Latest Digital branding Podcast Episodes
Sharing Your Story - Interview with Commercial Editor Shelli Gonshorowski
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - October 22, 2021 21:00 - 25 minutesShelli Gonshorowski is a Master Commercial Editor. Coming from a background in Radio Audio Production, Shelli has worn all the hats when it comes to telling stories. Shelli gives you her top insights into being better at story telling when it comes to filming.
Your Best Photo Day - Top 5
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - October 06, 2021 15:00 - 22 minutesDo you simultaneously love and hate getting your photo done? Some days as a Photographer, I feel like the dentist (no offence to dentists), but somedays I am greeted by nerves and people that tell me how much they hate having their photo taken! 😳 I have put together a top 5 for getting your be...
I'm Here to Shoot - I mean Photograph the President
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - September 24, 2021 23:00 - 25 minutesIn 2015, I got a strange last minute call to photograph a meeting between the President of China Xi Xinping and the CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella. Â Jet, lagged, exhausted and walking off the plane speaking with the U.S. Secret Service and the Chinese Equivalent, I began to wonder whether I was...
20 Minutes late to film Howard Schultz - Lessons I learned
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - August 07, 2021 19:00 - 18 minutes ACK! I hate being late! I go to great lengths to be organized and on time, it's incredibly important to me. This day, I was late and there was nothing I could do about it. I learned a lot this day. I think there are lessons that apply to all sorts of businesses and to leaders.
The First Time I Filmed Britney Spears
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - July 28, 2021 13:00 - 27 minutesLessons I learned - SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO! ;-) There are so many things I would do differently if I got a re-do. How much better or worse would I have done if I'd used my voice better? How do I deal with anxiety- that creeps into my life? And how do I deal with imposter syndrome? I often think...
Tell WAY Better Stories with Your Images Top 3 Ways
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - July 16, 2021 21:00 - 16 minutesIt's called Visual Narrative - fancy speak - for the story you see in an image. I grew up fascinated by a book of images painted by Norman Rockwell. I don't fashion entires stories into my images; part of an image is capturing a moment. BUT - you are taking a photo for a reason, to capture a ...
Stay on Brand with Your Social Feed - Top 3 Ways
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - July 06, 2021 21:00 - 19 minutesIt's hard enough to get social media out to your audience daily, without worrying about whether it's on brand! ...or is it? Staying on brand is WAY easier than you think with these Top 3 Expert Techniques.
The Top 3 Secret Powers of Color
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - June 23, 2021 18:00 - 20 minutesAre you using color correctly to in your business? Of the 4 Colors in this title, 2 are the same chroma, but one subliminally speaks to you about health, while the other suggest responsibility. One chroma through social experience suggests creativity while the other might make you crave a coff...
The Top 3 Secret Powers of Color
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - June 23, 2021 18:00 - 20 minutesAre you using color correctly to in your business? Of the 4 Colors in this title, 2 are the same chroma, but one subliminally speaks to you about health, while the other suggest responsibility. One chroma through social experience suggests creativity while the other might make you crave a coff...
The 2 MOST Important Parts of Visual Branding
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - June 16, 2021 18:00 - 19 minutes...and they have NOTHING to do with pictures! Visual Branding is all about communication. WHAT we communicate and the WHY of our audience are the two most important ingredients ... and they are often forgotten! This is the 1st Episode of a 6 Part Series on Visual Branding the follows the outli...
Launching a New Product from Zero with Jen Kramer
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - May 26, 2021 22:00 - 22 minutesLaunching from nothing is HARD. It's hard on our ego, it's hard on income and you have to celebrate small successes.  Harvard University and Linked in Learning, educator/lecturer Jen Kramer, just killed it, growing her mailing list from 0 to 1500 in 30 Days ... which might sound easy if it ...
TOP 5 Ways to Take WAY WAY Better Mobile Images
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - May 20, 2021 01:00 - 21 minutesEveryone takes photos with their iPhone or mobile camera. As a professional photographer and film maker, I have found that my iPhone is SO good, that I often leave my good cameras behind when I am shooting for myself. Mobile phones have some pretty big limiting factors, but if you use these 5...
Top 5 Ways to Lock in Creativity
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - May 11, 2021 01:00 - 21 minutesWe are ALL required to be creative everyday. It's difficult to multitask, move between projects, and stay creative; we are torn in so many directions every day. As a former platinum recording engineer turned campaign photographer and film maker, I have to deliver creativity for a living. These...
Top 5 Ways to Lock in Creativity
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - May 11, 2021 01:00 - 21 minutesWe are ALL required to be creative everyday. It's difficult to multitask, move between projects, and stay creative; we are torn in so many directions every day. As a former platinum recording engineer turned campaign photographer and film maker, I have to deliver creativity for a living. These...
How to Get Paid to Travel with Rick Southers
Leaders of the New School - April 29, 2021 17:10 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJordon and Rick talk about Rick’s business, keeping your integrity while getting paid to create content, Rick being featured on creator lists, how to get paid to create content, consumption vs creation, replicating content, finding your style, Rick’s first camera, a tip to work with big clients,...
WHAT!?!? Professional Lighting - for Free - My Top 3!
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - April 28, 2021 23:00 - 18 minutesThese 3 images all look "pro."  Which were shot with expensive professional lighting and which were shot with (FREE) natural light? Did you know that cameras are really just light recorders!?!  If you have great light, even an inexpensive phone camera can take amazing pictures! ...of other ...
The Top 3 Ways Color Sets the Price Point
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - April 21, 2021 20:00 - 18 minutesWho doesn't need a little psychology of color in their repertoire? Your audience processes images up to 60,000 times faster than they read copy. In the milliseconds that they process the image of your product or service and their brain sets a price expectation, does it match with your copy and...
The Top 5 Things the CSI Miami Computer Will Do for Your Social Feed!
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - April 14, 2021 17:00 - 22 minutesA.I. is changing the way we record and see the world. When CSI Miami used to "enhance, zoom, enhance" it wasn't credible in 2003 - WELCOME 2021!  Here are the Top 5 ways machine learning is going to improve your images for better messaging - starting today and into the near future!
The TOP 3 WAYS Visual Branding is like a Rock Band!
Your Visual Brand - with Alec Watson - April 06, 2021 19:00 - 19 minutesThe TOP 3 WAYS Visual Branding is like a Rock Band! WHAT IS VISUAL BRANDING!?! It's easy to describe - google it! ...or is it? At first look, the google description of Visual Branding seems accurate. Google: "Car" - it's also accurate. But, if you didn't know what a car was, you'd never un...
The Stages of Growth with NFL Prospect Lamont Wade
Leaders of the New School - March 24, 2021 15:10 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsTopics discussed include: Lamont’s new business venture AKG1 Enterprises, Lamont’s talk with his mother at a young age, taking care of those around you, how speaking up affects your character, speaking with a purpose, athletes role in creating change, people DM’ing Lamont for clarification, lett...
Developing a Separation Mindset with Mr Olympia
Leaders of the New School - March 03, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJordon Rooney (@jordonr) and Raymont Edmonds (@raymontedmonds) talk about holding the title of Mr. Olympia, experiencing hardships while growing, being released from prison, having a separation mindset, and taking care of people around you.
Real Influence with NFL Prospect Damar Hamlin
Leaders of the New School - February 16, 2021 05:20 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJordon Rooney (@JordonR) and Damar Hamlin (@d.ham3) talk about: Damar meeting Jordon for the first time, Who Damar is as a person, The life of a natural born leader, What it takes to be truly influential, Faking an image and results in the digital age, Patience and the process of being a true le...
Using a Book As A Marketing Tool
Marketing Monday's with Meg - January 20, 2020 11:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, I’m walking with Cori Wamsley, author, editor, writing coach, and the creator of The Spark Method for Writing. In this interview we talking about how a book can be an effective marketing tool, especially for anyone interested in coaching and/or speaking. We talked about the ide...
A Minimalists Approach To Simplifying Your Marketing
Marketing Monday's with Meg - December 09, 2019 11:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode I'm talking with Marta Greca from Media The Creative Agency and we’re talking about the Minimalist approach to Simplifying Your Marketing. Marta works with her clients to help them attract their ideal clients and grow sales through stunning photography, compelling videos, and ...
How To Build A Sales Funnel
Marketing Monday's with Meg - November 25, 2019 12:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMy guest on this episode is Luke Maurer of Maurer Ford in Somerset PA. Not too long ago Luke started doing the marketing for his family’s dealership. He started out dabbling in social media and email marketing which led him to land on a formula that is helping his dealership to have some of th...
Creating Your Personal Brand with Dr. Shellie Hipsky
Marketing Monday's with Meg - November 18, 2019 11:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, I’m talking with Dr. Shellie Hipsky about creating your personal brand. She’s created an amazing personal brand for herself and is dropping lots of value in this episode! If you’re not familiar with her, Dr. Shellie Hipsky is the CEO of Inspiring Lives International, a motivati...
How To Use Education as A Marketing Tool!
Marketing Monday's with Meg - November 11, 2019 11:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode we’re talking to Regina Russo, Independent Sales Director for Mary Kay Cosmetics about how to use education as a marketing tool. She’s created an amazing business and has a team of 100 women working with her. Together they did almost $400,000 in sales last year, which is crazy h...
It's Ok To Change Your Brand
Marketing Monday's with Meg - November 04, 2019 11:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode I’m talking with Nick Bogacz from Caliente Pizza and Draft House about his journey to creating his brand and his multi-million dollar pizza business. Nick’s an international award winning pizza champion, he’s also written a book called The Pizza Equation: Slicing up How to Run a ...
How to Save Time and Increase Leads with Marketing Automation
Marketing Monday's with Meg - October 29, 2019 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsWhat if you could generate leads while you’re on vacation or over the weekend while at your kid’s soccer game? Well you can. And that’s what we’re talking about today. We’re talking about how to automate your leads so that the leads are coming in all the time and all you have to do is set it up...
How To Position Yourself As An Authority!
Marketing Monday's with Meg - October 21, 2019 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIf you're a service provider who positions themselves as an expert you HAVE to listen to this podcast! It's gold!! I learned a ton from my guest, Weston Lyon. He's the owner of Plug and Play Publishing and author of 19 books, and he's sharing his framework for being an authority. Here's some o...