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NerdBrand Podcast — 283 episodes

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Marketing and Brand Messaging with Leah Williams

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What Is Direct Primary Care with Jessica McCartin, FNP-C

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What The Heck Is "Brand Messaging"? with guest Brittany Hanson

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Don't rely on "Rented Land" for your business. Also, beware of those browser extension you use.

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Grogu is Gizmo with green paint. May The Fourth Be With You!

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Will Artificial intelligence Help Creatives and Businesses?

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FRAUD... Oh My Gerd!

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TikTok, Instagram, Threads: Where Should Brands Invest in 2026?

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EP270: Call it what you want: age verification, identity checks, or digital ID.

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Dystopian Superbowl Ads

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AI in Creative Work: Friend, Foe, or Frenemy (2026 Edition)

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NETWORKING! Things have changed...

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Franchises and Branding!

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Snickers Coffee, Holiday Madness, and Brand Sabotage

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Balancing Creativity & Burnout RANT

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Viral or Not? Cracking the Code on TikTok Marketing

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Black Friday Blitz

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News Or Noise

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Lead, Prospect, Sale: Know the Difference

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Brand At The Brink

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Why Do Childhood Brands Still Pull Our Heartstrings?

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The Raisin Brain Effect: Social Media's Impact on Ad Perception

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Beyond the Blades: What Growing a Business Really Means

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Superman's Marketing Budget Could Buy Every Energy Drink Brand

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Your Website is Selling Ottoman Lids When Customers Want the Whole Ottoman

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Pooping Bears, Emus, and Failed Army Campaigns: The Art of Brand Mascots

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AI Audio Overviews: Google's Next Search Frontier

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Killing Momentum: The Dangers of Perfectionism

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Viral Marketing Magic: The Cloverfield Universe

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By 2030, Podcasting Will Be Worth Billions – Should You Jump In Now?

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Why Quality Brands Can Never Truly Hide Behind New Names

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From Sierra Mist to Starry: When Branding Goes Sideways

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We're 5 years old!

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Data vs. Gut: Finding Balance

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Links Are Back: How LinkedIn's Algorithm Changes Are Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew

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Distractions: The Silent Revenue Killers

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SEO Alphabet Soup: Making Sense of Google's E-E-A-T Without Losing Your Mind

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Google's Core Update Shakedown

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Keeping YOUR NerdBrand Strong: A Talk about SEO ... Again.

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Quality Content Wins: How Google's New Update Will Separate Winners from Losers

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Create An Authentic Brand Personality

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Podcast Tips: From selecting equipment to creating the IT factor.

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Creating Memorable Brand Names Without Hassles

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AI: Is it a Friend or Foe?

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Unlocking Retail: Navigating Shopping Convenience and the Hidden Costs

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Website Overhauls and a Nod to Jacob's New Role

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Podcasting's Digital Renaissance

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Mastering Communication: Unleashing Nonverbal Power and Adapting Media Strategies

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AI Evolution: Redefining SEO and Mastering LinkedIn Networking

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Brave New Branding: Navigating 2025's Challenges and Opportunities

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How much does it cost?

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Closing Like a Pro: Unveiling the Secrets of Sales Success

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Pitch Perfect: Crafting Captivating Presentations and Networking Success

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How to calculate your potential for a closed sale

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Rebranding Revelations: When is a good time to rebrand?

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Simplified Sales Success: Make it Simple, Stupid

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The Digital Marketing Landscape Transformed

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Networking Nightmares: Turning Awkward Encounters into Opportunities

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Search Intent Optimization NOT SEO

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Looks Like Poop: Brand Image in Crisis

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From Dance to Design: Danielle Belvoix's Creative Journey and Insights on Branding

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Marvel, Networking, and Crafting the Ideal Podcast

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The Nerds Debate: Is getting an MBA worth it?

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One-Word Wonders: The Power of Simplicity in Branding and Emotional Connection

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Navigating Fandom Mayhem: Monty Python, Star Wars Backlash, and Taylor Swift Politics

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Sell Me This Sales Strategy: From Pens to Profits in Marketing and Budgeting

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Avoiding the Echo Chamber in Your Marketing Strategy

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Rootine: A new way to think about your health with Rachel Sanders

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The No Fakes Act: AI, Copyrights, and The First Amendment with Jason, Jacob, and Richard

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Google Search Is A Monopoly: Now What?

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Podcast Advertising for 2024

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Tickling Funny Bones and Deadpool 3 Review and Marketing with Richard Hendry

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Pepsi rebrand told by Alex (Jason) and Jordan (Jacob) part 3

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Unmasking Reddit's Rebrand: From Link-Sharing to Gamer's Paradise and Pickle Sandwich Craze

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Optimizing Your Podcast: SEO Insights and Owl Wisdom with Jenna Ahern

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Building a Compelling Podcast Brand: From Theme to Equipment Essentials

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Creative Marketing Stunts for Video Games

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Enhancing Brand Emotion Through AI and Color Theory

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Let The Lentils Fly: Skittles Rebrand

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Slamming into Branding: Inside the Wrestling World with Eric Cornish

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Unraveling Earth's Spin and the New Age of Search Results

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What's New in the World of PR? - Guest Mickie Kennedy, eReleases

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Episode 200! How to talk about your brand without AI

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Still Can’t Help Falling in Love with Brands - Valentine's Day 2024

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Ready, Set...Brand Guidelines!

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You've Got Mail: The Love-Hate Relationship of Email Marketing

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Influencer Marketing: Behind the Scenes of Brand Partnerships

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What's on the Rise for Social Trends in 2024?

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Reflections & Resolutions in Branding

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The Power of Humor in Advertising

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Brand Philosophy 101: Naming Systems

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Classic Holiday Ads That You'll Never Forget

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Economy Camaraderie

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DC vs. Marvel: Film Storytelling Strategies with Guest Nicolaus Taylor

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Brand Wars: Nerd-emption

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Don't Forget to Shop Local - Small Business Saturday 2023

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Deals, Deals, Deals BFCM!

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Veterans Day - VARep Louisville

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The Rise of Memes in Marketing

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Nerd-o-ween: Trick or Treat Yo'self!

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How I Survived Twitter with Jon-Stephen Stansel

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Bad Moves Bears: Movie Marketing Blunders with Richard Hendry

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Does Unconventional Advertising Hurt or Help

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AI in Education

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Rebrand Rants

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Marketing processes for making content with Guest Tyler Salyer

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Advertising Jingles

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The Art of Storytelling in Ads

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Brand Wars: The Battle of the Logos

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EEAT Your Heart Out with SEO Content - with guest Greg Heilers from Jolly SEO

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Barbie vs. Thor: Love & Thunder

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Brands just wanna have fun - Live at Dave & Buster's

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Marketing in the Digital Age: Navigating Social Media Landscapes

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AI in ads: This is an Ad. This is a Robot.

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AI in Business with Varqa Sharif of Advanced Ingenuity

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AI In Entertainment and Media: AI Artwork, AI in Advertising, and AI Privacy Issues

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AI In Everyday Life

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Interview a Nerd: Mitch Gregory

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Interview a Nerd: Jonathan Payne

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Interview a Nerd: Jason Davis

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Interview a Nerd: Mikayla Meek

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The History of Podcasting with a LIVE studio audience

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EP160: How to Optimize for People, not Robots

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EP159: The 5 senses of brand: How does your brand sound?

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EP158: The 5 senses of brand: How does your brand feel?

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EP157: The 5 Senses of Brand: How does your brand look?

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EP156: The 5 senses of brand: How does your brand smell?

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EP155: The 5 senses of brand: How does your brand taste?

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EP154: Brand of the band.

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EP153: What's in a Name: Why what you are called matters for a successful brand.

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EP152: How To Express Benefits vs. Value When Marketing Your Brand

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EP151: Spring Cleaning - Is it time to spruce up your content strategy? - with guest Dana Herra

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EP150: Postmodernism, or whatever the professor said.

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EP149: Social Media Fatigue - What’s Next?

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EP148: I say, “Brand-ing, You’re a Fine Girl!” - Starlord.

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EP147: Brands We Can’t Help Falling in Love with (Valentine’s Day)

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EP146: Brand Managers! ASSEMBLE! Assemblage with Emmanuel Probst

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EP145: The cost of Super Bowl ads!

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EP144: LinkedIn Series Pt. 3: Who is your friend? Correction. Connection?

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EP143: LinkedIn Series Pt. 2: Why you shouldn’t use ChatGPT to write your profile.

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EP142: LinkedIn Series Pt.1: Why your byline and description matter.

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EP141: The rules of advertising. There are regulations.

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EP140: Happy New YEAR 2023 - The rise of voice search

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EP139: Brand Influence, FTX brand made you look.

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EP138: Oh my. I looked at your LinkedIn. Did you know?

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EP137: Turnkey or Turkey. Get it?

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EP136: It’s OTT - yeah you know me?

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EP135: OMG It's almost Black Friday!

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EP134: Brand-raising with Dave Bell from Volunteers of America.

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EP133: Extending your brand too fast in social

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EP132: Customer Success experts vs account management vs customer support.

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EP131: It’s Scary Times! NERD-O-WEEN Episode!!!

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EP130: To focus group or not to? - with Chris Bonbright from Curiosity Consulting

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EP129: Can you capture lightning in a bottle AGAIN?

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EP128: Invasion of the ad bots you say! with Guest Greg Mosley from Simpli.fi and Nick Shepperd from CinchIT.

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EP127: Let's Get Personal

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EP126: Toddlers EAT passwords likes yours for breakfast.

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EP125: Do you sell toothpaste? with Guest Brigid Morrissey

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EP124: A Business-first CMO

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EP123: Brand in crisis.

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EP122: Don’t get jerked around by ADA compliance

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EP121: Brand-cation... Vacation brands and Potatoes with Kristen Frarey

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EP120: Oops, I dropped my brand.

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EP119: Why we ask WHY.

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EP118: TOFU’s, and BOFU’s, and MQL’s oh my!!

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EP117: Google’s AI is Sentient

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E116: Social Brands

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E115: Verbing your Brand.

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E114: What if your brand was drunk?

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E113: DTC Branding, what is it?

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E112: Logo Adaptability and end of an era brands

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E111: Top 5 Brands that are relevant for 2022

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E110: An Unplanned Episode Featuring Two Matts

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E109: Brands that have simplified

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E108: Sales Tips Series: Part 2 - How to introduce yourself.

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E107:Sales Series Pt 1 - Top 7 challenges for marketers 2022

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E106: How to Avoid Ad Fatigue

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E105: Business Networking Part 3

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E104: Business Networking Part 2

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E103: Business Networking Part 1

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E102: Is your website ADA compliant?

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E101: Fool you! Or fool me?

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E100: What does your brand "sound" like?

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E99: Restaurateurs and Branding - with Guest Stacy Roof from KYRA

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E98: Why Create a Brand Style Guide?

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E97: Brand Differentiation with Guest Diana Richardson from Semrush

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E96: The difference between a “trend” and a “fad” with guest Dr. Emmanuel Probst

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E95: Brand Fandom with Savannah Cherry from Slingshot

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E94: You’re Killing Your Director of Marketing

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E93: Brand Management and Crisis

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E92: The Founder Movie with Guest Lauren Coulter from Biscuit Belly

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E91: Product Placement in Movies with Guest Josh Suiter

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E90: New Year, New Brand

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E89: We’re Your Gandalf - NerdBrand Podcast

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E88: What is Brand Imagery? - With NerdBrand's Brand Imaging Specialist, Coral Abood

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E87: Ho. Ho. Huh? with Guest Matt Jones

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E86: It’s Never Just a Website.

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E85: Google Business Profiles with Jason "The Brand SERP Guy" Barnard

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E84: What Does Brand Positioning Actually Mean?

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E83: Mastering Authentic Marketing

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E82: The New Age of Employer Branding With Guest Merry-Reid Sheffer

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E81: Legacy Brands and Your Favorite Characters Hitting Public Domain

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E80: Nerd-o-ween - Shock Advertising!

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E79: Don’t Build on Rented Land with Guest Shane Shaps

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E78: Being Real on Social Media with Guest Shane Shaps

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E77: Back to the office for Zoom calls!

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E76: We Know What You Buy

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E75: The Different Forms of Marketing

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E74: Why It’s Important to Take a Vacation

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E73: Proper Order of Things in Branding

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E72: The Entrepreneurial Mindset with Dr. Charlene Walters

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E71: The Hero's Journey with Guest Matt Jones

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E70: Industrial Design and Experiential Marketing with Guest Matt Jones

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E69: Black Widow Marketing

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E68: Let's Talk About Trial Phase and Personal Branding

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E67: What is NerdBrand?

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E66: “I’m not here to steal your lunch money!” - with Andy Strote

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E65: Should Employees Represent Your Brand on Social Media? - with Jon-Stephen Stansel

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E64: Startup "Puffery" with Diana Richardson from Semrush (the Diana Cut)

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E63: Interactive Branding with Carly Kjelstrom of Gaming Source Network

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E62: E-commerce and Netflix - with Diana Richardson from Semrush

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E61: Make my logo bigger: Why this is not as important as you think.

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E60: Branded Search Results with Jason Barnard (The Brand SERP Guy) of Kalicube

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E59: How You Can Tell a Pixar-like Story for Your Brand - with Josh Suiter of The Chamber of St. Matthews

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E58: Startup Stories #2 - Tactical Entrepreneurship with Guest Dave Carruthers of Voxpopme

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E57: Startup Story Series #1 - Characteristics of an Entrepreneur - with Scott Smith from Gracie Jiu-Jitsu of Kentucky

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E56: What is Brand Voice and Tone? With guest Dana Herra of Herra Communications

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E55: Personal Branding and How To Find Your Style with Joey Kilrain of DED Company

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E54: Storytelling through Brandraising with Kelsea Little of GoFundMe

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E53: SEO Expectations and the Evolution of Social Media with Diana Richardson from Semrush

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E52: The New 52 and Beware of Brand Gimmicks! with Brandon Jones

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E51: LinkedIn and Your Brand with Jordan Clemons from GLI

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E50: Social Entrepreneurship and Making Connections with Delene Taylor from DMLO CPAs

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E49: 5 Ways to Better Have a Work/Life Balance

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E48: Is your branded sales collateral jibly jarbed?

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E47: Top 10 Relevant Brands of 2021

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E46: Social Media Strategy and “INVINCIBLE” on Amazon Prime Video with Jon-Stephen Stansel

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E45: Live Streaming and Marketing with Christoph Trappe

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E44: Top 7 Super Bowl 2021 Ads

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E43: Rules of networking. Listen to learn, not to respond with Jason Metz

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E42: Brand Message Pt. 3: Your Brand's Message and Momentum

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E41: Brand Message Pt. 2: Your Brand's Message and Action

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E40: Brand Message Pt. 1: What’s Your Brand's Message?

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E39: Elements of Storytelling - Part 3: Spectacle and WW1984

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E38: Elements of Storytelling - Part 2: Theme and Dialogue

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E37: Elements of Storytelling - Part 1: Plot and Character

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E36: How Brands Diversify - Part 3: Brand Evolution

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E35: How Brands Diversify - Part 2: Brand Dilution

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E34: How Brands Diversify: Part 1 - Brand Extensions

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E33: My story isn’t sexy. So do I TikTok it?

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E32: Humor in Advertising: Lighten Up Your Marketing

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E31: Happy Nerd-o-ween! Marketing Lessons From Horror Movies!

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E30: The End of the Movie Theater

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E29: How To Make Billions of Dollars and Not Advertise

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E28: Personal Branding: Let's talk about Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson

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E27: Red or Blue does it matter to you? We just like Chicken.

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E26: Bourbon, Clowns, A.I. and Marketing

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E25: Transformers and Brand Transformation – Hasbro Studios ReBrand to Allspark

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E24: Deadpool 3 - Marketing Terminology

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E23: Deadpool 2 - Social Media Marketing

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E22: Deadpool and Guerrilla Marketing

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E21: The Top 5 Most Valuable Brands for 2020 - Amazon

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E20: The Top 5 Most Valuable Brands for 2020 - Google

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E19: The top 5 most valuable brands for 2020 - Apple

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E18: The Top 5 Most Valuable Brands for 2020 - Microsoft

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E17: The top 5 most valuable brands for 2020 - Samsung

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E16: Brand Launches, Brand Equity and 'Vettes!

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E15: BatFleck Returns! and more on Google Core Web Vitals

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E14: The Last Starfighter and Nostalgic Marketing

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E13: The Year Of The Nerd, Zelda, and The Big Short

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E12: Cloverfield Conspiracy and Viral Marketing

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E11: Directors Cut Marketing Strategy and Google Site Ranking Signals

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E10: Brand Blunders and The State of Podcasting

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E9: Zach Snyder Justice League Cut and Brand Expansion

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E8: WordPress, buzzwords, Indiana Jones theories

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E7: YouTube and Our Branding Adventures

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E6: It’s time for a digital reboot! Are you ready for the reopening for business?

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E5: Google Advertising Changes and: Put your pants on; we’re opening up!

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E4: Holy SEO Batman! How to stay sane while working remote

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E3: What is a re-brand, and eCommerce tips!

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E2: Remote Productivity and Staying Secure

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E1: What is the difference between Nerd and Geek

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