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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Designing the Customer Experience with Justine Jordan

“So many marketers have never walked a mile in their user’s shoes.” While we joked about playing “buzzword BINGO,” Litmus’ and I spent a lot of time talking about mapping the customer journey and designing intentional…

Digital Branding in a Regulated Industry at Allianz

“Your brand is what people say about you when you aren’t in the room.” This very personal, very human definition is what  uses to guide her brand building online and off. As the Social Media Manager at Allianz, she spends her time…

Social Sound Bite: A Facebook Dislike Button? What the What?!

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed some big news on Facebook. This past Tuesday Mark Zuckerberg announced that they were adding a new button. While many have called…

How Culture Impacts Brand Building with Amber Naslund

“This is a cultural shift. Not an operational shift. You have to understand people first.” As the SVP of Marketing for Sysomos and co-author of The Now Revolution,  understands the impact people — both internally and externally…

Social Sound Bite: New Facebook Page Features Help Admins

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed several new Facebook page features that should make admin’s lives a lot easier. Soon pages will start appearing in new shopping…

Why Brand Constraints Inspire Creativity with Joe Pulizzi

“It’s not what we sell. It’s what we stand for.” This simple statement provides a concise summary of the key differences between traditional brand advertising and modern content marketing. At the forefront of this movement is ,…

Social Sound Bite: Instagram Says It’s No Longer Hip to Be Square

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed a new feature on Instagram. Or, more accurately, an existing feature with a big change. Instagram has been defined by their fun filters…

Being a Brand Editor with Gaggle’s Rob Yoegel

“There’s no one size fits all in marketing today. It’s like football, though. Everyone is trying to move the ball down the field.” In a career that has taken him from commercial publishing to financial services B2B and now educational…

Social Sound Bite: Instagram & Pinterest Up, Twitter & LinkedIn Flat

On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the  studios in Iowa City – Jay and I discussed some new insights from a Pew Research Center study. Specifically the fact that Instagram and Pinterest usage has doubled since they…