Oct 11, 2011 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Career, Consulting, Digital Agencies, Finding a Job, Fired, Hank Blank, HR, Interactive Agencies, Job Hunting, Job Search, Jobs, Marketing, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, Personal Branding, Public Relations, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Media, Social Networking, Transition, Working |
In my last blog I wrote that one of the first things I learned in developing a consulting career was that it is not your knowledge that is key to success but how your market yourself and your knowledge. On my journey somebody once told me that the speakers that make...
Oct 5, 2011 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Searches, Career, Consulting, Digital Agencies, Finding a Job, Fired, Hank Blank, HR, Interactive Agencies, Job Hunting, Job Search, Jobs, Marketing, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, Personal Branding, Public Relations, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Media, Social Networking, Transition, Working |
It doesn’t appear that the hiring market isn’t going to catch fire any time soon. I hope history will prove me wrong. I see many people desperate for work spending hours on low probability job pursuits, just to stay busy. People cold call me saying they are looking...
Oct 2, 2011 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Searches, Career, Consulting, Finding a Job, Fired, Hank Blank, HR, Job Hunting, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, Transition |
In late February 2001 at 7.30 at night I got fired on the phone. As I remember it was raining. I was Executive Vice President and Partner of an advertising agency. Who cares? Four days later I had my Hank Blank business cards and my consulting career began. I...
Sep 25, 2011 | Career, Finding a Job, Job Search, Jobs, Marketing, Networking, New Business, Personal Branding, Public Relations, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Media, Social Networking, Transition |
We have all heard of Multi-Level Marketing. Unfortunately many people approach networking in the same fashion and they think that the networks other people have built belong to them for their marketing purposes. Just because I am on Linkedin doesn’t mean I have been...
Aug 14, 2011 | Career, Finding a Job, Job Search, Jobs, Marketing, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, Personal Branding, Public Relations, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Media, Social Networking, Transition |
I have met many people who are employed in the Pharma industry, financial services and many other fields who aren’t very actively participating in social media. Many people I encounter in these industries are very successful. Highly goal oriented, well compensated and...
Aug 4, 2011 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Interactive Agencies, Job Search, Jobs, Marketing, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, Personal Branding, Public Relations, Small and Smart Agencies, Small Smart Agencies, Social Networking, Transition |
1. Make your cases shorter and start with the results. Put the good stuff at the begining of your presentation. 2. If you were rushed at the end of your presentation and didn’t present some juicy morsels, you didn’t rehearse enough. 3. Every agency in the world has...
Jul 27, 2011 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Career, Digital Agencies, Finding a Job, Hank Blank, Interactive Agencies, Job Search, Jobs, Marketing, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, Personal Branding, Public Relations, Purpose Driven Networking, Small and Smart Agencies, Small Smart Agencies, Social Media, Social Networking, Transition |
Let me ask you a simple question. Are you going to keep your current job for the rest of your life? Well, I don’t think so and neither do you. So how do you market yourself as a creative person? Your reel? How many new TV commercials have you produced in the last...
Jul 24, 2011 | Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Career, Finding a Job, Hank Blank, Job Search, Jobs, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, Personal Branding, Public Relations, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Media, Social Networking, Transition |
I blog and speak on networking often. I have also spent years networking as my primary way of building my business. I thought I would add something new to the mix and provide a recently shot short video on the Power of Networking. It is overview of what I have...
Jul 19, 2011 | Career, Finding a Job, Job Search, Jobs, Marketing, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, Personal Branding, Public Relations, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Media, Social Networking, Transition |
I have spoken to numerous organizations across the country for years on networking. Over the last few years many of these meetings are attended by people in transition looking for their next position. I am also one of the founders of Laguna Niguel Connectors that...
Jun 20, 2011 | Career, Finding a Job, Hank Blank, Job Search, Jobs, Marketing, Networking, Personal Branding, Public Relations, Purpose Driven Networking, Social Media, Transition |
I recently wrote three blogs around the theme of hating to network. They were called Hank Blank’s Networking Tips for Those Who Hate to Network, More Networking Tips for Those Who Hate to Network and Networking Tips for College Students Who Hate to Network. They were...
