Jul 12, 2014 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising, Advertising Agencies, Best Way to Get a Job, Hank Blank |
Yes. Jump in with both feet. Enjoy the splash. Many people would say no. They’d rather work at Google and get free lunches. I want to work at action sports companies and get free T Shirts and be equally cool. Oh sure people can give you a litany of reasons not...
Jun 8, 2014 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising, Advertising Agencies, Agency Principals, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Searches, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing, New Business Development |
I was doing some recruiting the other day. Trying to find some folks. I like to feel the happiness of successful human outcomes. I reached out to some people I was connected with on LinkedIn. I sent an e mail to one agency that I didn’t know well. I told him that I...
Jun 3, 2014 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising, Advertising Agencies, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank |
I know many creative people because I like hanging with creative folks. I meet them when they are on the beach, when they are working or looking for new work. I meet them when I conduct agency reviews. I meet them at events if they come out as well as online. When I...
Dec 1, 2013 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising, Advertising Agencies, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, New Business Development, Recruiting |
I have written about how to create an agency culture in the New Normal. I have also written about the slash generation, another way to leverage the power of today’s youth by capturing their passions. When I read articles by agency principals that have successfully...
Nov 16, 2013 | Account Executive, Advertising, Best Companies to Work For, Career, Career Success, Career Tips |
When I was growing up I loved watching movies about Shangri-La. Just the name evoked numerous senses and sensors. The word Shangri-La danced in my young ears. A place that was the epicenter of enchantment. I am still looking for Shangri-La. I have had a glimpse...
Feb 16, 2013 | Account Executive, Agency Training, Career, Career Success, Graduates, Guidance Offices, Hank Blank, Linkedin, Networking, Social Networking |
I live surrounded by young people. I have hired paid interns for ten years and often speak on campus colleges on networking and why young people shouldn’t try to get a job. That’s how I got this nice poster designed by Kyle Ready when I spoke at CBU in Riverside. I...
Jan 13, 2013 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising Agencies, Agency Training, Career, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, HR, Managing Agencies., Public Relations |
Something is missing in advertising today: training. It used to be the basic foundation of how agencies operated. It provided direction to all. Unfortunately, there is no training anymore. Nada. Zero. Here are your business cards, here is your cube or office, there is...
Dec 6, 2012 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising Agencies, Agency Training, Career, Millennials, Training |
I had a glass of wine the other night with a friend who runs a large local agency. He talked how committed his agency was to training its young people really well by rotating them around into all the areas of their product so they would be well rounded. He lamented...
Nov 27, 2012 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising Agencies, Agency Relationships, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Agency Training, Hank Blank, Managing Agencies., New Business, New Business Development, New Business process., Small and Smart Agencies |
I was born an advertising guy. I found the business a playfield of bliss, elixir, quicksand and mire; elation and elevation. It was an industry of magic and alchemy and fact based decision making – that’s why JWT’s symbol of an owl and a lamp always resonated...
Aug 12, 2012 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising Agencies, Agency Relationships, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Agency Training, Clients, CMO, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Interactive Agencies, Managing Agencies., Marketing, New Business, New Business Development, New Business process., Public Relations, Small and Smart Agencies, Social Networking |
I know and meet with lot of agency people in a variety of spaces including advertising, the digital world, and public relations. Some are small and smart, some fall in the middle and some are large. I have been a New Business hunter for years and I have conducted...
