
The Personal Branding Podcast - Brands On Brands
Personal Branding and Leadership tips every week! The Brands On Brands podcast with Brandon Birkmeyer is a top 10 personal branding podcast for executives, consultants, coaches, content creators & entrepreneurs! Learn how to build authority and position yourself as #1 in your industry from the world's top personal branding and content marketing experts.
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Your host, Brandon Birkmeyer, spent 18 years crafting the marketing and brand strategy for Forbes Top 100 Brands at the largest ad agencies in the U.S. Today, he is a personal branding coach working with speakers, authors, coaches, consultants, executives, and other creators.
Learn more about Brandon and his bestselling book, Front & Center Leadership at:
https://www.brandonbirkmeyer.com
Latest episodes

Jul 31, 2023 • 49min
5 Useful Websites for Content Creators with Austin Armstrong | Ep. 260
Today we talk about short-form videos and how to leverage short-form videos to build a following across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. We also cover my 5 useful websites for content creators. Our guest today is Austin Armstrong. He is a lifelong digital marketer, public speaker, and host of the TikTok Podcast called Business Tok (www.businesstokpodcast.com). He's also the CEO of Socialty Pro (www.socialtypro.com), an organic SEO and Vertical Video Marketing Agency, and the CEO of Syllaby (www.syllaby.io), which is a brand new marketing tool that helps business owners create a social media content strategy in minutes. Austin has posted over 2,500 videos on TikTok, tripling his own business' revenue, and thousands more across his client's accounts. Austin has leveraged his success on TikTok to gain millions of followers across every social media platform. He has almost 750,000 followers on TikTok, over 579,000 subscribers on YouTube, and over 764,000 followers on Instagram. This is the Brands On Brands Podcast with Brandon Birkmeyer. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/podcast GET THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER This is the best way to have branding and marketing secrets delivered to your inbox, and get first looks at new resources. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/bteam SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL Watch each week as we interview the top minds in marketing and share tips to build brands that matter. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/youtube CONNECT WITH ME Connect with me on social media: https://www.brandsonbrands.com/hotlinks JOIN THE PODCAST BRANDING ACADEMY Get your free podcasting 101 starter kit and more! https://www.podcastbrandingacademy.com CONVERT 1 HOUR INTO 1 MONTH OF CONTENT Get my Ultimate Guide to Repurposing Content, which includes 3 Content Creation Tips, 11 Content Creator Tools, 30 Repurposed Post Examples, 28 Content Calendar Prompts, & 30 Bonus Post Ideas https://www.brandsonbrands.com/toolkit

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Jul 13, 2023 • 49min
Luxury Branding with Neen James | Ep. 259
Today we talk about luxury branding, the mindset of luxury brands, and how to sell high-ticket offers as a coach or consultant. Our guest today is Neen James, executive strategist, author, and keynote speaker (https://neenjames.com/). Neen has been a trusted advisor to CEOs for legacy and luxury brands across a variety of industries for over 20 years now. Neen's helped design strategic plans for Fortune 500 companies, she's facilitated retreats, and worked with executives and their teams on insight and strategy. She's been named as one of the top 30 leadership speakers by Global Guru several years in a row because of her work with companies like Viacom, Comcast, and Virtuoso Travel amongst others. This is the Brands On Brands Podcast with Brandon Birkmeyer. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/podcast GET THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER This is the best way to have branding and marketing secrets delivered to your inbox, and get first looks at new resources. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/bteam SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL Watch each week as we interview the top minds in marketing and share tips to build brands that matter. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/youtube CONNECT WITH ME Connect with me on social media: https://www.brandsonbrands.com/hotlinks JOIN THE PODCAST BRANDING ACADEMY Get your free podcasting 101 starter kit and more! https://www.podcastbrandingacademy.com CONVERT 1 HOUR INTO 1 MONTH OF CONTENT Get my Ultimate Guide to Repurposing Content, which includes 3 Content Creation Tips, 11 Content Creator Tools, 30 Repurposed Post Examples, 28 Content Calendar Prompts, & 30 Bonus Post Ideas https://www.brandsonbrands.com/toolkit

Jun 27, 2023 • 42min
Personal Branding and Facebook Ads with Andrea Vahl | Ep. 258
Learn how Andrea Vahl built her personal brand as a Facebook Marketing expert and keynote speaker. We discuss how she built her ad agency, became a keynote speaker, and co-authored the book Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies. We also dive into how to run Facebook ads for personal branding with real examples of how she's actually running them today, now that she is launching a second brand and pivoting to expand her business. This is the Brands On Brands Podcast with Brandon Birkmeyer. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/podcast GET THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER This is the best way to have branding and marketing secrets delivered to your inbox, and get first looks at new resources. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/bteam SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL Watch each week as we interview the top minds in marketing and share tips to build brands that matter. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/youtube CONNECT WITH ME Connect with me on social media: https://www.brandsonbrands.com/hotlinks JOIN THE PODCAST BRANDING ACADEMY Get your free podcasting 101 starter kit and more! https://www.podcastbrandingacademy.com CONVERT 1 HOUR INTO 1 MONTH OF CONTENT Get my Ultimate Guide to Repurposing Content, which includes 3 Content Creation Tips, 11 Content Creator Tools, 30 Repurposed Post Examples, 28 Content Calendar Prompts, & 30 Bonus Post Ideas https://www.brandsonbrands.com/toolkit

Jun 7, 2023 • 42min
Personal Branding Design Across Social Media with Philip VanDusen | Ep. 257
Learn all things personal branding design as we chat with a former creative director turned YouTuber, with over 270,000 subscribers on his channel which teaches graphic design, brand strategy, and personal branding. Our guest is Philip VanDusen, a creative entrepreneur and principal of his agency and global brand consultancy, Verhaal Brand Design (https://www.philipvandusen.com). Philip is the host of the Brand Design Masters podcast and a recognized industry thought leader who shares his experience in marketing, design, and entrepreneurship. Philip has over 25 years of experience in brand strategy, graphic design, and creative leadership for some of the world's most successful global retailers and strategic branding agencies. For example, he was VP Head of Design for Global Snacks at PepsiCo, where he was responsible for the growth of multi-billion dollar brands across the global Frito-Lay portfolio. Get Philip's personal branding clarity assessment at: https://www.philipvandusen.com/pbw This is the Brands On Brands Podcast with Brandon Birkmeyer GET THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER This is the best way to have branding and marketing secrets delivered to your inbox, and get first looks at new resources. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/bteam SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL Watch each week as we interview the top minds in marketing and share tips to build brands that matter. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/youtube CONNECT WITH ME Connect with me on social media: https://www.brandsonbrands.com/hotlinks JOIN THE PODCAST BRANDING ACADEMY Get your free podcasting 101 starter kit and more! https://www.podcastbrandingacademy.com CONVERT 1 HOUR INTO 1 MONTH OF CONTENT Get my Ultimate Guide to Repurposing Content, which includes 3 Content Creation Tips, 11 Content Creator Tools, 30 Repurposed Post Examples, 28 Content Calendar Prompts, & 30 Bonus Post Ideas https://www.brandsonbrands.com/toolkit

May 24, 2023 • 47min
How to Make Money on TikTok with Kat Norton aka Miss Excel | Ep. 256
Kat Norton made $100K in a day on TikTok. Learn how she gets people to watch her videos on TikTok, how she turned that into high-selling digital courses, and then coaching programs and training and speaking. This is the creator economy at its finest. Our guest today, Kat Norton, is also known as Miss Excel because on TikTok she teaches you how to use Microsoft Excel. And now all the other Microsoft suite of products and more, and she does it while being very, VERY entertaining. See more at https://www.miss-excel.com. Since June of 2020, she's grown her community to over a million people on both TikTok and Instagram. She's gone viral with her Excel trick videos that have been infused with creativity, music, and dance. Kat was recently awarded the Microsoft MVP Award and has been featured in Business Insider, CNBC, and Entrepreneur Magazine as a pioneer in the Excel influencer space. She was also named one of the top influencers of 2021 by Forbes. This is the Brands On Brands Podcast with Brandon Birkmeyer GET THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER This is the best way to have branding and marketing secrets delivered to your inbox, and get first looks at new resources. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/bteam SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL Watch each week as we interview the top minds in marketing and share tips to build brands that matter. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/youtube CONNECT WITH ME Connect with me on social media: https://www.brandsonbrands.com/hotlinks JOIN THE PODCAST BRANDING ACADEMY Get your free podcasting 101 starter kit and more! https://www.podcastbrandingacademy.com CONVERT 1 HOUR INTO 1 MONTH OF CONTENT Get my Ultimate Guide to Repurposing Content, which includes 3 Content Creation Tips, 11 Content Creator Tools, 30 Repurposed Post Examples, 28 Content Calendar Prompts, & 30 Bonus Post Ideas https://www.brandsonbrands.com/toolkit

May 10, 2023 • 44min
Working with an Agency to Build Your Personal Brand with Nichole Williamson | Ep. 255
Learn the benefits of working with an agency to develop your personal brand. Today we dive into personal brand identity, social media strategy, and specific LinkedIn tactics to grow your reputation. For any entrepreneur, executive, aspiring thought leader, or anyone whose reputation is part of their business, today's show covers your best path forward toward influence. Our guest today is Nicole Williamson. She's the chief branding officer at Zilker Media, one of Austin's fastest-growing PR and branding firms. (https://zilkermedia.com/) Zilker Media is an award-winning boutique agency, providing end-to-end brand building for some of the world's top executives, thought leaders, and companies. They're the agency of record for Chicken Soup for the Soul, the fastest-growing regional bank in Texas, Keystone Bank, and many of the world's most well-known thought leaders. This is the Brands On Brands Podcast with Brandon Birkmeyer GET THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER This is the best way to have branding and marketing secrets delivered to your inbox, and get first looks at new resources. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/bteam SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL Watch each week as we interview the top minds in marketing and share tips to build brands that matter. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/youtube CONNECT WITH ME Connect with me on social media: https://www.brandsonbrands.com/hotlinks JOIN THE PODCAST BRANDING ACADEMY Get your free podcasting 101 starter kit and more! https://www.podcastbrandingacademy.com CONVERT 1 HOUR INTO 1 MONTH OF CONTENT Get my Ultimate Guide to Repurposing Content, which includes 3 Content Creation Tips, 11 Content Creator Tools, 30 Repurposed Post Examples, 28 Content Calendar Prompts, & 30 Bonus Post Ideas https://www.brandsonbrands.com/toolkit

Apr 26, 2023 • 50min
Brand Messaging & Big Ideas with Tamsen Webster | Ep. 254
Learn about storytelling, big ideas, and messaging today with our guest, Tamsen Webster. Tamsen Webster is a former TEDx executive producer and current idea strategist. She also was most recently named to the Thinkers50 Radar "Thinkers to Watch Class of 2022", and she's the author of a book that came out in May 2021 called Find Your Red Thread: Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible. We dive into the topics in the book today. All about how to come up with great ideas and how to use storytelling to get those ideas across to your audience, to your customers, and to your clients. This is the Brands On Brands Podcast with Brandon Birkmeyer GET THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER This is the best way to have branding and marketing secrets delivered to your inbox, and get first looks at new resources. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/bteam SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL Watch each week as we interview the top minds in marketing and share tips to build brands that matter. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/youtube CONNECT WITH ME Connect with me on social media: https://www.brandsonbrands.com/hotlinks JOIN THE PODCAST BRANDING ACADEMY Get your free podcasting 101 starter kit and more! https://www.podcastbrandingacademy.com CONVERT 1 HOUR INTO 1 MONTH OF CONTENT Get my Ultimate Guide to Repurposing Content, which includes 3 Content Creation Tips, 11 Content Creator Tools, 30 Repurposed Post Examples, 28 Content Calendar Prompts, & 30 Bonus Post Ideas https://www.brandsonbrands.com/toolkit

Apr 12, 2023 • 54min
Self Publishing and Book Launching with Julie Broad | Ep. 253
We are talking about self-publishing. Learn how to write a book, promote a book, and publish a book as a self-published author. Our guest Julie Broad is the founder of a self-publishing services firm called, Book Launchers (https://www.booklaunchers.com). Her popular YouTube channel, Book Launchers TV, and author of a book called More Than Cash Flow, which topped Amazon, and another book called The New Brand You. Her latest book from 2021 is called Self-Publish and Succeed, and has now won 13 different Indie publishing awards. She is an expert on writing a book with marketing in mind and teaches those approaches on how to get results, make an impact, and ultimately make more money. This is the Brands On Brands Podcast with Brandon Birkmeyer GET THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER This is the best way to have branding and marketing secrets delivered to your inbox, and get first looks at new resources. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/bteam SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL Watch each week as we interview the top minds in marketing and share tips to build brands that matter. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/youtube CONNECT WITH ME Connect with me on social media: https://www.brandsonbrands.com/hotlinks JOIN THE PODCAST BRANDING ACADEMY Get your free podcasting 101 starter kit and more! https://www.podcastbrandingacademy.com CONVERT 1 HOUR INTO 1 MONTH OF CONTENT Get my Ultimate Guide to Repurposing Content, which includes 3 Content Creation Tips, 11 Content Creator Tools, 30 Repurposed Post Examples, 28 Content Calendar Prompts, & 30 Bonus Post Ideas https://www.brandsonbrands.com/toolkit

Mar 29, 2023 • 52min
Brand Storytelling Simplified with Park Howell | Ep. 252
Brand Storytelling Simplified features Park Howell, a 35+ year veteran of brand marketing. He discusses the power of storytelling in brand communication, the effectiveness of storytelling frameworks and hooks, common mistakes in storytelling, the power of storytelling in marketing, simplifying frameworks, and the impact of the ABT framework. The guest also shares a special offer on their online course and discusses the positive impact of teaching the ABT framework in large organizations.

Mar 15, 2023 • 1h 11min
Personal Branding Business with Nicky Saunders | Ep. 251
Learn about personal brand building and real implementation, social media, and branding yourself. Today we dive into the real tools and approaches being used to build personal brand businesses. Our guest today is Nicky Saunders, host of the Nicky and Moose Podcast. She was a strategist behind the growth of motivational speaker Eric Thomas's online community, and she helped increase his Facebook and Instagram accounts from 300,000 followers to 2 million followers in a year and a half. Today she runs an online community, courses, a digital agency, and her own personal brand with 119K followers on Instagram as well as a large podcast and youtube following. Check everything she's got going on at https://www.deeperthanthebrand.com and go to https://www.nickyandmoose.com to check out the show. This is the Brands On Brands Podcast with Brandon Birkmeyer GET THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER This is the best way to have branding and marketing secrets delivered to your inbox, and get first looks at new resources. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/bteam SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL Watch each week as we interview the top minds in marketing and share tips to build brands that matter. https://www.brandsonbrands.com/youtube CONNECT WITH ME Connect with me on social media: https://www.brandsonbrands.com/hotlinks JOIN THE PODCAST BRANDING ACADEMY Get your free podcasting 101 starter kit and more! https://www.podcastbrandingacademy.com CONVERT 1 HOUR INTO 1 MONTH OF CONTENT Get my Ultimate Guide to Repurposing Content, which includes 3 Content Creation Tips, 11 Content Creator Tools, 30 Repurposed Post Examples, 28 Content Calendar Prompts, & 30 Bonus Post Ideas https://www.brandsonbrands.com/toolkit