Does it Hurt Your Career if Your Company Doesn’t Practice Social Media?

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...

The Questions Each CEO Should Ask About Social Media

Would your Board be pleased if they knew your company’s brand’s investment was being managed by 22 year olds on social media?  Are they good stewards of the brand?  What if your company’s audit was done by the newest employee at your accounting firm? Who sets...

Ten More Quick New Business Tips for Agencies

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...

Hank Blank's 10 Quick New Business Tips for Agencies That Want to Win New Business

1. New Business is about winning new clients. It has nothing to do with advertising. 2. PowerPoint presentations neuter you. 3. Leave the agency posse at home. Fewer is formidable. 4. Blow up your new business template. Solutions aren’t cookie cutter. 5. New business...

Why Agency Creative People Need to Rock on Linkedin to Stay Marketable

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...

Why MBA Schools Need to Teach a Course on What to Do When You Get Fired

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...

Agency Review Consultant, Hank Blank, Outlines How Agencies Can Get More New Business

I am lucky to have a unique perspective as I began my career working on New Business at major agencies in Canada and the U.S. I have also conducted agency reviews for a number of companies including Jenny Craig, Villeroy & Boch, and Raley’s Supermarkets.  I see it...

The Three P’s of Running an Advertising, PR, Digital, or Mobile Agency. How Does Your Agency Stack Up?

I am lucky to have a unique perspective because I began my career working on new business at major agencies in Canada and the U.S. I have also conducted agency reviews for a number of companies including Jenny Craig, Villeroy & Boch, and Raley’s Supermarkets. My...

Audio Clip of Networking Tips for Those Who Hate to Network

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...

Networking Tips for College Students and Young People Who Hate to Network

I have spoken on college campuses for many years now.  The thought of networking was a foreign concept to students in the past.  Oh, and I am not talking about being on Facebook. That is socializing, not really networking in a business sense. I think when students...

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