Aug 17, 2014 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing, Networking, New Business Development, Social Networking |
I have conducted agency reviews for clients like Jenny Craig and Toyo Tires. I was the fly on the wall. I have won lots of New Business for agencies and supported myself for over a decade by creating my own salary. So here are the key secrets I have discovered about...
Aug 5, 2014 | Career Planning, Career Success, Career Tips, Hank Blank, Networking |
I do because many people that I hardly know have given their friends to me. You get a call or an e mail from a former co-worker or a friend. “Hey buddy I just got let go. No way. That sucks. You are great. You will find a job soon. They will miss you and be sorry...
Jun 29, 2014 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing, New Business Development, Social Networking |
Yes we all live in the New Normal. The starting date was September 15th 2008 when Lehman Brothers went down. The largest bankruptcy filing in the U.S. as Lehman had a value of 600 billion. I am not that good at Math but if you multiplied the 17 Million people that...
Jun 24, 2014 | Hank Blank, Networking, New Normal |
I know the Recession well. I remember sitting in a Starbucks with some friends in Laguna Niguel in August 2008 and taking about starting a networking group to help people in transition. Snap your fingers and Laguna Niguel Connectors has almost 4000 members. People...
Mar 23, 2014 | Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing, Social Networking |
I got one of my numerous emails today. The article said that the Internet was 25 years old this month. We have all seen the stats. There are trazillions of emails sent every day, a billion people on Facebook, billions of searches daily. I have a PowerPoint of my own...
Feb 21, 2014 | Hank Blank, Networking, Networking Tips, Social Networking |
I love to network. I do it all the time. I have spoken to companies, schools and organizations across the country for years. I guess that is why I am connected with thousands of people on LinkedIn. It surprises people but doesn’t surprise me as I was the guy waking...
Feb 6, 2014 | Career Planning, Hank Blank, Networking |
I got an email the other day from a very smart young lady that worked in the agency game. She always knew her stuff. I was checking in with her. She replied that all was good. Love my job she said. I just want to keep it. It struck me with reflection. Yes keeping...
Jan 4, 2014 | Hank Blank, Networking |
When we were young some of us heard the reprimand “You don’t act your age.” Probably more boys heard it than girls. It would float out in the air in classrooms, malls, restaurants, perfect vacation hotels. You get the picture. You just need to have an ear that hears...
Dec 22, 2013 | Hank Blank, Networking, New Business Development |
Oh no. Not another networking article from Hank Blank. Oh I know by now most people have read lots of networking articles. Many were read with great interest by those in transition during the Great Recession. When those people landed they read less and networked even...
Nov 18, 2013 | Hank Blank, Networking |
I had a coffee the other day with a new arrival to the New Normal. He was well educated and had a successful career in the Old Normal. We had never met before but had gone to the same University in Canada. The University of Western Ontario. Fancy that since we were...
