The Influential Personal Brand Podcast

Updated: 17 Jun 2025 • 593 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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What’s the difference between influencers who look successful… and entrepreneurs who actually are? In this riveting episode, Rory sits down with Mike and Kass Lazerow, the powerhouse husband-and-wife duo behind multiple high-impact businesses—including Buddy Media, which they sold to Salesforce for $745 million. They’v

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We live in a world obsessed with more—more followers, more likes, more views, more subscribers, more clients, more money. But what if more isn’t what you need? What if more is actually costing you peace, clarity, focus… and real results? In this powerful solo episode, AJ Vaden flips the script on one of the most deeply

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In this powerhouse episode, AJ welcomes longtime friend and marketing strategist Lee Pepper to unpack what most brands miss—real strategy. From leading marketing for a private equity-backed company that scaled 60X to writing a leadership playbook rooted in military mental models, Lee brings the kind of clarity most exe

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In this episode of the Influential Personal Brand Podcast, Rory sits down with the unstoppable JJ Virgin, a four-time New York Times bestselling author, podcast host with over 20 million downloads, and one of the most recognized names in the health and nutrition world. JJ pulls back the curtain on her incredible journe

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What if the systems that make your business thrive could also save your marriage? 💡 In this candid and empowering solo episode, AJ Vaden shares 10 game-changing habits that have helped her and husband Rory Vaden build a business and a marriage that lasts. Drawing from 15 years of lessons in love, leadership, and laund

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