Feb 29, 2016
Nick Westergaard, Chief Brand Strategist at Brand Driven Digital, joins the Business of Story Podcast to reveal how brands can produce content that empowers their customers through dynamic positioning online.
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In This Episode
- How to create marketing that asks and answers questions
- Connecting your digital dots across platforms
- How to develop content and social media hacks to help you do more with less
- Identifying what your brand does better than anybody else
- The "Atticus Finch Rule of Marketing," walking a mile in your customers' shoes
- Why digital is such a multi-dimensional storytelling realm
Resources
- “Get Scrappy: Smarter Digital Marketing for Businesses Big and Small,” by Nick Westergaard
- BrandDrivenDigital.com
- Westergaard.com
- Nick's Podcast, On Brand
- "Storynomics: How to Create a Story That Inspires, With Robert McKee," on the Business of Story Podcast
- Robert McKee’s Four-Day Story Seminar
- “The Brand Flip,” by Marty Neumeier
- “Primal Branding,” by Patrick Hanlon
- “The Social Code,” by Patrick Hanlon
- "Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future," by Doris Clark
- “What Great Brands Do,” by Denise Lee Yohn
- Budweiser Super Bowl Spot
- Dollar Shave Club Super Bowl Spot
- Dollar Shave Club's Instagram
- Warby Parker
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