Nov 10, 2016 | Networking, New Normal |
I got an email today that was unique. I’m sure that we all get too many emails but I got one back today that brightened my day. I had sent an email to somebody that I didn’t know at a company that was looking for some talent. I asked them if they needed any...
Aug 31, 2015 | Advertising, New Normal |
I don’t work remotely. I work from my office in my house or on my IPad or my IPhone. That’s because I don’t have a job. My job is me. It doesn’t matter where I am. I learned about location when I was a puppy in Canada. Marshall McLuhan predicted a global village and...
Aug 24, 2015 | New Normal |
I saw a recruiter on a panel once tell the audience that the biggest reason that people leave companies is their immediate boss. It doesn’t matter how great the company is. In a way your immediate boss is your employer I know a number of people in sales. They tell me...
Jul 1, 2015 | Advertising, Advertising Agencies, New Business, New Normal |
I really don’t know much about Basketball having grown up in Canada. I do know quite a bit about Hockey though. I do know that Basketball was invented by a Canadian named James Naismith. Wikipedia said he was a Canadian American, although I don’t think you can get...
Jun 15, 2015 | Marketing, New Normal, Social Media |
One of my goals this year was to go to more Conferences. It was the concept of, If you want to be a big fish act like a big fish. I mentioned it in a blog called How Agencies Can Move Up the Food Chain. Now I put a lot of skin in the game making this decision because...
Dec 1, 2014 | Advertising, Advertising Agencies, Hank Blank, Job Hunting, New Normal |
In case you missed it the New Normal was created by a unique convergence. Like many changes do. The first iPhone was launched on June 29th, 2007, Lehman Brothers collapsed on September 15th, 2008 as social media platforms became mainstream. The big bang happened and...
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...
Feb 27, 2014 | Finding a Job, Job Hunting, New Normal, Personal Branding |
I got an email the other day. It came from a person I have never met but he knew me well. He said he was an avid follower of my videos on YouTube. If you want to be found today you have to be out there. Invisibility is not a great career strategy. Sadly many chose...
Nov 24, 2013 | Advertising, Advertising Agencies, Agency Principals, Agency Review Consultant, Agency Reviews, Hank Blank, New Business, New Business Decks, New Business Development, New Business process., New Normal |
I got an e mail from a new friend in NYC the other day. He shared some of his recent agency experiences as a New Business person. “Over the course of the past two years I met with a number of agencies who were looking for New Business leads. What they are really...
Oct 29, 2013 | Best Way to Get a Job, Hank Blank, New Normal |
Many of the people who grew up in the Old Normal often ask me “Is there any professionalism left in the Job Hunting Process Today?” I am a funny guy to ask because I stopped looking for a job 10 years ago when I started Blank and Associates. I saw the writing on the...
