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Nowadays, consumers turn to blogs, search engines, product reviews and social media before deciding to buy. This fundamental shift in the typical purchase journey has turned traditional marketing upside down. But despite industry upheaval, one age-old question remains: "How do we get customers to come to us?" &lt;a href="http://www.hubspot.com/company/management/brian-halligan/"&gt;Brian Halligan&lt;/a&gt;, CEO &amp; Founder of &lt;a href="http://www.hubspot.com/"&gt;HubSpot&lt;/a&gt; and author of &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0470499311?tag=hubspot-20&amp;camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;linkCode=as1&amp;creativeASIN=0470499311&amp;adid=0KFA9WZWBF6M6Z8RYF41&amp;"&gt;Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Blogs, and Social Media&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; , joins The Brand Show to discuss how marketers can transform their brands into lead-driving machines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Brian shares insights from his book and other tips, including:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;A five-step process to create killer content that drives business to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;How LinkedIn can become a B-to-B brand's best friend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why marketers need to embrace their inner Gretzky and “skate to where the puck is going.”&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://twowest.com/podcasts/Brian_Halligan2.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How has your purchase path changed in the last five years? Join us on &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1782400&amp;trk=hb_side_g"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; and share your thoughts.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-8050567165641840142?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/uUG-mNEKhxA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/0oosKjDmySM/Brian_Halligan2.mp3" fileSize="18778775" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Halligan founded HubSpot in 2006 to help small businesses "get found" by more prospects.Gone are the days when a brilliant 30-second spot inspired customers to get off the couch and into the store. Nowadays, consumers turn to blogs, search engines, produc</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Halligan founded HubSpot in 2006 to help small businesses "get found" by more prospects.Gone are the days when a brilliant 30-second spot inspired customers to get off the couch and into the store. Nowadays, consumers turn to blogs, search engines, product reviews and social media before deciding to buy. This fundamental shift in the typical purchase journey has turned traditional marketing upside down. But despite industry upheaval, one age-old question remains: "How do we get customers to come to us?" Brian Halligan, CEO &amp; Founder of HubSpot and author of Inbound Marketing: Get Found Using Google, Blogs, and Social Media , joins The Brand Show to discuss how marketers can transform their brands into lead-driving machines. Brian shares insights from his book and other tips, including: A five-step process to create killer content that drives business to you. How LinkedIn can become a B-to-B brand's best friend. Why marketers need to embrace their inner Gretzky and “skate to where the puck is going.” How has your purchase path changed in the last five years? Join us on LinkedIn and share your thoughts.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/11/inbound-marketing-get-found-using.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/0oosKjDmySM/Brian_Halligan2.mp3" length="18778775" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://twowest.com/podcasts/Brian_Halligan2.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Survey reveals budding future for green brands</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/W09K9NcigR4/survey-reveals-budding-future-for-green.html</link><category>sustainable branding</category><category>global marketing</category><category>podcast</category><category>green marketing</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:28:02 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-2476238765187411174</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/E1/846/E87/nri/ttby/RussMeyerHeadshot110608.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 180px;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/E1/846/E87/nri/ttby/RussMeyerHeadshot110608.jpg" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Landor's Russ Meyer is a frequent commentator and lecturer on brands, business, and sustainability.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Sustainable and globally conscious consumer brands are here to stay, according to the recently released &lt;a href="http://www.landor.com/index.cfm?do=thinking.article&amp;storyid=749&amp;source=home&amp;bhcp=1"&gt;U.S. ImagePower Green Brands Survey&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.landor.com/index.cfm?bhcp=1"&gt;Landor Associates&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.landor.com/index.cfm?do=aboutus.bio&amp;bio=86"&gt;Russ Meyer&lt;/a&gt;, Chief Strategy Officer with Landor, joins The Brand Show to share his company’s findings and discuss how brands can cash in on this booming business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During our conversation, Russ addresses:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why consumers spend more on globally conscious brands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;How companies can overcome the green market's barriers to entry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;The five biggest myths that keep companies out of the green game.&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/102209_russmeyer.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What influences you to buy green? 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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/W09K9NcigR4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/ZbGjCqtIA04/102209_russmeyer.mp3" fileSize="24747699" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Landor's Russ Meyer is a frequent commentator and lecturer on brands, business, and sustainability.Sustainable and globally conscious consumer brands are here to stay, according to the recently released U.S. ImagePower Green Brands Survey by Landor Associ</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Landor's Russ Meyer is a frequent commentator and lecturer on brands, business, and sustainability.Sustainable and globally conscious consumer brands are here to stay, according to the recently released U.S. ImagePower Green Brands Survey by Landor Associates. Russ Meyer, Chief Strategy Officer with Landor, joins The Brand Show to share his company’s findings and discuss how brands can cash in on this booming business. During our conversation, Russ addresses: Why consumers spend more on globally conscious brands. How companies can overcome the green market's barriers to entry. The five biggest myths that keep companies out of the green game. What influences you to buy green? Join us on our LinkedIn Group, and share your thoughts.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/11/survey-reveals-budding-future-for-green.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/ZbGjCqtIA04/102209_russmeyer.mp3" length="24747699" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/102209_russmeyer.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>The Future of Social Media: Outsourcing and Government Regulation</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/s-UFU4Q75Rg/future-of-social-media-outsourcing-and.html</link><category>strategy</category><category>social media</category><category>prediction</category><category>podcast</category><category>bolo2009</category><category>pr</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:24:23 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-6390693529557497271</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/E2/766/4F3/nri/tidud/bio-as-1005519.png"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 150px;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/E2/766/4F3/nri/tidud/bio-as-1005519.png" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Amanda Vega has helped clients including Banana Republic and Eli Lily launch brands through social media and direct marketing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twowest.com/news_brand-show_bolo-2009.html"&gt;*CLICK HERE FOR ALL INTERVIEWS FROM 2009 BOLO*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At fifteen years old, &lt;a href="http://amandavegaconsulting.wordpress.com/"&gt;Amanda Vega&lt;/a&gt; worked at the forefront of social media before the term even existed. Her first job was to spot emerging trends in AOL chatrooms. More than a decade later, Amanda continues to apply the basic principles she learned at AOL to help leading brands establish valuable online social strategies. We caught up with Amanda, now CEO of &lt;a href="http://www.amandavega.com/"&gt;Amanda Vega Consulting&lt;/a&gt; and author of &lt;a href="http://www.prinajar.com/"&gt;PR in a Jar&lt;/a&gt;, at &lt;a href="http://bolo2009.com/"&gt;BOLO 2009&lt;/a&gt; to talk about the evolution of social media and her predictions for the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen as this social media maven shares her thoughts on topics including:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;How companies can combat brand sabotage, including “Twitter Terrorism.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why more companies may offshore social media in the next decade.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;How government regulation could change social media as we know it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/BOLO_Matt_Obrien.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where do you think social media is going in the next ten years? 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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/s-UFU4Q75Rg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/9TK8RBGVnrw/BOLO_Amanda_Vega.mp3" fileSize="17747300" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Amanda Vega has helped clients including Banana Republic and Eli Lily launch brands through social media and direct marketing.*CLICK HERE FOR ALL INTERVIEWS FROM 2009 BOLO* At fifteen years old, Amanda Vega worked at the forefront of social media before t</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Amanda Vega has helped clients including Banana Republic and Eli Lily launch brands through social media and direct marketing.*CLICK HERE FOR ALL INTERVIEWS FROM 2009 BOLO* At fifteen years old, Amanda Vega worked at the forefront of social media before the term even existed. Her first job was to spot emerging trends in AOL chatrooms. More than a decade later, Amanda continues to apply the basic principles she learned at AOL to help leading brands establish valuable online social strategies. We caught up with Amanda, now CEO of Amanda Vega Consulting and author of PR in a Jar, at BOLO 2009 to talk about the evolution of social media and her predictions for the future. Listen as this social media maven shares her thoughts on topics including: How companies can combat brand sabotage, including “Twitter Terrorism.” Why more companies may offshore social media in the next decade. How government regulation could change social media as we know it. Where do you think social media is going in the next ten years? Join us on our LinkedIn group and share your thoughts.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/10/future-of-social-media-outsourcing-and.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/9TK8RBGVnrw/BOLO_Amanda_Vega.mp3" length="17747300" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/BOLO_Amanda_Vega.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Solving for Social Media ROI</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/1yzzk1pkLcU/solving-for-social-media-roi.html</link><category>strategy</category><category>ROI</category><category>social media</category><category>podcast</category><category>bolo2009</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:36:55 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-378110071353564278</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bolo2009.com/images/bio-mc.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 150px;" src="http://bolo2009.com/images/bio-mc.jpg" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Matt O’Brien started Mint Social to help brands unlock the secrets of social media.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twowest.com/news_brand-show_bolo-2009.html"&gt;*CLICK HERE FOR ALL INTERVIEWS FROM THE 2009 BOLO CONFERENCE*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;           &lt;br /&gt;With more than twelve years of digital marketing experience, &lt;a href="http://matthewobrien.net/matt-obrien-mint-social/"&gt;Matt O’Brien&lt;/a&gt;, founder of &lt;a href="http://www.mintsocial.com/"&gt;Mint Social&lt;/a&gt;, shares his "five-by-five" model for social media as well as his insights on social media's holy grail: return on investment.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Also on The Brand Show, Matt explains:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;How to establish goals for a social media campaign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why social media delivers short-term gains but works best as a long-term investment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Which brands can benefit the most from social media.&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/BOLO_Matt_Obrien.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;How did your brand develop its social media strategy? Join us on our &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1782400&amp;trk=hb_side_g"&gt;LinkedIn group&lt;/a&gt; and share your thoughts.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-378110071353564278?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/1yzzk1pkLcU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/oJvajtGHOPY/BOLO_Matt_Obrien.mp3" fileSize="13375029" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Matt O’Brien started Mint Social to help brands unlock the secrets of social media. *CLICK HERE FOR ALL INTERVIEWS FROM THE 2009 BOLO CONFERENCE* With more than twelve years of digital marketing experience, Matt O’Brien, founder of Mint Social, shares his</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Matt O’Brien started Mint Social to help brands unlock the secrets of social media. *CLICK HERE FOR ALL INTERVIEWS FROM THE 2009 BOLO CONFERENCE* With more than twelve years of digital marketing experience, Matt O’Brien, founder of Mint Social, shares his "five-by-five" model for social media as well as his insights on social media's holy grail: return on investment. Also on The Brand Show, Matt explains: How to establish goals for a social media campaign. Why social media delivers short-term gains but works best as a long-term investment. Which brands can benefit the most from social media. How did your brand develop its social media strategy? Join us on our LinkedIn group and share your thoughts.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/10/solving-for-social-media-roi.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/oJvajtGHOPY/BOLO_Matt_Obrien.mp3" length="13375029" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/BOLO_Matt_Obrien.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Google reveals marketing strategies for the new "Info Shopper"</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/v-QJ3_Bm8K8/special-series-2009-bolo-conference.html</link><category>conference</category><category>recession</category><category>podcast</category><category>sales</category><category>bolo2009</category><category>consumer behavior</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:18:16 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-9058826231825509627</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/6D/14F/3A4/nri/tyduj/Jim_Lecinski082353.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 150px;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/6D/14F/3A4/nri/tyduj/Jim_Lecinski082353.jpg" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Jim Lecinski oversees global sales and service for Google's Fortune 500 and 1,000 customers.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twowest.com/news_brand-show_bolo-2009.html"&gt;*CLICK HERE FOR ALL INTERVIEWS FROM THE 2009 BOLO CONFERENCE*&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earlier this month, The Brand Show headed to Scottsdale, Ariz., for the &lt;a href="http://bolo2009.com/index.html"&gt;2009 BOLO&lt;/a&gt; annual conference presented by agencyside. With three days chock-full of technology labs, hands-on training and break-out sessions, the conference offered smaller independent agencies a front-row seat on the leading edge of online and digital marketing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Brand Show took the opportunity to catch up with a number of BOLO's speakers and session leaders, including &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimlecinski"&gt;Jim Lecinski&lt;/a&gt;, Managing Director of Global Sales and Service at &lt;a href="http://www.google.com/"&gt;Google&lt;/a&gt;. Jim sat down with us to discuss how Google sees consumer behavior changing and why marketers should rethink their priorities for 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen for this advice from one of Google's gurus:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;How to connect with the new “Info Shopper” in a post-recession economy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;How to use consumer insight to improve your product offering and online searchability.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why you should make video the centerpiece of your marketing strategy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/BOLO_Jim_Lecinski.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you plan to change your marketing mix in 2010? 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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/v-QJ3_Bm8K8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/EivAvjE1za0/BOLO_Jim_Lecinski.mp3" fileSize="10467287" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Jim Lecinski oversees global sales and service for Google's Fortune 500 and 1,000 customers. *CLICK HERE FOR ALL INTERVIEWS FROM THE 2009 BOLO CONFERENCE* Earlier this month, The Brand Show headed to Scottsdale, Ariz., for the 2009 BOLO annual conference </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Jim Lecinski oversees global sales and service for Google's Fortune 500 and 1,000 customers. *CLICK HERE FOR ALL INTERVIEWS FROM THE 2009 BOLO CONFERENCE* Earlier this month, The Brand Show headed to Scottsdale, Ariz., for the 2009 BOLO annual conference presented by agencyside. With three days chock-full of technology labs, hands-on training and break-out sessions, the conference offered smaller independent agencies a front-row seat on the leading edge of online and digital marketing. The Brand Show took the opportunity to catch up with a number of BOLO's speakers and session leaders, including Jim Lecinski, Managing Director of Global Sales and Service at Google. Jim sat down with us to discuss how Google sees consumer behavior changing and why marketers should rethink their priorities for 2010. Listen for this advice from one of Google's gurus: How to connect with the new “Info Shopper” in a post-recession economy. How to use consumer insight to improve your product offering and online searchability. Why you should make video the centerpiece of your marketing strategy. Do you plan to change your marketing mix in 2010? Join us on our LinkedIn group and share your thoughts.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/10/special-series-2009-bolo-conference.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/EivAvjE1za0/BOLO_Jim_Lecinski.mp3" length="10467287" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/BOLO_Jim_Lecinski.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>The U.S. Army makes Hollywood a brand ally</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/-khHqTp4eko/us-army-makes-hollywood-brand-ally.html</link><category>storytelling</category><category>entertainment branding</category><category>hollywood branding</category><category>film</category><category>podcast</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:05:18 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-5608439581414971841</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/B5/2E9/9D5/nri/jlhut/whitesands142819.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 80px;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/B5/2E9/9D5/nri/jlhut/whitesands142819.jpg" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Lt. Col. Gregory Bishop (fourth from left) and his team on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;When Reese's Pieces lured a shy little alien from the bushes in the 1982 blockbuster E.T., sales for the bite-size candy shot through the roof. Fast forward to the summer of 2009: the aliens are much, much bigger and so is the opportunity for brands that appear in &lt;a href="http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/07/14/24358-soldiers-support-filming-of-transformers-sequel/?ref=news-home-title8"&gt;Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen&lt;/a&gt;. Like other brands featured in the film, The United States Army  takes its screen time seriously. &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Gregory/Bishop/?trk=ppro_find_others"&gt;Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Bishop&lt;/a&gt; , Entertainment Liaison for the &lt;a href="http://www.army.mil/"&gt;U.S. Army&lt;/a&gt;, joins The Brand Show to offer his perspective on the value of entertainment as a branding vehicle. The seasoned officer discusses his organization's role in film and television projects including  &lt;a href="http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/08/07/25630-soldiers-who-helped-film-gi-joe-now-in-combat-theater/"&gt;G.I. Joe&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.army.mil/-news/2009/08/20/26280-army-wives-author-reaches-out-to-fellow-spouses/"&gt;Army Wives&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen as Lt. Col. Bishop talks with our hosts from &lt;a href="http://www.twowest.com"&gt;Two West&lt;/a&gt; about:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The process of choosing projects that fit a brand's strategic objectives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;How the U.S. Army measures the effectiveness of branded entertainment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;The delicate balance between creative storytelling and authentic messaging.&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/091609_Col_Bishop.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the most effective branded entertainment project currently on television or in theaters? 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Gregory Bishop (fourth from left) and his team on the set of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.When Reese's Pieces lured a shy little alien from the bushes in the 1982 blockbuster E.T., sales for the bite-size candy shot through the roof. Fast forward to the summer of 2009: the aliens are much, much bigger and so is the opportunity for brands that appear in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Like other brands featured in the film, The United States Army takes its screen time seriously. Lieutenant Colonel Gregory Bishop , Entertainment Liaison for the U.S. Army, joins The Brand Show to offer his perspective on the value of entertainment as a branding vehicle. The seasoned officer discusses his organization's role in film and television projects including G.I. Joe and Army Wives. Listen as Lt. Col. Bishop talks with our hosts from Two West about: The process of choosing projects that fit a brand's strategic objectives. How the U.S. Army measures the effectiveness of branded entertainment. The delicate balance between creative storytelling and authentic messaging. What is the most effective branded entertainment project currently on television or in theaters? Join us on our LinkedIn group and share your thoughts.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/10/us-army-makes-hollywood-brand-ally.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/rG93Mf_s7Rc/091609_Col_Bishop.mp3" length="18663049" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/091609_Col_Bishop.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Building a global brand through local flavor</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/dxGwfZcwztI/building-global-brand-through-local.html</link><category>education</category><category>brand following</category><category>relevance</category><category>trends</category><category>podcast</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:22:47 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-6679357046650411494</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/19/C97/0C2/nri/trvl/IMG_60771091537.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 100px;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/19/C97/0C2/nri/trvl/IMG_60771091537.jpg" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;The Coffee Bean &amp; Tea Leaf created a global brand by embracing local environments.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;With its ability to wake the senses and spark our spirits, the coffee bean has carved out a special place on the food pyramid for movers and shakers the world over. Mix this magic bean with a tea leaf, a spoonful of passion and a dash of local flavor and you've got the recipe for a powerful international brand. &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tim-casey/b/113/76a"&gt;Tim Casey&lt;/a&gt;, Vice President of Operations for &lt;a href="http://coffeebean.com/"&gt;The Coffee Bean &amp; Tea Leaf&lt;/a&gt; , joins The Brand Show to tell us how his company built a brand and loyal following in communities from Los Angeles to Kuala Lumpur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During our interview, Tim reveals:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• How freedom for franchisees translates into local market success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• What the Coffee Bean &amp; Tea Leaf does to spot emerging trends and stay relevant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Why education helps team members move from selling products to engaging customers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/092909_Tim_Casey.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tell us what you think: How can franchise brands balance global consistency and local relevance? After the show, visit our &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&amp;gid=1782400&amp;trk=anet_ug_grppro"&gt;LinkedIn group&lt;/a&gt; and share your thoughts.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-6679357046650411494?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/dxGwfZcwztI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/Q0fkhq4Qsi8/092909_Tim_Casey.mp3" fileSize="17391199" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>The Coffee Bean &amp; Tea Leaf created a global brand by embracing local environments.With its ability to wake the senses and spark our spirits, the coffee bean has carved out a special place on the food pyramid for movers and shakers the world over. Mix this</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>The Coffee Bean &amp; Tea Leaf created a global brand by embracing local environments.With its ability to wake the senses and spark our spirits, the coffee bean has carved out a special place on the food pyramid for movers and shakers the world over. Mix this magic bean with a tea leaf, a spoonful of passion and a dash of local flavor and you've got the recipe for a powerful international brand. Tim Casey, Vice President of Operations for The Coffee Bean &amp; Tea Leaf , joins The Brand Show to tell us how his company built a brand and loyal following in communities from Los Angeles to Kuala Lumpur. During our interview, Tim reveals: • How freedom for franchisees translates into local market success. • What the Coffee Bean &amp; Tea Leaf does to spot emerging trends and stay relevant. • Why education helps team members move from selling products to engaging customers. Tell us what you think: How can franchise brands balance global consistency and local relevance? After the show, visit our LinkedIn group and share your thoughts.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/10/building-global-brand-through-local.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/Q0fkhq4Qsi8/092909_Tim_Casey.mp3" length="17391199" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/092909_Tim_Casey.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Paylocity changes the game by challenging its industry</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/Aeb0k0C_ZhA/paylocity-changes-game-by-challenging.html</link><category>inc. 500</category><category>business growth</category><category>branding</category><category>employees</category><category>innovation</category><category>podcast</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:36:06 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-5815235280436644493</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/7E/4BC/417/nri/jyiul/SteveSarowitz143006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 160px;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/7E/4BC/417/nri/jyiul/SteveSarowitz143006.jpg" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Steve Sarowitz, Paylocity, Founder &amp; CEO tells us how knowing your strengths and weaknesses can grow your brand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Play to your strengths, hire the best people and use the best technologies. According to &lt;a href="http://www.inc.com/topic/Steve+Sarowitz"&gt;Steve Sarowitz&lt;/a&gt;, Founder and CEO of &lt;a href="http://www.paylocity.com/"&gt;Paylocity&lt;/a&gt;, that's how you grow a brand. Given that his payroll and HR company started in a basement and has since become a five-time Inc. 500 honoree, it's hard to argue with Steve's formula. We caught up with Steve at the Inc. 500/5000 Conference to talk about what it takes to challenge Goliath and charm new customers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's what we learned from Steve: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Paylocity's secret to exponential growth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• The value in hiring the best of the best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• How winning innovation marries tech and service.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Inc5000_Steve_Sarawitz.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stop by our &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1782400&amp;trk=hb_side_g"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; group and share how your brand uses talent, technology and service to its competitive advantage.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-5815235280436644493?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/Aeb0k0C_ZhA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/8t8fNabXPW0/Inc5000_Steve_Sarawitz.mp3" fileSize="12199310" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Steve Sarowitz, Paylocity, Founder &amp; CEO tells us how knowing your strengths and weaknesses can grow your brand.Play to your strengths, hire the best people and use the best technologies. According to Steve Sarowitz, Founder and CEO of Paylocity, that's h</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Steve Sarowitz, Paylocity, Founder &amp; CEO tells us how knowing your strengths and weaknesses can grow your brand.Play to your strengths, hire the best people and use the best technologies. 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Stop by our LinkedIn group and share how your brand uses talent, technology and service to its competitive advantage.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/10/paylocity-changes-game-by-challenging.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/8t8fNabXPW0/Inc5000_Steve_Sarawitz.mp3" length="12199310" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Inc5000_Steve_Sarawitz.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Tastefully Simple's secrets to success</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/or4Dv67ErBA/tastefully-simples-secrets-to-success.html</link><category>inc. 500</category><category>entreprenur</category><category>branding</category><category>podcast</category><category>sales</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:57:08 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-3742533244699263738</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/6C/FE6/BF9/nri/jyiuj/Jill-09-HiRes-3x4143217.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 160px;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/6C/FE6/BF9/nri/jyiuj/Jill-09-HiRes-3x4143217.jpg" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Jill Blashack Strahan shares her company’s entrepreneurial recipe for creating a business and growing a brand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://jillblashackstrahan.com/"&gt;Jill Blashack Strahan&lt;/a&gt;, Founder and CEO of Tastefully Simple, shares her story and the secret to her company's success at this year’s Inc. 500/5000 Conference. 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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/or4Dv67ErBA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/AhRMr96GLr8/Inc5000_Jill_Blashack_Strahan.mp3" fileSize="12255316" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Jill Blashack Strahan shares her company’s entrepreneurial recipe for creating a business and growing a brand.Jill Blashack Strahan, Founder and CEO of Tastefully Simple, shares her story and the secret to her company's success at this year’s Inc. 500/500</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Jill Blashack Strahan shares her company’s entrepreneurial recipe for creating a business and growing a brand.Jill Blashack Strahan, Founder and CEO of Tastefully Simple, shares her story and the secret to her company's success at this year’s Inc. 500/5000 Conference. From its humble start in a backyard shed to its popular “house parties” in homes across America, Tastefully Simple demonstrates the power of determination. Our conversation with Jill reveals: Three things that define entrepreneurial perseverance. Three ways to conquer fear and succeed. How to maintain brand integrity throughout a nationwide network of sales consultants. Once you've listened to the show, join our LinkedIn Group and share your secrets to entrepreneurial success.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/10/tastefully-simples-secrets-to-success.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/AhRMr96GLr8/Inc5000_Jill_Blashack_Strahan.mp3" length="12255316" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Inc5000_Jill_Blashack_Strahan.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Strategy: Everyone claims to have it, but few truly understand its meaning</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/NNill9O7tCA/strategy-everyone-claims-to-have-it-but.html</link><category>inc. 500</category><category>strategy</category><category>branding</category><category>podcast</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:31:13 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-770700482804342143</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.beingstrategic.com/100115/images/photo_auther.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 130px;" src="http://www.beingstrategic.com/100115/images/photo_auther.gif" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Erika Andersen, presenter of “Being Strategic: Building the Castle on the Hill” at this year’s Inc. 500/5000 Conference.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beingstrategic.com/meet-the-author"&gt;Erika Andersen&lt;/a&gt;, CEO of Proteus International and author of &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.beingstrategic.com/"&gt;Being Strategic: Building the Castle on the Hill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has helped major brands turn vision into action for more than 20 years. She talks with us about what it means to be strategic and how to cross the chasm between where we're starting and where we want to go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During our interview, we learn:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The real definition of strategy and true fingerprint of strategic thinking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Common obstacles that can get in the way of a company's desired future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Techniques to objectively evaluate your own organization's current state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Inc5000_Erika_Anderson.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you've listened to the show, join our &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/VhRdo "&gt;LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt; and share your favorite definition of strategy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-770700482804342143?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/NNill9O7tCA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/Sux5pN7ckwc/Inc5000_Erika_Anderson.mp3" fileSize="8095369" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Erika Andersen, presenter of “Being Strategic: Building the Castle on the Hill” at this year’s Inc. 500/5000 Conference.Erika Andersen, CEO of Proteus International and author of Being Strategic: Building the Castle on the Hill has helped major brands tur</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Erika Andersen, presenter of “Being Strategic: Building the Castle on the Hill” at this year’s Inc. 500/5000 Conference.Erika Andersen, CEO of Proteus International and author of Being Strategic: Building the Castle on the Hill has helped major brands turn vision into action for more than 20 years. She talks with us about what it means to be strategic and how to cross the chasm between where we're starting and where we want to go. During our interview, we learn: The real definition of strategy and true fingerprint of strategic thinking. Common obstacles that can get in the way of a company's desired future. Techniques to objectively evaluate your own organization's current state. Once you've listened to the show, join our LinkedIn Group and share your favorite definition of strategy.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/10/strategy-everyone-claims-to-have-it-but.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/Sux5pN7ckwc/Inc5000_Erika_Anderson.mp3" length="8095369" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Inc5000_Erika_Anderson.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Inc. Entrepreneur of the Year perseveres through life and business</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/k7XZpxqPP4g/inc-entrepreneur-of-year-perseveres.html</link><category>inc. 500</category><category>invention</category><category>innovation</category><category>podcast</category><category>business spirit</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:23:06 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-1906696987204555209</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.inc.com/entrepreneur/2008/winner08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 100px;" src="http://images.inc.com/entrepreneur/2008/winner08.jpg" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Alison Schuback, entrepreneur and creator of the Invisibib, shares her story of struggle and success.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;"Inspiring." There's simply no other word to describe &lt;a href="http://www.inc.com/magazine/20081201/entrepreneur-of-the-year-what-alison-schuback-wants.html"&gt;Alison Schuback&lt;/a&gt;. At 23, Alison's life changed in an instant when another car smashed into hers. The accident left her with a traumatic brain injury and severely compromised motor skills. Even basic physical tasks like eating presented a challenge. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Out of necessity, Alison created the Invisibib, an ingenious product that protects its user from spills. Eventually, Alison's invention won the attention and hearts of executives at &lt;a href="http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/"&gt;Bed Bath &amp; Beyond&lt;/a&gt;. In 2008, Alison was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Inc. Magazine. She currently works with the Head Injury Association to bring more big ideas to market and create employment opportunities for people who live with brain injuries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We met with Alison, her father Michael Schuback and Bari Fagin, Director of Public Relations at Bed Bath &amp; Beyond, to talk about fate, family and the indomitable entrepreneurial spirit. This is one show you don't want to miss. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A few of the many things we took away with us: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• The importance of finding a problem and filling a need. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Alison's advice on the key to success. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• How perseverance trumps all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Inc5000_alison_schuback.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Has there been a significant event which has sparked your spirit in business and life? 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This is one show you don't want to miss.  A few of the many things we took away with us:  • The importance of finding a problem and filling a need.  • Alison's advice on the key to success.  • How perseverance trumps all.  Has there been a significant event which has sparked your spirit in business and life? Join the discussion with our LinkedIn Group. Check out the entire interview series!</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/10/inc-entrepreneur-of-year-perseveres.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/HVcz4qvDW5Q/Inc5000_alison_schuback.mp3" length="15699300" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Inc5000_alison_schuback.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Keith Ferrazzi on Who's Got Your Back and building relationships for success</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/mCL-LjpnH0k/keith-ferrazzi-on-whos-got-your-back.html</link><category>inc. 500</category><category>business growth</category><category>relationships</category><category>podcast</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:53:49 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-3507707677878552855</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/E3/9CF/CAE/nri/jyikd/KFPhotoRetouched142750.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/E3/9CF/CAE/nri/jyikd/KFPhotoRetouched142750.jpg" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Keith Ferrazzi, founder and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight, counsels world-class brands on developing business relationships to drive sales, spark innovation, and create team cohesion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;America’s leading entrepreneurs gathered September 23-25 in Washington, D.C. for the &lt;a href="http://www.inc500conference.com/"&gt;Inc. 500|5000 Conference&lt;/a&gt; to celebrate and honor the country’s fastest growing privately held companies. For the second consecutive year, &lt;a href="http://www.twowest.com"&gt;Two West&lt;/a&gt; was recognized on the Inc. 500|5000 list and invited to not only attend the event, but also cover the gathering on The Brand Show. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Brand Show had the opportunity to catch up with several conference speakers and honorees, including &lt;a href="http://www.keithferrazzi.com/WGYB/"&gt;Keith Ferrazzi&lt;/a&gt;, author of the #1 New York Times best-seller &lt;a href="http://www.keithferrazzi.com/WGYB/mybook.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Who's Got Your Back&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.keithferrazzi.com/WGYB/nevereatalone.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Never Eat Alone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Keith shares his wisdom from the book and offers the one piece of advice all professionals should heed to build relationships for success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out the &lt;a href="http://www.twowest.com/news_brand-show_inc-500-2009.html"&gt;entire interview series&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keith also weighs in on:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Which relationships deserve your time and energy.   &lt;br /&gt;    &lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;How to fuel business growth by "letting go."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why people resist investing in relationships, and how to overcome this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Inc5000_Keith_Ferrazzi.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When do relationships influence your business decisions? 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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/mCL-LjpnH0k" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/JZn50sJTLbM/Inc5000_Keith_Ferrazzi.mp3" fileSize="10003352" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Keith Ferrazzi, founder and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight, counsels world-class brands on developing business relationships to drive sales, spark innovation, and create team cohesion.America’s leading entrepreneurs gathered September 23-25 in Washington, D.C</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Keith Ferrazzi, founder and CEO of Ferrazzi Greenlight, counsels world-class brands on developing business relationships to drive sales, spark innovation, and create team cohesion.America’s leading entrepreneurs gathered September 23-25 in Washington, D.C. for the Inc. 500|5000 Conference to celebrate and honor the country’s fastest growing privately held companies. For the second consecutive year, Two West was recognized on the Inc. 500|5000 list and invited to not only attend the event, but also cover the gathering on The Brand Show. The Brand Show had the opportunity to catch up with several conference speakers and honorees, including Keith Ferrazzi, author of the #1 New York Times best-seller Who's Got Your Back and Never Eat Alone. Keith shares his wisdom from the book and offers the one piece of advice all professionals should heed to build relationships for success. Check out the entire interview series! Keith also weighs in on: Which relationships deserve your time and energy. How to fuel business growth by "letting go." Why people resist investing in relationships, and how to overcome this. When do relationships influence your business decisions? Share your story with our LinkedIn Group.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/10/keith-ferrazzi-on-whos-got-your-back.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/JZn50sJTLbM/Inc5000_Keith_Ferrazzi.mp3" length="10003352" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Inc5000_Keith_Ferrazzi.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Product development for the future</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/Nhm65vHSTek/product-development-for-future.html</link><category>retail</category><category>mobile experience</category><category>research</category><category>design</category><category>podcast</category><category>product development</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:29:49 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-5997509527308879650</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://techresearch.intel.com/UserFiles/en-us/Image/IR%20Research/wendy_march.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 130px;" src="http://techresearch.intel.com/UserFiles/en-us/Image/IR%20Research/wendy_march.JPG" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Wendy March, Senior Researcher at Intel Corporation&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;It may sound like science fiction, but mobile devices that interpret human feelings could hit retail shelves before the big screen thanks to innovators like &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/reg/join-pprofile?authToken=qrCx&amp;authType=name&amp;lnk=vw_pprofile&amp;trk=ppro_viewmore&amp;key=624893"&gt;Wendy March&lt;/a&gt;, Senior Researcher in the People and Practices Group at &lt;a href="http://www.intel.com/#/en_US_01"&gt;Intel&lt;/a&gt;. Wendy talks to &lt;a href="http://www.twowest.com/"&gt;Two West&lt;/a&gt; host Ryan McNeil about the process of designing gadgets fit for James Bond himself. Formally with &lt;a href="http://www.ideo.com/"&gt;IDEO&lt;/a&gt;, Wendy creates product concepts that anticipate consumer trends and foresee technologies that have yet to be invented.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us as we explore:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;How to develop products that meet future consumer needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Where mobile experiences will take us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;How Nike uses '&lt;a href="http://inside.nike.com/blogs/nikerunning_humanrace-en_CA/?tags=race_day"&gt;community&lt;/a&gt;' to increase brand enthusiasm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/EPIC_Wendymarch.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the show, share your thoughts on our &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&amp;gid=1782400&amp;trk=anet_ug_grppro"&gt;LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;. How are you preparing for 2017? Share your story.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-5997509527308879650?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/Nhm65vHSTek" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/J2sN7vVG0Xs/EPIC_Wendymarch.mp3" fileSize="16047042" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Wendy March, Senior Researcher at Intel CorporationIt may sound like science fiction, but mobile devices that interpret human feelings could hit retail shelves before the big screen thanks to innovators like Wendy March, Senior Researcher in the People an</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Wendy March, Senior Researcher at Intel CorporationIt may sound like science fiction, but mobile devices that interpret human feelings could hit retail shelves before the big screen thanks to innovators like Wendy March, Senior Researcher in the People and Practices Group at Intel. Wendy talks to Two West host Ryan McNeil about the process of designing gadgets fit for James Bond himself. Formally with IDEO, Wendy creates product concepts that anticipate consumer trends and foresee technologies that have yet to be invented. Join us as we explore: How to develop products that meet future consumer needs. Where mobile experiences will take us. How Nike uses 'community' to increase brand enthusiasm. After the show, share your thoughts on our LinkedIn Group. How are you preparing for 2017? Share your story.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/10/product-development-for-future.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/J2sN7vVG0Xs/EPIC_Wendymarch.mp3" length="16047042" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/EPIC_Wendymarch.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>How Method reinvented its category and cleaned up.</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/fIA6Hgf-sa4/how-method-reinvented-its-category-and.html</link><category>inc. 500</category><category>branding</category><category>packaging</category><category>innovation</category><category>podcast</category><category>product development</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:30:35 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-153167223050835881</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/2A/64D/D11/nri/jykud/speaker_eric_ryan140021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 130px;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/2A/64D/D11/nri/jykud/speaker_eric_ryan140021.jpg" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Eric Ryan, co-founder of "Method" describes the strategies and process for bringing breakthrough products to market in a stale category.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.inc500conference.com/ryan.htm"&gt;Eric Ryan&lt;/a&gt;'s vision was simple: find a stale category and create a brand that clashes with commoditized convention. By leading consumers—not following the herd—Eric and Method co-founder Adam Lowry built a shopper-friendly empire in less than a decade. Today, &lt;a href="http://www.methodhome.com/"&gt;Method&lt;/a&gt; continues to change the way we think about cleaning through an ever-growing line of healthy and beautiful products.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this interview from the floor of the recent &lt;a href="http://www.inc500conference.com/"&gt;Inc. 500/5000 Conference&lt;/a&gt;, Eric shares these insights with The Brand Show:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;How to build a brand through category disruption.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why Method uses "trend trips" to inspire innovation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;What package design means to branding.&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Inc5000_Eric_Ryan.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you've listened to the show, join our &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1782400&amp;trk=hb_side_g"&gt;LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt; and let us know how your favorite brand has transformed its category.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-153167223050835881?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/fIA6Hgf-sa4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/4ah7SgJLJCE/Inc5000_Eric_Ryan.mp3" fileSize="9043300" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Eric Ryan, co-founder of "Method" describes the strategies and process for bringing breakthrough products to market in a stale category.Eric Ryan's vision was simple: find a stale category and create a brand that clashes with commoditized convention. By l</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Eric Ryan, co-founder of "Method" describes the strategies and process for bringing breakthrough products to market in a stale category.Eric Ryan's vision was simple: find a stale category and create a brand that clashes with commoditized convention. By leading consumers—not following the herd—Eric and Method co-founder Adam Lowry built a shopper-friendly empire in less than a decade. Today, Method continues to change the way we think about cleaning through an ever-growing line of healthy and beautiful products. In this interview from the floor of the recent Inc. 500/5000 Conference, Eric shares these insights with The Brand Show: How to build a brand through category disruption. Why Method uses "trend trips" to inspire innovation. What package design means to branding. Once you've listened to the show, join our LinkedIn Group and let us know how your favorite brand has transformed its category.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/09/how-method-reinvented-its-category-and.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/4ah7SgJLJCE/Inc5000_Eric_Ryan.mp3" length="9043300" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Inc5000_Eric_Ryan.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>A New perspective on consumer research may give a leg up to brands</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/VohqMDRCS-U/new-perspective-on-consumer-research.html</link><category>financial services</category><category>recession</category><category>podcast</category><category>anthropology</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:23:28 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-1372573402056429587</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/80/B40/E07/nri/ykak/gillian_tett_ft140656.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 90px;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/80/B40/E07/nri/ykak/gillian_tett_ft140656.jpg" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Gillian Tett, Assistant Editor of the Financial Times and Author&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/gilliantett"&gt;Gillian Tett&lt;/a&gt; predicted the global credit crisis nearly two years before it made international headlines. In 2009, The British Press Awards named Gillian Journalist of the Year, and her recently published book, Fool's Gold, received accolades from the financial world. As Assistant Editor of the Financial Times, Gillian uses her background in social anthropology to offer a unique perspective on our financial markets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gillian and &lt;a href="http://www.twowest.com"&gt;Two West&lt;/a&gt; Chief Anthropologist, Gavin Johnston caught up after her opening keynote address at &lt;a href="http://www.epic2009.com/"&gt;EPIC 2009&lt;/a&gt; to talk about how anthropology can be used in a practical way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen as Gillian and Gavin address: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• How to apply anthropology to build a brand. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Why some companies are better prepared to embrace new forms of market research. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• What companies must consider as they emerge from a recession. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/EPIC_Gillian_Tet.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Share your thoughts on The Brand Show &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1782400&amp;trk=hb_side_g"&gt;LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;. 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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/VohqMDRCS-U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/-O5hu60e1ok/EPIC_Gillian_Tet.mp3" fileSize="17962967" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Gillian Tett, Assistant Editor of the Financial Times and AuthorGillian Tett predicted the global credit crisis nearly two years before it made international headlines. In 2009, The British Press Awards named Gillian Journalist of the Year, and her recent</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Gillian Tett, Assistant Editor of the Financial Times and AuthorGillian Tett predicted the global credit crisis nearly two years before it made international headlines. In 2009, The British Press Awards named Gillian Journalist of the Year, and her recently published book, Fool's Gold, received accolades from the financial world. As Assistant Editor of the Financial Times, Gillian uses her background in social anthropology to offer a unique perspective on our financial markets. Gillian and Two West Chief Anthropologist, Gavin Johnston caught up after her opening keynote address at EPIC 2009 to talk about how anthropology can be used in a practical way. Listen as Gillian and Gavin address: • How to apply anthropology to build a brand. • Why some companies are better prepared to embrace new forms of market research. • What companies must consider as they emerge from a recession. Share your thoughts on The Brand Show LinkedIn Group. What consumer research methods are world-class brands using to innovate?</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/09/new-perspective-on-consumer-research.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/-O5hu60e1ok/EPIC_Gillian_Tet.mp3" length="17962967" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/EPIC_Gillian_Tet.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Staying relevant in an evolving business world</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/YK-MpTYVc2U/staying-relevant-in-evolving-business.html</link><category>brand relevance</category><category>change management</category><category>relevance</category><category>EPIC</category><category>podcast</category><category>digital</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:50:53 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-5632673348067824344</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/3A/494/91E/nri/ykai/howard_tullman_250140355.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 130px;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/3A/494/91E/nri/ykai/howard_tullman_250140355.jpg" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Howard Tullman, a face of change &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/profiles/Howard.Tullman"&gt;Howard Tullman&lt;/a&gt;, closing keynote speaker at &lt;a href="http://www.epic2009.com/speakers#closing"&gt;EPIC 2009&lt;/a&gt;, President and CEO of Flashpoint Academy and Chairman and CEO of Experiencia World, Inc. joins The Brand Show to talk about change. With more than 35 years of experience in business development, entrepreneurial ventures and management, he offers a unique perspective on change management, the future of digital media and the next hot investments.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Howard also shares his insights on these key topics:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why employees need to demonstrate their value on three levels: saving money, saving time or increasing productivity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;How to ensure job security through digital media skills.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;Emerging opportunities for entrepreneurs.&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/EPIC_Howardtullman.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Share your thoughts with us on our &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&amp;gid=1782400&amp;trk=anet_ug_grppro"&gt;LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt;. 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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/YK-MpTYVc2U" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/HoXJ_7_i6CM/EPIC_Howardtullman.mp3" fileSize="19662807" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Howard Tullman, a face of change Howard Tullman, closing keynote speaker at EPIC 2009, President and CEO of Flashpoint Academy and Chairman and CEO of Experiencia World, Inc. joins The Brand Show to talk about change. With more than 35 years of experience</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Howard Tullman, a face of change Howard Tullman, closing keynote speaker at EPIC 2009, President and CEO of Flashpoint Academy and Chairman and CEO of Experiencia World, Inc. joins The Brand Show to talk about change. With more than 35 years of experience in business development, entrepreneurial ventures and management, he offers a unique perspective on change management, the future of digital media and the next hot investments. Howard also shares his insights on these key topics: Why employees need to demonstrate their value on three levels: saving money, saving time or increasing productivity. How to ensure job security through digital media skills. Emerging opportunities for entrepreneurs. Share your thoughts with us on our LinkedIn Group. How are you adapting your business processes to stay relevant? What do you think are the biggest opportunities for tomorrow's entrepreneurs?</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/09/staying-relevant-in-evolving-business.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/HoXJ_7_i6CM/EPIC_Howardtullman.mp3" length="19662807" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/EPIC_Howardtullman.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Honoring the entrepreneurial spirit &amp; America's fastest-growing companies</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/3bCgV8HDrIE/honoring-entrepreneurial-spirit.html</link><category>conference</category><category>recession</category><category>fast company</category><category>podcast</category><category>inc</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:24:14 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-4360318104500576790</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/AB/773/248/nri/yhujt/athena093616.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 150px;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/AB/773/248/nri/yhujt/athena093616.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371478398538310546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Athena Schindelheim, Special Projects Manager for Mansueto Ventures, fills us in on this year’s Inc. 500/5000 Conference.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;In this episode, we delve into one of the business world's most celebrated events, the &lt;a href="http://www.inc500conference.com/"&gt;Inc. 500/5000 Conference&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/athena"&gt;Athena Schindelheim&lt;/a&gt;, Special Projects Manager for Mansueto Ventures, publisher of Inc.  and &lt;a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/"&gt;Fast Company&lt;/a&gt; magazines, gives us a behind the scenes look at this entrepreneurial tradition—from its humble beginnings to this year's lineup of superstar presenters.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During our interview, we learn:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• Inc. magazine’s own start-up story and the inspiration that launched the list.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• How this year’s event reinforces Inc.’s belief that now is the best time to make your company stronger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• The importance of building a network that breeds entrepreneurial success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/08_28_09Athena.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you've listened to the show, join our &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1782400&amp;trk=hb_side_g"&gt;LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt; and share your thoughts on the unique challenges and opportunities facing fast-growth companies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Brand Show will be attending the Inc. 500/5000 Conference, Sept. 23-25 in Washington, D.C., so stay tuned for speaker interviews and session highlights via &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/thebrandshow"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-4360318104500576790?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/3bCgV8HDrIE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/FgdrUQBm9ow/08_28_09Athena.mp3" fileSize="25639206" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Athena Schindelheim, Special Projects Manager for Mansueto Ventures, fills us in on this year’s Inc. 500/5000 Conference.In this episode, we delve into one of the business world's most celebrated events, the Inc. 500/5000 Conference. Athena Schindelheim, </itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Athena Schindelheim, Special Projects Manager for Mansueto Ventures, fills us in on this year’s Inc. 500/5000 Conference.In this episode, we delve into one of the business world's most celebrated events, the Inc. 500/5000 Conference. Athena Schindelheim, Special Projects Manager for Mansueto Ventures, publisher of Inc. and Fast Company magazines, gives us a behind the scenes look at this entrepreneurial tradition—from its humble beginnings to this year's lineup of superstar presenters. During our interview, we learn: • Inc. magazine’s own start-up story and the inspiration that launched the list. • How this year’s event reinforces Inc.’s belief that now is the best time to make your company stronger. • The importance of building a network that breeds entrepreneurial success. Once you've listened to the show, join our LinkedIn Group and share your thoughts on the unique challenges and opportunities facing fast-growth companies. The Brand Show will be attending the Inc. 500/5000 Conference, Sept. 23-25 in Washington, D.C., so stay tuned for speaker interviews and session highlights via Twitter.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/09/honoring-entrepreneurial-spirit.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/FgdrUQBm9ow/08_28_09Athena.mp3" length="25639206" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/08_28_09Athena.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>The Past, Present and Future of Ethnography in Business</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/dy1Jg_DgCzg/past-present-and-future-of-ethnography.html</link><category>insight</category><category>innovation</category><category>EPIC</category><category>podcast</category><category>anthropology</category><category>Ethnography</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:24:40 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-3395122102766401564</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/B9/88B/294/nri/yhltt/EPICPhoto091249.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 100px;" src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/B9/88B/294/nri/yhltt/EPICPhoto091249.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371478398538310546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;EPIC 2009 attendees will gather for a rich program of talks, demos, conversation and debate discussing recent developments and future advances around ethnographic praxis.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Over the past several years, anthropologists have transitioned from the halls of academia to the markets of business. This week we explore anthropology's new role and prepare for the Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (&lt;a href="http://thebrandshow.cmail1.com/t/y/l/kiihut/dkbtkzi/u"&gt;EPIC&lt;/a&gt;), Aug. 31 through Sept. 2 in Chicago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martha Cotton, co-chair of EPIC 2009 and associate partner at &lt;a href="http://thebrandshow.cmail1.com/t/y/l/kiihut/dkbtkzi/o"&gt;Gravitytank&lt;/a&gt;, joins The Brand Show to share her thoughts on:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• How ethnography has become a fixture in business. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• How anthropologists have risen through the business ranks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;• How an insight is only as good as its end product.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plus, hear from our own Gavin Johnston, &lt;a href="http://thebrandshow.cmail1.com/t/y/l/kiihut/dkbtkzi/b"&gt;Two West&lt;/a&gt; Chief Anthropologist, who will lead the EPIC workshop “Ideate, Create, Change: From Insights to Innovation, Getting Internal Buy-in for Action.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/82509_Martha_Cotton.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the show, join us on our &lt;a href="http://thebrandshow.cmail1.com/t/y/l/kiihut/dkbtkzi/n"&gt;LinkedIn Group&lt;/a&gt; to continue the conversation and answer our latest question: What innovative research techniques does your business use to understand customers?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be sure to join The Brand Show in the coming weeks for a full report from EPIC, including on-location interviews.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About EPIC: EPIC is the premier international forum bringing together artists, computer scientists, designers, social scientists, marketers, academics and advertisers. 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This week, we talk to &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/vani-kumar/7/367/77b"&gt;Vani Kumar&lt;/a&gt;, Founder and CEO of &lt;a href="http://www.thesuitcloset.com/"&gt;The Suit Closet&lt;/a&gt;, about connecting with customers from head to toe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this interview, Vani reminds us to get back to the basics of business and branding-- starting with customer service.  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What brands do you think have benefited from the recession?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-3910847168530493461?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/fyjcRxsnJPM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NcwxqQsLMOE/SotTJOePY5I/AAAAAAAAAIc/xP237uv-Xl4/s72-c/cropped-alum_Vani+Kumar.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/i-BkhfW7DeU/081709_Vani_Kumar.mp3" fileSize="20955137" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Vani Kumar, Founder &amp; CEO of The Suit Closet, has changed the way women feel about suit shopping.The suit is making a comeback thanks to the increasing number of businesswomen and, believe it or not, the recession, which has professionals dressed to impre</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Vani Kumar, Founder &amp; CEO of The Suit Closet, has changed the way women feel about suit shopping.The suit is making a comeback thanks to the increasing number of businesswomen and, believe it or not, the recession, which has professionals dressed to impress. This week, we talk to Vani Kumar, Founder and CEO of The Suit Closet, about connecting with customers from head to toe. In this interview, Vani reminds us to get back to the basics of business and branding-- starting with customer service. We also learn:How to capture every customer who walks through the door by adapting to trends. How to build relationships with customers and anticipate their needs. How to empower customers through education. After the show, join us on our LinkedIn Group to offer your thoughts or pose questions to other industry experts. What brands do you think have benefited from the recession?</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/08/from-lab-coat-to-haute-couture-how.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/i-BkhfW7DeU/081709_Vani_Kumar.mp3" length="20955137" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/081709_Vani_Kumar.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>A Kansas City Star veteran weighs in:  Emerging Media opens the door for two-way dialogue</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/PAAaauLLPzU/kansas-city-star-veteran-weighs-in.html</link><category>business growth</category><category>social media</category><category>emerging media</category><category>podcast</category><category>networking</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:36:43 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-9163348858797948965</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.twowest.com/electronicMail/theBrandShow/ChrisLester.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 101px;" src="http://www.twowest.com/electronicMail/theBrandShow/ChrisLester.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369910810726906242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Chris Lester leads efforts to enhance member benefits and communications at the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;For 24 years, &lt;a href="http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&amp;key=44635908&amp;authToken=W2rE&amp;authType=name"&gt;Chris Lester&lt;/a&gt; made his name at the Kansas City Star. When the &lt;a href="http://www.kcchamber.com/index.asp?IdS=00050D-681CE60&amp;Plugin_Detect=Flash;"&gt;Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce&lt;/a&gt; came knocking, Lester answered, leaving one of the most recognizable media outlets in Kansas City to join the GKCK Chamber as the Senior Vice President of Business Growth.&lt;br /&gt;Join us this week as our hosts speak with Chris and explore:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;How to leverage new media for business innovation&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;What the changing media landscape means for the future of communications&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;How an active two-way dialogue can improve your product or service&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/07:23:09_Chris_Lester.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How are you using new media channels to interact with your customers? Visit our &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/VhRdo"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; group and share your thoughts.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-9163348858797948965?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/PAAaauLLPzU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/aaoYDXW58ZE/07:23:09_Chris_Lester.mp3" fileSize="23851176" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Chris Lester leads efforts to enhance member benefits and communications at the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.For 24 years, Chris Lester made his name at the Kansas City Star. When the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce came knocking, Leste</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Chris Lester leads efforts to enhance member benefits and communications at the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce.For 24 years, Chris Lester made his name at the Kansas City Star. When the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce came knocking, Lester answered, leaving one of the most recognizable media outlets in Kansas City to join the GKCK Chamber as the Senior Vice President of Business Growth. Join us this week as our hosts speak with Chris and explore: How to leverage new media for business innovation What the changing media landscape means for the future of communications How an active two-way dialogue can improve your product or service How are you using new media channels to interact with your customers? Visit our LinkedIn group and share your thoughts.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/08/kansas-city-star-veteran-weighs-in.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/aaoYDXW58ZE/07:23:09_Chris_Lester.mp3" length="23851176" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/07:23:09_Chris_Lester.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>A look at social media from 30,000 feet</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/Mxzd52stAh4/look-at-social-media-from-30000-feet.html</link><category>southwest airlines</category><category>social media</category><category>emerging media</category><category>podcast</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:09:21 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-5911367760948337586</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 212px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i2.cmail1.com/ei/y/FB/072/A85/nri/eddk/paulaberg081410.jpg"/&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Paula Berg is the Manager of Emerging Media for Southwest Airlines.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;As a long-time admirer of the Southwest Airlines brand, The Brand Show is pleased to introduce this week's guest, Paula Berg. Paula is a member of Southwest's emerging media team and manager of the airline's corporate blog, &lt;a href="http://www.blogsouthwest.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Nuts About Southwest&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fasten your seat belt and enjoy the ride as Paula takes us through the evolution of Southwest's cross-discipline emerging media department. If you look out the window to your right, you’ll learn how Southwest listens to online communities to hone its products and service. And to the left, you’ll discover that this maverick uses multiple media platforms—online and off—to share its message with the world. By the time we touch down, you’ll have experienced a wonderful trip with one of the world’s most recognizable brands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, you may be wondering, how did Southwest Airlines end up on The Brand Show, anyway? It all started with our &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/VhRdo" target="_blank"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; group and a &lt;a href="http://www.blogsouthwest.com/video/southwest-airlines-rapping-flight-attendant-new-york-city" target="_blank"&gt;rapping flight attendant&lt;/a&gt;. You’ll just have to &lt;a href="http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/paulaberg.mp3" target="_blank"&gt;listen&lt;/a&gt; for the full story. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf" id="audioplayer2" height="24" width="300"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.twowest.com/audio-player/player.swf"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=2&amp;amp;loader=0xf68428&amp;amp;leftbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;rightbg=0xf68428&amp;amp;righticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;lefticon=0xffffff&amp;amp;rightbghover=0x99bfda&amp;amp;soundFile=http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/paulaberg.mp3"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="quality" value="high"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="menu" value="false"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            &lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the show, stop by our LinkedIn group and tell us what you think about Southwest's brand and approach to emerging media.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-5911367760948337586?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/Mxzd52stAh4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/0j10REjU6_o/paulaberg.mp3" fileSize="17265864" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Paula Berg is the Manager of Emerging Media for Southwest Airlines.As a long-time admirer of the Southwest Airlines brand, The Brand Show is pleased to introduce this week's guest, Paula Berg. Paula is a member of Southwest's emerging media team and manag</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Paula Berg is the Manager of Emerging Media for Southwest Airlines.As a long-time admirer of the Southwest Airlines brand, The Brand Show is pleased to introduce this week's guest, Paula Berg. Paula is a member of Southwest's emerging media team and manager of the airline's corporate blog, Nuts About Southwest. Fasten your seat belt and enjoy the ride as Paula takes us through the evolution of Southwest's cross-discipline emerging media department. If you look out the window to your right, you’ll learn how Southwest listens to online communities to hone its products and service. And to the left, you’ll discover that this maverick uses multiple media platforms—online and off—to share its message with the world. By the time we touch down, you’ll have experienced a wonderful trip with one of the world’s most recognizable brands. Now, you may be wondering, how did Southwest Airlines end up on The Brand Show, anyway? It all started with our LinkedIn group and a rapping flight attendant. You’ll just have to listen for the full story.  After the show, stop by our LinkedIn group and tell us what you think about Southwest's brand and approach to emerging media.</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/07/look-at-social-media-from-30000-feet.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/0j10REjU6_o/paulaberg.mp3" length="17265864" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/paulaberg.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Catch Something Viral</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/lBVfuPZ62U0/catch-something-viral.html</link><category>david meerman scott</category><category>branding</category><category>innovation</category><category>podcast</category><category>viral marketing</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:44:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-1054579988976211141</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 212px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.twowest.com/electronicMail/theBrandShow/viralMarketing/img/scott.jpg"/&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Author and keynote speaker, &lt;em&gt;David Meerman Scott&lt;/em&gt;, talks about  the viral marketing bug: the good, bad and ugly.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This week, we aim to answer the question everyone’s been asking of late: Why do some ideas on the Internet go viral, while others fade into obscurity? &lt;br /&gt;               &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/"&gt;David Meerman Scott&lt;/a&gt;, marketing strategist, keynote speaker and author (&lt;a href="http://www.davidmeermanscott.com/books_dms.htm"&gt;The New Rules of Marketing and World Wide Rave&lt;/a&gt;), answers that question and shares his expert opinion on the hit or miss world of viral marketing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We explore why going viral can help your brand, how to measure your viral success and what you can learn from the most effective viral campaigns in recent memory. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David also lets us in on six secrets to starting your own worldwide rave. Here's one: Lose control. Sounds scary, right? To find out the other five, you&amp;#8217;ll just have to download the show. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, listen and catch the viral bug. It’s good for you and your brand. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Share your experience with viral marketing on our &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/VhRdo"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; group page.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/davidmeermanscott.mp3"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.twowest.com/electronicMail/theBrandShow/specialseries_promax_part1/img/btn_small_listen.gif" alt="Listen Now" width="100" height="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (31:38)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-1054579988976211141?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/lBVfuPZ62U0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/pm02oEsJccI/davidmeermanscott.mp3" fileSize="22832774" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Author and keynote speaker, David Meerman Scott, talks about the viral marketing bug: the good, bad and ugly.This week, we aim to answer the question everyone’s been asking of late: Why do some ideas on the Internet go viral, while others fade into obscur</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Author and keynote speaker, David Meerman Scott, talks about the viral marketing bug: the good, bad and ugly.This week, we aim to answer the question everyone’s been asking of late: Why do some ideas on the Internet go viral, while others fade into obscurity? David Meerman Scott, marketing strategist, keynote speaker and author (The New Rules of Marketing and World Wide Rave), answers that question and shares his expert opinion on the hit or miss world of viral marketing. We explore why going viral can help your brand, how to measure your viral success and what you can learn from the most effective viral campaigns in recent memory. David also lets us in on six secrets to starting your own worldwide rave. Here's one: Lose control. Sounds scary, right? To find out the other five, you&amp;#8217;ll just have to download the show. So, listen and catch the viral bug. It’s good for you and your brand. Share your experience with viral marketing on our LinkedIn group page. (31:38)</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/07/catch-something-viral.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/pm02oEsJccI/davidmeermanscott.mp3" length="22832774" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/davidmeermanscott.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Social media tools and the marketers who love them</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/NiCJGnczKq0/social-media-tools-and-marketers-who.html</link><category>marketingprofs</category><category>ann handley</category><category>social media</category><category>social media tools</category><category>podcast</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:20:54 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-2931829510436584244</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 212px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NcwxqQsLMOE/SkuofYCI6PI/AAAAAAAAAHs/MR_L9o4NZy4/s320/handley.jpg"/&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;MarketingProfs Chief Content Officer,&lt;em&gt; Ann Handley&lt;/em&gt; heads up All Things Content on the MarketingProfs Web site and is the Primary Caregiver of Marketing Profs Daily Fix.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The blogosphere is teeming with "expert" content, but there's one resource in particular where more than 324,000 marketers go for practical, professional advice. It's called &lt;a href="http://www.marketingprofs.com"&gt;MarketingProfs.com&lt;/a&gt;, and it's home to thousands of insightful articles authored by marketing experts from around the world; including our own Ethan Whitehill, Gavin Johnston and Lou Thurmon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/AnnHandley_MarketingProfs.mp3"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.twowest.com/electronicMail/theBrandShow/specialseries_promax_part1/img/btn_small_listen.gif" alt="Listen Now" width="100" height="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (31:57)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week we talk blogs and social media with MarketingProfs Chief Content Officer, Ann Handley. Ann is a marketing maven in the thick of it. Not only does she help run MarketingProfs, she contributes content to its &lt;a href="http://www.thedailyfix.com/"&gt;Daily Fix&lt;/a&gt; blog, writes for the &lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/"&gt;Huffington Post&lt;/a&gt; and maintains her own blog, &lt;a href="http://www.annhandley.com/"&gt;Annarchy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this interview, Ann shares her views on the pros and cons of brands on Twitter and explains how she uses social media to deliver content her readers want. She also offers a few helpful hints to anyone who'd like to get published on MarketingProfs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does your business use social media or a blog? How has it helped your brand grow? Let us know on The Brand Show &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/VhRdo"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; group. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Brand Show recommends these upcoming MarketingProfs events:&lt;br /&gt;July 16, 2009:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketingprofs.com/marketing/online-seminars/214/?adref=hpprmbx"&gt;The Art Of Social Media with Charlene Li&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sept. 16, 2009: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marketingprofs.com/events/9/conference"&gt;Digital Marketing World Fall 2009&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-2931829510436584244?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/NiCJGnczKq0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><media:thumbnail url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NcwxqQsLMOE/SkuofYCI6PI/AAAAAAAAAHs/MR_L9o4NZy4/s72-c/handley.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/nhiPi_kxhHY/AnnHandley_MarketingProfs.mp3" fileSize="23063779" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>MarketingProfs Chief Content Officer, Ann Handley heads up All Things Content on the MarketingProfs Web site and is the Primary Caregiver of Marketing Profs Daily Fix.The blogosphere is teeming with "expert" content, but there's one resource in particular</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>MarketingProfs Chief Content Officer, Ann Handley heads up All Things Content on the MarketingProfs Web site and is the Primary Caregiver of Marketing Profs Daily Fix.The blogosphere is teeming with "expert" content, but there's one resource in particular where more than 324,000 marketers go for practical, professional advice. It's called MarketingProfs.com, and it's home to thousands of insightful articles authored by marketing experts from around the world; including our own Ethan Whitehill, Gavin Johnston and Lou Thurmon. (31:57) This week we talk blogs and social media with MarketingProfs Chief Content Officer, Ann Handley. Ann is a marketing maven in the thick of it. Not only does she help run MarketingProfs, she contributes content to its Daily Fix blog, writes for the Huffington Post and maintains her own blog, Annarchy. In this interview, Ann shares her views on the pros and cons of brands on Twitter and explains how she uses social media to deliver content her readers want. She also offers a few helpful hints to anyone who'd like to get published on MarketingProfs. Does your business use social media or a blog? How has it helped your brand grow? Let us know on The Brand Show LinkedIn group. The Brand Show recommends these upcoming MarketingProfs events: July 16, 2009: The Art Of Social Media with Charlene Li Sept. 16, 2009: Digital Marketing World Fall 2009</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/07/social-media-tools-and-marketers-who.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/nhiPi_kxhHY/AnnHandley_MarketingProfs.mp3" length="23063779" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/AnnHandley_MarketingProfs.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Leading the new economy of marketing and design</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/IXmRWp2UEFo/leading-new-economy-of-marketing-and.html</link><category>entertainment branding</category><category>promax</category><category>podcast</category><category>event marketing</category><category>entertainment marketing</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:55:25 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-3411770738699679104</guid><description>&lt;h2&gt;Promax|BDA 2009 brings the brightest minds in entertainment marketing together for three days of dialogue, debate and discussion&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 150px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.twowest.com/electronicMail/theBrandShow/promax/img/jonathan_block_verk.jpg"/&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Jonathan Block-Verk, became the President of Promax|BDA in early 2008.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;From June 16 to 18 the New York Hilton will be invaded by some of the most innovative, forward-thinking visionaries leading the entertainment marketing revolution. Jonathan Block-Verk, President of &lt;a href="http://www.promaxbda.org"&gt;Promax|BDA&lt;/a&gt;, joins The Brand Show to discuss this year’s annual conference and the impressive line-up of guest speakers, including the Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Robert Redford.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="listen"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Promax_JonathanBlockVerk.mp3"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.twowest.com/electronicMail/theBrandShow/promax/img/btn_small_listen.gif" alt="Listen Now" width="100" height="20" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Conference attendees can expect to hear insights from experts in the entertainment industry and beyond, including Jim Margolis, &lt;a href="http://www.gmmb.com/"&gt;GMMB&lt;/a&gt; and Chief Media Strategist for the Barack Obama campaign; John Miller, CMO &lt;a href="http://www.nbcuni.com/"&gt;NBC Universal Television Group&lt;/a&gt;; Tom Kelley, General Manager &lt;a href="http://www.ideo.com/"&gt;IDEO&lt;/a&gt;; and Randi Zuckerberg, Marketing Director &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; among others.  For a full list of sessions and speakers visit &lt;a href="http://www.promaxbda.org/events.asp?n=na09_sessionsoverview"&gt;Promax|BDA Sessions Overview&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are interested in attending the conference, it’s not too late.  You can register at the New York Hilton June 16 to 18 or online at &lt;a href="http://www.promaxbda.org/events.asp?n=na09_register"&gt;Promax|BDA Registration&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can’t make the trip? Worry not! After the conference, &lt;a href="www.thebrandshow.com"&gt;The Brand Show&lt;/a&gt;  will give listeners full access to interviews with conference speakers, panelists and attendees hosted by Ethan Whitehill, CEO of &lt;a href="www.twowest.com"&gt;Two West&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information on Promax|BDA visit &lt;a href="http://www.promaxbda.org"&gt;www.promaxbda.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After checking out the coverage at The Brand Show, join us on &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/VhRdo"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/a&gt; and share your thoughts: What do you look for when considering a conference? What are the most valuable conferences you have attended and how have they influenced your business strategies?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-3411770738699679104?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~4/IXmRWp2UEFo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><media:content url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/cTz7YQy0frw/Promax_JonathanBlockVerk.mp3" fileSize="11891746" type="audio/mpeg" /><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:subtitle>Promax|BDA 2009 brings the brightest minds in entertainment marketing together for three days of dialogue, debate and discussionJonathan Block-Verk, became the President of Promax|BDA in early 2008. From June 16 to 18 the New York Hilton will be invaded b</itunes:subtitle><itunes:author>Two West</itunes:author><itunes:summary>Promax|BDA 2009 brings the brightest minds in entertainment marketing together for three days of dialogue, debate and discussionJonathan Block-Verk, became the President of Promax|BDA in early 2008. From June 16 to 18 the New York Hilton will be invaded by some of the most innovative, forward-thinking visionaries leading the entertainment marketing revolution. Jonathan Block-Verk, President of Promax|BDA, joins The Brand Show to discuss this year’s annual conference and the impressive line-up of guest speakers, including the Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Robert Redford. Conference attendees can expect to hear insights from experts in the entertainment industry and beyond, including Jim Margolis, GMMB and Chief Media Strategist for the Barack Obama campaign; John Miller, CMO NBC Universal Television Group; Tom Kelley, General Manager IDEO; and Randi Zuckerberg, Marketing Director Facebook among others. For a full list of sessions and speakers visit Promax|BDA Sessions Overview. If you are interested in attending the conference, it’s not too late. You can register at the New York Hilton June 16 to 18 or online at Promax|BDA Registration. Can’t make the trip? Worry not! After the conference, The Brand Show will give listeners full access to interviews with conference speakers, panelists and attendees hosted by Ethan Whitehill, CEO of Two West. For more information on Promax|BDA visit www.promaxbda.org. After checking out the coverage at The Brand Show, join us on LinkedIn and share your thoughts: What do you look for when considering a conference? What are the most valuable conferences you have attended and how have they influenced your business strategies?</itunes:summary><itunes:keywords>Brand,branding,marketing,advertising,transformation,design,business,design,social,science,change,managment</itunes:keywords><feedburner:origLink>http://www.thebrandshow.com/2009/06/leading-new-economy-of-marketing-and.html</feedburner:origLink><enclosure url="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~5/cTz7YQy0frw/Promax_JonathanBlockVerk.mp3" length="11891746" type="audio/mpeg" /><feedburner:origEnclosureLink>http://www.twowest.com/podcasts/Promax_JonathanBlockVerk.mp3</feedburner:origEnclosureLink></item><item><title>Go ahead, make my brand: what marketers could learn from storytellers like Clint Eastwood</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBrandShow/~3/HgqdJHUaPog/go-ahead-make-my-brand-what-marketers.html</link><category>james cameron</category><category>clint eastwod</category><category>producers guild of america</category><category>ron howard</category><category>podcast</category><category>produced by conference</category><author>talktous@thebrandshow.com (Two West)</author><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:46:07 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38889586.post-5066263431813252882</guid><description>&lt;div class="caption" style="width: 212px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NcwxqQsLMOE/SibpDRWGsGI/AAAAAAAAAHU/xeUU8RU8XlA/s320/headshot_BS.jpg"/&gt;&lt;p class="caption-text"&gt;Vance Van Petten is the Executive Director of the Producers Guild of America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;This week The Brand Show welcomes &lt;a href="http://www.vancevanpetten.com/about/" title="Vance Van Petten" target="_blank"&gt;Vance Van Petten&lt;/a&gt;, Executive Director of the &lt;a href="http://www.producersguild.org/" title="Producers Guild of America" target="_blank"&gt;Producers Guild of America&lt;/a&gt;, an organization dedicated to representing producers in motion picture, television and new media around the world. Since assuming his role in 2000, Van Petten has grown the organization’s membership ten-fold to over 3,500 members including James Cameron, Ron Howard and other household names. Van Petten attributes the successful membership expansion to effectively telling the PGA story to audiences around the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Van Petten can also be credited with founding the &lt;a href="http://www.producedbyconference.com" title="Produced By Conference" target="_blank"&gt;Produced By Conference&lt;/a&gt;.  The first annual conference takes place June 5-7 in Los Angeles, CA and is expected to draw an impressive list of critically acclaimed entertainment gurus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week our Two West hosts Ethan Whitehill, CEO and Lou Thurmon, Senior Vice President of Human Potential, speak with Mr. Van Petten about his views on the future of branded entertainment, and how innovative giants like &lt;a href="http://www.pixar.com" title="Pixar" target="_blank"&gt;Pixar&lt;/a&gt;  and &lt;a href="http://www.marvel.com" title="Marvel" target="_blank"&gt;Marvel&lt;/a&gt; are doing it right.  Van Petten offers advice on how to further develop brands and how to become master storyteller.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How have branded entertainment programs like The Biggest Loser or Project Runway influenced your purchase decisions?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join us on the Brand Show &lt;a href="http://bit.ly/VhRdo" title="Brand Show on LinkedIn" target="_blank"&gt;LinkedIn group&lt;/a&gt; to give us your opinion.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/38889586-5066263431813252882?l=www.thebrandshow.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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