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...
Nov 9, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing |
I had lunch the other day with an advertising agency owner. I showed him some resumes of potential candidates for a position he had been trying to fill for a long time. He scanned one with his finger and said that the person had only worked at some companies for a...
Nov 6, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Hank Blank, Networking |
I got a call tonight from somebody who was let go yesterday by her company. She was very articulate, well-educated and in the ad game. It is an industry where the adrenaline runs high but job security runs on empty. Her voice still had the crackle of youth. Anyone...
Oct 27, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, New Business Development |
I was up in Santa Monica the other day meeting with an agency that somebody referred me to. The referral was my foot in the door and my online presence was my validation. I started that presence a decade ago. I turned left onto Santa Monica Boulevard and Sheryl Crow...
Oct 4, 2013 | Account Management, Hank Blank |
“I would love to work there.” I have said it. You have said it. If you run an agency at one time you said it. We have all dreamt it. Longed for it. Envied it. Myths were created about those types of ad agencies. When I...
Aug 15, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing, Networking |
I have been doing a lot of recruiting and talent sourcing these days. Another way to leverage my network. Still hunting and connecting which I love to do but in another way. The ad world has changed a lot and at the same time some stayed the same. One thing that has...
Aug 2, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Searches, Hank Blank, New Business Development |
I don’t hear the term Renaissance Man much these days. The ad world I grew up in was populated by a lot of renaissance men and renaissance women. They were interesting and sometimes imposing people who knew a little about a wide array of subject areas. They had...
Jun 30, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing |
I remember the Dot-Com Boom and the Dot-Com Bust. It wasn’t that long ago. The Dot-Com Boom didn’t last that long. During the boom good people were hard to find. Even those who hardly fogged the mirror wanted much more money than they were worth. However that came...
Jun 21, 2013 | Account Management, Advertising, Advertising Agencies, Hank Blank |
Ad people need to market themselves better in the New Normal. Why? Because you are going to get fired. Almost everybody in the advertising business loses their job at one time or another. Rarely their fault but the New Normal is not fair. I have read that there...
Jun 8, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Hank Blank, New Business Development |
A friend of mine shared an agency RFP with me today. It’s been circulating around the town although the client thinks it is a secret. He got it from a client who was excited to include them as part of their search. He had a conflict so he wasn’t going to participate...
