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Access, Authenticity & Internal Advocacy with Bruce Kennedy
March 20, 2017
“If you want to be authentic as a brand, you have to be able to make a mistake.” As social media manager for Cision, Bruce Kennedy is on the front lines of the brand’s online conversations. Last week, he was … Read More
LIVE Onstage at SXSW with Duff Stewart & Heather Whaling
March 13, 2017
This week, we have a special LIVE episode of the On Brand podcast — on stage from SXSW Interactive. Recorded last Saturday, March 11 in Austin, this episode featured a timely discussion of a big question that many brand builders … Read More
“A brand is a relationship between a customer and an organization.” Don E. Schultz has spent his storied career navigating, teaching, and writing about that very complex relationship. He’s a Professor of Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University’s Medill School, … Read More
How to Aim Your Brand for a Content Marketing Win with Doug Kessler
February 27, 2017
“A brand is a set of promises. If you break that, you hurt the brand.” With a storied career in advertising including his current gig as co-founder and creative director of the Velocity Partners agency, Doug Kessler has spent his … Read More
Social Sound Bite: Facebook’s New Business Feature – Job Postings!
February 24, 2017
On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the KXIC studios in Iowa City — Jay and I discussed Facebook’s newest feature for businesses — job listings! That’s right, when Facebook polled businesses they found that finding the … Read More
Telling Your Brand’s Story in the Snapchat Age with Jed Record
February 20, 2017
“When you don’t answer your customers — you’re sending them a message.” Today we have to meet our audience on an increasingly diverse array of traditional and digital media touch points. None has garnered more headlines over the past year … Read More
Social Sound Bite: What Goes Into the Instagram Algorithm
February 17, 2017
On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the KXIC studios in Iowa City — Jay and I discussed new data on how Instagram’s algorithm works. While many thought the algorithm would kill the social network, Instagram is … Read More
Developing a Consistent Brand Voice and Language with Brad Flowers
February 13, 2017
“Branding is complicated when you try to define it.” If there was an ongoing theme of the On Brand podcast, this week’s guest hit the nail on the head. Of course, your brand is more than your logo but how … Read More
Social Sound Bite: As Snapchat Stumbles, Facebook Flexes
February 10, 2017
On this week’s Social Sound Bite – recorded live at the KXIC studios in Iowa City — Jay and I discussed some recently released numbers from both Facebook and Snapchat. As the upstart Snapchat prepares for their IPO, use, growth, … Read More
Answering All of Your Customers’ Questions with Marcus Sheridan
February 6, 2017
“The art of the question has fundamentally been lost.” As a global speaker and consultant in digital marketing and sales, Marcus Sheridan has made name for himself and his business by answering all of the questions. I couldn’t wait to … Read More