Apr 21, 2013 | Hank Blank, Networking, New Business Development, Social Networking |
We have all read the stats. A billion people on Facebook, hundreds of millions on Twitter and LinkedIn. Billions of blogs including this one. I was reading an article in the New York Times this morning on my iPad while lying in bed. I had to make sure I wasn’t...
Apr 16, 2013 | Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Hank Blank, Marketing, Networking, New Business Development |
I was having an early morning coffee with a client the other day. Today clients often have very early morning Starbucks because they have a lot to do with fewer resources to accomplish them. He was sharing with me a story about one of his clients. Yes clients have...
Apr 4, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Principals, Hank Blank, New Business Development, Social Networking |
There is an expression we have all heard. Are you in the business or on top of the Business? When you work for an agency it is critically important for you to be in the business. You see the security of an advertising, PR or digital employee is often based on how...
Mar 31, 2013 | Branding, Hank Blank, Linkedin, Networking, New Business process., New Normal, Social Media, Successful Companies |
I recently wrote this article for The UPS Store Small Business Solutions. In today’s small business environment there is intense competition. It’s a crowded world out there. That is nothing new to the readers of The UPS Small Business Solutions blogs. But one major...
Mar 21, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing, New Business Development |
Once upon a time advertising agencies ruled. Clients didn’t quite understand them but knew they needed them. Being with agencies was fun and amazing and insightful. It was the best part of a client’s day. Agencies were different from clients. Agencies were in...
Mar 7, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Hank Blank, New Business Development |
I have been a New Business hunter most of my marketing life. I have also witnessed a lot of good and bad hunting when I have conducted agency reviews. So how much is an agency New Business person worth these days? A good friend of mine shared a job spec the other day...
Mar 3, 2013 | Agency Review Consultant, Branding, Career, Finding a Job, Graduates, Hank Blank, Job Search, Linkedin, Networking, New Business, New Business Development, New Normal |
So how are things going so far as we enter year five of the New Normal? Having a jolly old time? The New Normal was created when the world melted in the fall of 2008. Lehman Brothers went away. Remember those days? I am sure that the 2.8 million people that lost...
Feb 26, 2013 | Hank Blank, Job Hunting, Networking, New Business Development, Social Networking |
Are you a finder or a grinder? An inside person or an outside person? I recently spoke to the Albuquerque AMA Chapter about How to Rise Above the Crowd. I talked at one point about Finders and Grinders. A couple of people followed up and said those descriptions...
Feb 6, 2013 | Advertising Agencies, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Agency Searches, Digital Agencies, Hank Blank, Marketing, New Business Development |
I had lunch recently with a bright and lovely young Marketing Manager. She confessed to me that she really had not heard the term agency review or search consultant until she met me. I was not surprised. Agency searches don’t happen very often. Sometimes they are...
Feb 1, 2013 | Hank Blank, Networking, New Business Development, Social Networking |
I recently wrote an article as a guest blogger for The UPS Stores Small Business Solutions Site. Often, when I talk to small business owners about networking, many say they have no time to network; they are too busy. I have heard that many times. Who isn’t busy today?...
