Apr 20, 2015 | Account Management, Agency Evaluations, Agency Principals, Agency Training |
Where they stand and what’s the plan for their development. So simple and yet so hard for many agencies. I remember long ago when I worked on McDonald’s. It was in the days when they opened in small towns in Canada or Moscow there would be a line up to get into the...
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 13, 2012 | Account Management, Advertising Agencies, Agency Evaluations, Agency Relationships, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Agency Training, Career Success, CMO, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, New Business, New Business Development, New Business process. |
I have heard a lot of stories during my advertising career. When I did a review for a client a few years ago I remember a client telling me about a meeting they had with their agency in New York before they announced that they were doing a review. They had scheduled...
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...
Jan 28, 2012 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising Agencies, Agency Relationships, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Agency Training, Branding, Career, CEO's, CMO, Consulting, Digital Agencies, Finding a Job, Hank Blank, Interactive Agencies, Job Hunting, Job Search, Jobs, Linkedin, Marketing, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, Public Relations, Social Networking |
I have spoken to many job hunting groups on Networking including CafeNet, ExecuNet, Challenger Networking , and Costa Mesa Connectors among others. Been doing it for years. I am also one of the Cofounders of Laguna Niguel Connectors. Often I get an e mail...
Jan 22, 2012 | Account Executive, Account Management, Advertising Agencies, Agency Relationships, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Agency Training, Branding, Client, Clients, CMO, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Interactive Agencies, Managing Agencies., Marketing, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, New Business process., Product Managers, Public Relations, Small and Smart Agencies, Small Smart Agencies, Social Media, Social Networking |
I walk both sides of the street in the advertising and marketing worlds. This comes from my years as an agency person pursuing New Business and my experiences as an agency search consultant. It is no secret that sometimes these relationships can often be strained and...
