charlier Mawer would know. As the creative force behind the UK’s Red Bee agency, they help global clients such as the BBC, NBC Universal, and Fox market their…

Creating Culture Through Brand Camp at Spiceworks

“Everything we do as employees translates into the brand.” I’ve been fascinated by the Spiceworks brand since I first read about them in Jay Baer’s new book . This people-focused community platform for IT professionals is the very definition…

Social Sound Bite: Snapchat Overtakes Twitter in Daily Use

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed a shocking new stat about Snapchat’s use numbers. This past week, Bloomberg reported that Snapchat overtook Twitter in number of daily users. Great…