Hello, loyal listeners, this is Brandon Uttley. And today I want to thank you for listening to the Brand On podcast.It’s time for me to retire this podcast and focus my efforts on my other, better-known podcast — Go For Launch. I’m in the proc

How to Cope From Working at Home

May 29th, 2020 14m 48s

Working from seems idyllic but it presents its own challenges, even for the most introverted type of person. And especially during the global pandemic! Here are 25 tips to make the most of working from home.1. Rise and shine! Pick a regular ti

5 Things to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile

May 21st, 2020 8m 59s

In today's episode, I provide 5 tips to improve your LinkedIn profile. These are excerpted from my new product, LinkedIMPROVED, an interactive checklist, course and coaching to help you dramatically improve your LinkedIn presence.I mistakenly

Anchor Adds New Feature to Convert Videos Into Audio Podcasts

May 15th, 2020 1m 46s

Anchor has added a new feature that let's you upload the audio from a video session—such as a Zoom or Skype call—and convert it into a podcast episode.

Two Tools for Discovering Emerging Trends Online

May 8th, 2020 1m 27s

In this segment, I discuss two new tools for discovering and researching emerging trends: Treendly and Exploding Topics.

Create a Free Landing Page for Your Zoom Events with ZMURL

Apr 13th, 2020 1m 10s

If you set up Zoom video conferences, you know the invitations are pretty boring! Zmurl.com aims to fix that, by letting you create beautiful landing pages for your Zoom events. You can even use Zmurl to prevent Zoombombers from getting in and

YAC—A good audio tool for remote work collaboration

Apr 3rd, 2020 2m 59s

Today I talk about Yac, a good tool for remote working.Yac let's you asynchronously communicate with one or more teammates. Using their desktop or mobile apps, you essentially click a button and leave voice messages back and forth. It's a litt

Interview with RemoteHQ Founder and CEO Waikit Lau

Mar 25th, 2020 25m 50s

I interviewed Waikit Lau, founder and CEO of RemoteHQ. To get the most out of this, watch our video recording at https://uttley.in/remotehq-video.RemoteHQ is an innovative online collaboration tool that combines video conferencing, shared brow

Interview with Matt Barnett, CEO of Bonjoro.com

Mar 17th, 2020 27m 33s

On today's Brand On podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Matt Barnett, the founder and Papa Bear (aka, CEO) of Bonjoro.com. Bonjoro is an app for sending individual personalized videos to welcome and onboard new customers and clients an

This Stealthy Tool Will Increase Your LinkedIn Engagement

Feb 18th, 2020 3m 10s

If you struggle to get engagement on LinkedIn with your posts, I encourage you to check out the tool that I talk about in this episode. It’s called Lempod at https://lempod.com.

Before You Share Links Online, Do This

Feb 5th, 2020 7m 12s

Most of us share a lot of links these days. Whether we are emailing or texting someone a link, sharing on social media or putting a link in a blog post or whitepaper—links are pretty ubiquitous.But many people don’t stop to think about the wa

Press releases are increasingly ineffective

Jan 24th, 2020 3m 23s

Press releases are not only expensive, but they are increasingly ineffective. Learn more effective techniques on how to distribute news of value from your company or organization.

Do Marketing and Sales The Hard Way—Or Scale Your Efforts

Jan 15th, 2020 2m 28s

Lots of people still do marketing and “lead generation” the hard way—surfing Google endlessly, poking around company websites looking for contact information, trying to match it up with LinkedIn profiles, etc.Fortunately, there are more moder

If You Want Facebook Business Support, You’ll Have to Pay for It

Jan 10th, 2020 3m 46s

If you want to advertise on Facebook and Instagram, of course you first need to have a business Page and administrative access.But what happens if you lose access to the Page? For example, if someone sets it up for your business then leaves—a

My first podcast in 2020

Jan 3rd, 2020 2m 9s

Hey there and Happy New Year! I’m getting back to recording after a decent break through the holidays.

Use Good File Naming Conventions

Nov 19th, 2019 1m 34s

Get into the habit of using good file naming conventions for your photos, PDFs and other digital files. You’ll thank yourself later, your friends, family and colleagues will thank you—and Google thank you.

Do you have an excuse not to create content when you are super busy?

Nov 6th, 2019 2m 26s

We all get busy. But unless you fail to plan for “busyness,” you don’t have a good excuse not to keep producing content to promote your business.

Be More Spontaneous With Your Content Marketing

Oct 28th, 2019 2m 28s

Do you let too much planning get in the way of producing content? Be more spontaneous! Consistency often tops quality for staying top-of-mind with your audience.

What happens when you’re scared to post?

Sep 27th, 2019 2m 56s

Have you ever been afraid or reluctant to post something online, for fear of what others may think—or believing that no one will care? It’s a pretty common feeling in my experience. My advice is simple: just go for it.

Libsyn Discount Code — Good for Two Free Months

Aug 29th, 2019 4m 29s

If you are starting a podcast and want full control, you will need to sign up with a reliable, affordable podcast hosting company. I recommend Libsyn, as you’ll hear more about in this podcast. And when you use the Libsyn discount code LAUNCH d

How To Use Slack For Your Small Business

Aug 20th, 2019 5m 39s

By now, you have most likely heard of Slack, the online communications platform that went public on the New York Stock Exchange on June 20, 2019.But if you haven’t actually tried using Slack for your small business, you are missing out. First

Take Advantage of Free Tools To Promote Your Business On Google

Aug 13th, 2019 1m 47s

Many small businesses may not be aware of the free online promotional tools that Google offers.To take advantage of these, go to business.google.com. You’ll need to register for a free Google My Business account and claim your business.Once y

Why RSS Feeds Are Still Awesome

Aug 5th, 2019 3m 15s

The lowly RSS feed has been around a long time. More than 20 years to be exact.Originally dubbed RDF Site Summary—the RDF stood for Resource Description Framework, it was introduced in March 1999. It evolved into RSS, which now stands for eith

Frase: My Favorite New Tool for Content Creation

Jul 22nd, 2019 6m 38s

I have been using a new online tool that I love for content creation. It’s called Frase (at https://www.frase.io). The system uses Artificial Intelligence with dramatic and useful results.Frase excels in four specific ways to help marketers cr

Specialty Retailers Increasingly Embrace Sophisticated Digital Marketing Techniques

Jul 2nd, 2019 2m 3s

I was pleased to be interviewed in the July issue of Hearth and Home magazine, in an article by Mark Brock titled, “Enemy to Frenemy to Friend.” The piece is all about the trend of specialty retailers to use advanced digital marketing more and