The Influential Personal Brand Podcast

Updated: 21 Oct 2025 • 613 episodes
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Build and monetize your personal brand. This show is full of some of the best marketing tips for (aspiring) influencers, entrepreneurs, speakers, authors, coaches, executives, and anyone who wants to get their message out to more people. You’ll learn the strategies and tactics that any service-minded messenger can use to find their uniqueness and separate from all the noise to create more impact, influence, and income. Each episode is hosted by New York Times bestselling author and Hall of Fame Speaker Rory Vaden, and his wife, business partner and CEO of Brand Builders Group, AJ Vaden. Brand Builders Group is trusted by people like Lewis Howes (School of Greatness Podcast), Julie Solomon (The Influencer Podcast), and Chalene Johnson (Build Your Tribe Podcast) to provide personal branding expertise for themselves and/or their audiences.

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Is AI making your marketing smarter—or just noisier? In this high-value episode, Rory Vaden sits down with Sara Nay, CEO of Duct Tape Marketing and author of Unchained: Breaking Free from Broken Marketing Models, to decode how AI is transforming small business marketing—for better and worse. Drawing from nearly two dec

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How do you build a million-dollar network—without being transactional or fake? In this powerful episode, Rory Vaden sits down with Selena Soo, USA Today bestselling author of Rich Relationships and a master of high-leverage connections. Together, they unpack the hidden frameworks behind building meaningful, financially

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How a Harvard-Trained Dermatologist is Humanizing Medicine and Reclaiming Her Voice Outside the Exam Room In this episode, AJ Vaden sits down with Dr. Mina—a Harvard-trained dermatologist turned top podcaster and entrepreneur—to explore what happens when a physician decides to challenge the traditional norms of medicin

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Do you want high performance in your body, mind, and business — without burning out your relationships, health, or time? In this episode of the Influential Personal Brand Podcast, Rory Vaden sits down with Ben Greenfield — a New York Times bestselling author, endurance athlete, biohacker, and entrepreneur — to find out

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What happens when a young bride’s frustrating shopping experience turns into a nationally acclaimed business—and then evolves into a global coaching platform? In this heartfelt and eye-opening episode, AJ sits down with Mindi Linscombe, co-founder of Something New Bridal and bridal business coach, to unpack the 18-year

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How a 7‑Time Inc. 5000 CEO Built AI‑Resistant Human Connection When most of us talk branding, we talk about being seen. But what if the real breakthrough right now is being truly known? In this deeply candid episode, Ryan Levesque—7‑time Inc. 5000 CEO, two‑time national bestseller, and creator of the Ask Method—pulls b

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