OnBrand

Welcome to OnBrand! In this episode, join host Sarah Grace McCandless as she speaks with Ryan Turner, a global marketing leader whose extensive experience includes building Starbucks’ world-class social media operation. Learn more about what it means to truly listen to customers, what it takes to instill customer-centricity in the heart of brand and understanding the art of connecting through social media.

Welcome to OnBrand! In this episode, join host Sarah Grace McCandless as she speaks with Amy Leclerc about the power of consistency and personalization in branding and franchising and how customer experience makes a memorable impact on consumers of all ages.

Welcome to OnBrand! In this episode, join host Sarah Grace McCandless as she sits down with Greg Diefenbach, managing director of MagellanTV, to discuss how creating personalized experiences for customers through curated — and meaningful — content can boost connection with the brand. They also discuss how the streaming industry is rapidly growing and changing, how MagellanTV delivers on their brand promise of “Television Worth Watching,” and much more!

Welcome to OnBrand! In this episode, join host Sarah Grace McCandless as she speaks with acclaimed customer service and experience expert Shep Hyken, about the difference between “like” and “love” when it comes to brand relationships and how to create lasting connections that ensure repeat customers and encourage them to become long-term brand advocates.

Welcome to OnBrand! In this episode, join host Sarah Grace McCandless as she speaks with Chris Erb, chief executive officer and founder of Tripleclix, about how the gaming industry has grown and evolved and why all brands aiming to connect with Gen Z need a value-driven gaming strategy to foster more authentic engagement and build lasting relationships.

Welcome to OnBrand! In this episode, join host Sarah Grace McCandless as she speaks with Shaina Zaidi, CEO and co-founder of TuMe Beverage Company, about how she drew from her family heritage, along with her experiences as a professional athlete, to build a thriving health and wellness brand that’s redefining the world of sports drinks.

Welcome to OnBrand! In this episode, join host Sarah Grace McCandless as she speaks with Jim Joseph, a global leader in the marketing and communications industry, seasoned author, esteemed professor, and current president of McCann Health North America. Through their conversation, you’ll learn more about how consumers have come to expect transparent, value-focused behavior from the brands they love, what it means to market to customers in a more conscious way, and the best ways for brands to get out there and speak up for the causes they care about. Don’t miss it!

Welcome to OnBrand! In this episode, join host Sarah Grace McCandless as she speaks with Sarah Hatter, founder of CoSupport and ElevateCX about how to effectively build, coach, and train your customer experience (CX) teams — and how to support your employees as the landscape of CX evolves.

Welcome to OnBrand! In this episode, host Sarah Grace McCandless sits down with Nigel Barlow, a business innovation speaker, transcendental meditation (TM) teacher, and trustee of the David Lynch Foundation UK, to discuss how wellness practices like TM can help people unlock creativity, why it’s important to think differently, and how this can lead to true innovation to better meet the needs of the world around us. Don’t miss it!

Welcome to OnBrand! In this episode, join host Sarah Grace McCandless as she speaks with Karen Gillis, Director of U.S. Customer Service at Abbott’s Diabetes Care business. Through their in-depth conversation, you’ll learn more about evolving customer care in the digital space, why it’s critical to collaborate across marketing, sales, and service to create a more customer-centric culture, how listening can inform interactions to feel like a one-on-one connection, and much more!