Steve Blakeman

Steve Blakeman Business Expert

Steve is Global Media Lead - Nestlé at Mindshare. Prior to this role, he was the Managing Director - Global Accounts for OMD based in London / Paris leading Groupe Renault and CEO for OMD in Asia for 4 years based in Singapore. At OMD, he increased billings by +60% to over US$ 5bn and won 1000+ industry awards including agency network wins at the Cannes Lions (2013) and Festival of Media Asia (2013). He was named by LinkedIn as a 'Top 10 Writer' for 3 consecutive years (15/16/17). His first book 'How to be a Top 10 Writer on LinkedIn' is a Best Seller on Amazon. Steve holds a Bachelor in Psychology from Liverpool University. 

Rock Stars on LinkedIn - Michael Staertow

Rock Stars on LinkedIn - Michael Staertow

As a recording and touring guitarist, Michael Staertow has worked with some rock gods during his career such as Lou Gramm (Foreigner), Rudy Sarzo (Whitesnake, Quiet Riot), Paul Rodgers (Bad Company) and Carmine Appice (Rod Stewart) to name but a few.

Steve Blakeman
28/10/2020
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Interview with Mike McFall: Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Legacy and a Little bit of Love

Interview with Mike McFall: Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Legacy and a Little bit of Love

Mike McFall is the co-founder and CEO of America’s third biggest coffee chain, BIGGBY.

Steve Blakeman
28/10/2020
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Sadfishing - The Latest Toxic Social Media Trend

We've had Tweeps, sliding into your DM's, Vaguebooking and Sharebait and now comes along Sadfishing which is being hailed as a toxic threat especially to young children.

Steve Blakeman
12/11/2019
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6 Mistakes that People Make with their CV

Your resumé / CV is your golden ticket to a new career... or potentially the quickest way to kill your prospects of a dream job. Why? Because all too often recruiters / employers are looking at ways to rule you out so they can get to the best candidates, so here I have highlighted some common mistakes that people make which you can easily eradicate:

Steve Blakeman
12/11/2019
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Bugging Out - Insects Become the Latest Health Food Trend in Supermarkets

Would you swap your corn chips for crunchy crickets? What about your macaroni for some moreish mealworms? Well all you have to do is just pop down to your local supermarket for a bag of barbeque flavour cockroaches.

Steve Blakeman
19/08/2019
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Lost For Words - The Slow Death of the English Language

Do you remember when a 'tweet' was the cheery chirp of a bird? When a 'cloud' wandered lonely across the sky? When a 'stream' was a mesmerising meandering flow of water? Or is it just me that is getting sick of how we are gradually killing the English language one word at a time?

Steve Blakeman
06/08/2019
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World's Quickest IQ Test Only Has 3 Questions - But 83% of People Fail It

World's Quickest IQ Test Only Has 3 Questions - But 83% of People Fail It

Think you are smart? Want to find out quickly? Then simply answer the World's shortest IQ test below.

Steve Blakeman
06/08/2019
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Amazon Prime Day is Now the Biggest Shopping Event in History

Last week, Amazon Prime Day became the largest shopping event in history by selling more products than last years Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. A mind blowing 175 million items were bought in just 48 hours which is a 75% jump on last year - that's more clicks than a school of chatty dolphins.

Steve Blakeman
25/07/2019
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Why The Show Must Always Go On

A few months ago I was invited by Richard Blackburn and Paul McBeth from ECN to attend their #Spirit global conference at the rather splendid Waldorf Astoria hotel in Versailles.

Steve Blakeman
04/07/2019
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Cannes Lions 2019 - a Preview of the Pride

Now in it's 66th year, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity begins next Monday with a promise of creative excellence, cutting edge innovation in communication and the odd glass of Rosé.

Steve Blakeman
13/06/2019
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