How much is an ANA membership (small firm)?

I have an offer for a senior technical accountant role in HCOL. The base is about 103K. But I'm required to work on-site basically every week day. Due to this, how much more % wise do you think I can reasonably try to negotiate for? Thanks!

Thinking about going independent and operating out of my home office. Does anyone have any thoughts to share about that? I’m wondering about clients coming to my home and FINRA issues.

I am financially secure (husband now has a high earning job) and looking at what options for "moon shots" at chances of real wealth generation with my years in Big 4 (10+). Month to month cash flow isn't a concern anymore so i can focus on opportunities for bigger pay days. Ideas from the hive mind?

How often does your firm give out branded swag? Anything good lately?

Where have you been ordering takeout?

Hello l! What is the role of senior analysts in HCL customer advocacy groups.

How is the onsite opportunity in HCL? Is it as good as TCS?

Hello everyone.. i have been rolled out of a project recently. I need to submit my client laptop via courier. Please help me with the policy of reimbursement related to this. Thanks

Any recommendations for women’s watches? Looking to spend $800-$1000

Working as a Senior Quality Lead (5.2) at PSL with 13.5 YOE , Is 17.4LPA a decent CTC or am I being underpaid as compared to others at same grade / similar Service Based companies?

What's the hiring process like for a littler case smart attorney? Is it easier to get a case smart position compared to an associate position? Not that I want to be an associate there, but just trying to see if I have a solid chance.

Has anyone had an issue with index match and lookups returning NA when trying to manipulate data from a password protected workbook?

What kinds of books, podcasts, TED talks, etc would you recommend for a recent college grad who has low self esteem, is professionally immature and for whom the prospect of entering the world of work is daunting and stressful?

Trying to find ideas/frameworks that will change mindset, tips, tools and heuristics for self organization, management, soft skills in a professional setting etc

I finally have an extra room to set up a home office. I’m looking at motorized standing desk, but there are so many options out there that it is overwhelming. What’s your recommendation for an L-shaped desk?

How many of you have started traveling for cases?

Dm me if you have below skills

7+ years of Big Data experience and overall 9+ years of IT Experience. Fluent in big data engineering development using the Hadoop/Spark ecosystem
Hands-on project experience with Cloudera Data Platform
Design the data ingestion and integration into the Data Lake using the Hadoop ecosystem tools such as Sqoop, PySpark, Impala, Hive, Oozie, Airflow etc
Candidates should be fluent in the Python language
Leading the Data ingestion and integration flows in Hive, Spark

Hello! Anyone using Covideo or BombBomb to do video email? Or is this too lowbrow for our business?

Anyone going to Mirren next week?

I've been starting to work more in new biz at my agency and the president said in a meeting this afternoon that he wants to increase our close rate to "at least 50%" once we're at the pitch stage.

How do agencies prospect for leads? Is there a database that allows companies to submit an RFI/RFP and then agencies just submit to it? How do agencies know when a company wants to be pitched?

Anyone know of or use a good pitch strategy guide/template that helps focus and structure the final deck? Any best practices you could share would be appreciated. Thanks!

What is the pandemic version of "let's grab coffee". as a biz dev person I am struggling with how to make that initial connection. I offer up calls and/or zooms. Let us know if you have a good tip on how to break the ice with new biz/ get new potential clients interested.

Curious about the biz dev career track. Have you stayed in biz dev your whole career? Or did you start in biz dev and use it to move into another role? What did you move into and how?

Anybody care to share tactics for negotiating rates with procurement? Know they’re bluffing to drive all competing agencies down, but not sure what leverage we have to push back.

How can I develop new business as part of the analytics team?

Is anyone landing new biz these days? If you’re landing new projects with existing clients, that’s interesting. But what about new logos?

Thinking about trying to change into a career in new biz dev. What is the earnings potential of top new biz dev people in the US? For example “Head Of” or CMO level at well known agencies?

Any tips on meeting new clients? Any events that possibly work or strategies?

What are your favorite resources for getting smart real quick on a category?

Besides the infamous google sheet and Glassdoor, where are you all looking to make sure you’re been compensated appropriately? I feel like our little niche is tricky to do proper comp research on, but it’s possible I’m missing something…

New Biz friends! Is anyone hiring for AE level New Business roles in NYC? I’ve done some LinkedIn and company-specific searches but you never know what’s not published. Thanks in advance

Does anyone not show work in credentials meetings? My agency doesn't do it and I've never seen another agency do it that way.

What kind of digital (design, platform) RFPs are you seeing out there recently? Looking for some digital new biz trends. What keeping digital marketers up and where are they investing in 2021?

Curious if anyone uses a new biz referral source / program and what you have found useful and beneficial?

Hello biz dev folks! How are pitches going? I know summer is upon us but curious if the threat of recession is affecting anyone. I had my first client say they were holding off on an initiative due to that. But it could just be a good excuse. 😂.

Has anyone ever attended one of these events put on by companies like Richmond events? These are the events where they invite CMO types and agencies and other industry suppliers get one-on-ones.