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Aug 8, 2016

Peter Shankman is a spectacular example of what happens when you merge the power of pure creativity with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and a dose of adventure, all to make it work to your advantage. The New York Times has called him "a public relations all-star who knows everything about new media and then some," while Investor's Business Daily has labeled him "crazy, but effective."

He founded Help A Reporter Out (HARO) in 2010 from his apartment before selling it to Vocus. Peter is the also founder of ShankMinds: Business Masterminds, a series of small business entrepreneurial-style masterminds in over 25 cities worldwide. Additionally, Peter is also the founder and CEO of The Geek Factory, Inc., a boutique Social Media, Marketing and PR Strategy firm located in New York City, with clients worldwide.  

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

  • Innovation through exploration
  • Why you need to hold your ground with clients and force them to trust your expertise
  • How to get your customers to tell your story for you
  • Peter’s book “Zombie Loyalists”
  • Peter’s company The Geek Factory
  • How agencies can make customer service attractive for their clients
  • Why rewarding someone for being your 10,000th follower is an insult to the rest of your followers
  • Why everything you create has to have value for someone
  • How to create invested customers with the way you respond through email
  • How Peter carves out time in his schedule for everything
  • Peter’s preferred methods for professional development
  • What Peter’s agency of the future would look like
  • How Peter helped his employees with professional development
  • The things that get in the way of corporations hearing their customers
  • Things agencies can do right now to implement the ideas from this episode

Ways to Contact Peter Shankman:

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