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?

How long did it take after getting your license to actually start making money?

Currently 25 y/o making 70k/year in Boston. I grew up pretty poor and I have minimal financial education. A lot of my salary now goes towards helping my parents get out of debt. My parents are no longer able to live on their own, so considering selling my grandmas house where they live (maybe 550k), paying off their mortgage (100k) and buying a duplex (between them they make about 55k/year). Is buying a two family home a good investment ? How much can I afford to spend on a new house?

Have 50k in brokerage to put towards buying a place in Atlanta. Young 20 something who's lease is ending soon

Roth IRA and 401k are well funded but don't want to pull from there.

Should I buy and rent the extra bedrooms to friends, or stay renting and put savings in stock market?

Having trouble opening a new bank acc (eg Marcus by GS, Ally) as I‘ve only been in US for a few months and have no credit history. Any international fish have tips to circumvent?

What are the best ways of tax exemption

Is it crazy to put down 50% if that down payment amount is almost 50% of your net worth?

2019 Hot Take #1: Mutual fund outflows will continue and accelerate if the market pulls back.

Bank error 30k in your favor. BTC… Where to start?

Is there anyone from Canada here? I’m looking for some information on working out of the country, but selling insurance.
Thanks

Hi, Ive been working for 5 yrs now , but haven't made any investment or bought asset as such, no savings except the ppf. Please guide

Hello folks,

How does everyone save tax
I'm aware about 80C, nps and home loan interest.

Anything else?

There are advisors who present themselves as a financial planner first and investment manager second. Which one are you?

I just realized that Biden is making good on his pledge not to raise taxes on people making less than $400k. Surprised more conservatives aren’t celebrating this fact.

I’m 26 and have ~40k sitting in my savings account. Annual income 140k. Maxing out 401k. No debt. Planning to invest 25k but don’t know where to start. Should I get a wealth manager? What is the best way to approach this?

Any opinions on Atlanta vs. Vegas IMC Markets?

Best credit card for someone who goes out to bars and restaurants a lot and enjoys travel???

Does anyone think there is long-term viability in Cryptos?

Best way to answer “why do you want to join private credit” or “why do you want to join private debt”. I have a general sense of why I want to but can’t really put my thoughts into words. Any insight would be helpful. Thanks.

Best book you've read recently on personal finance?

I need a good snaker plug in the Nova area.

Hello

Can anyone refer me for associate/ consultant profile under technology consulting role? ( IT strategy/ M&A/ Digital transformation role)

On NP and LWD is 29th November.

Having offer from 2 big4 but want to get in bain badly !!

hi ,

where i can find document id to accept the offer letter.

urgent.

Is it possible that HCL technologies employees can work from any other HCL company office like HCL infosystem.
One of the recruiter told me that you can work from any of the nearest HCL office whether it is HCL technologies or Infosystem.

Who is a PM here? What product/area are you focused on?

Tmrw is my joining date with optum when will I receive joining formalities and onboarding procedure

Are all big 4s in India the same? Moved from US to India and the work in one of the Big4s for consulting is so bad!! Unstructured, lack of traction, superficial work done.. 🙄🙄 how does any work get done? The project didn’t achieve targets last yr and they’re still making same mistakes this year..🤦‍♂️

My wife got offer from deloitte and mindtree for the same package.. Which one will be better to choose? What about work life balance?

I doubt this will ever happen, but after seeing the Aston Martin launch. I’d love to see a day where the likes of Porsche, Audi, Maserati, Lamborghini entered F1.

I teach freshmen who haven't met the only other single teacher in my department. Today, I asked one of them to take something to him and immediately kids started talking about how we were dating. Ugh.

Anyone have any insight as to the interview process for associate counsel positions at Google? Thanks!

The dir of the gen-ed preschool my self-contained room is attached to just let the staff know that she gave notice. I’m devastated.

Tell me about your director. I don’t know of many. [more below]

I was working in IT but my role tag was BPS. How much time it will take to get my role tag changed. It's been 1.4 years since I joined the company. Any suggestions?

SR 🐟 - any info about the DC/VA office? Is it just crappy association and gov work or what?

Spoke w partners at my firm about expanding branches over the next 5-10 yrs. Part of the focus will be to buy books but also bringing new advisors. Would you make the adivsor sign a noncompete?

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.

Are you doing cold reach outs? Working only known connections? Or employing an automated marketing system? How you getting bid opportunities? We work connections and a lot of cold reach outs. Trying to get automated marketing of some type up and running.

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

Does anyone know where to source an updated list of search consultants. My 4A’s list is terribly outdated.

What it up with the Ford review. Why all the secrecy?

There is a unventilated chamber of hell reserved for clients who schedule pitches during the final two months of the year.

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.

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!

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

Thinking about biz dev on the media agency side: How do you find newness in strategy to get clients excited? Isn’t it 100% data now? As if media wasn’t unsexy enough.
How do media agencies do it?

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

Anyone have any intel on who led the last review for Wolf/ sub zero? Shot in the dark here for some intel.

Anyone have any experience landing a porn account?

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…

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?

Hi everyone, I'm so glad I found this bowl! Feels a little quiet lately, anyone have any wins or insights they're dying to share with like-minded folks?

I'll start: I want my agency to speak to...

Hi! Has anyone gone to one of the GDS group CMO Insight Summits? Is it worth the large price tag?

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

Any McCann NY new business fish in here? I see you have an opening and would love to get the inside scoop.