Hala Taha -Young and Profiting| Ep 97

06/14/21 • 29 min

Hala Taha is the host of Young and Profiting Podcast, frequently ranked as a #1 Education podcast across all apps. Hala is also the CEO of YAP Media, a full-service social media and podcast marketing agency for top podcasters, celebrities and CEOs projected to generate over $1M in revenue in its first year. She is well-known for her engaged following and influence on Linkedin, and she landed the January 2021 cover of Podcast Magazine.

Hala started her career in radio production while in college at HOT97 on “The Angie Martinez Show.” Later, she launched an entertainment news blog site, “The Sorority of Hip Hop,” where she led an all-female team of 50 bloggers. Together they ran the popular site, interviewed celebrities, produced radio shows, hosted parties/concerts, and nearly snagged a reality TV show on MTV!

When the blog site boom slowed down, Hala took a temporary exit from the entertainment industry to get an MBA. She has 7 years of corporate marketing experience at HP and Disney Streaming Services. She started Young and Profiting Podcast and YAP Media as a side hustle, and now has several high profile clients and over 40 employees. Hala is an expert on networking, personal branding, Linkedin marketing, side hustles, entrepreneurship and podcasting.

https://www.youngandprofiting.com

https://www.youngandprofiting.com

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Nelson Delis -Memory Champion | Ep 96

Nelson Dellis is a 4x USA Memory Champion and one of the leading memory experts in the world, traveling around the world as a competitive Memory Athlete, Memory Consultant, Published Author and highly sought-after Keynote Speaker. As a Memory Champion, Mountaineer, and Alzheimer's Disease Activist, he preaches a lifestyle that combines fitness, both mental and physical, with proper diet and social involvement.

Born with an average memory, Nelson was inspired by the passing of his grandmother from Alzheimer's disease in 2009 to start training his memory so that he could keep his mind strong and healthy throughout his lifespan. In a short period of time, he transformed into one of the leading competitive memorizers in the world, claiming four U.S. titles along the way, the elite Grandmaster of Memory title, as well as a number of U.S. memory records

https://www.nelsondellis.com/

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Andrew Bloch - PR Advisor| Ep 98

Andrew Bloch is the founder of Andrew Bloch & Associates. He is a consultant in the creative and marketing services industry, and involved at board-level in a number of businesses, helping them create new business relationships by spotting opportunities and adding value.

Bloch is a non-executive director at Frank, the PR agency he founded in 2000. Frank is one of the UK’s most respected PR agencies and has represented some of the nation’s best-known brands. It is one of the industry’s most decorated agencies, responsible for some of its most famous campaigns. In 2007, Bloch helped facilitate the sale of Frank to Australian marketing services firm Enero (ASX:EGG). A subsequent deal saw a proportion of equity return to the management team. In May 2020, Bloch stepped down from his day-to-day role as managing partner of the agency to become a non-executive director. He remains a shareholder in the company.

Bloch now runs Andrew Bloch & Associates which is a boutique consultancy that helps brands, agencies and celebrities create new business relationships. He helps brands find the right agencies, helps agencies meet and win news clients, and helps link celebrities and influencers with brands. Bloch has partnered with AAR, and is responsible for leading and expanding their consultancy practise as well as developing new approaches to supporting both brands and PR agencies.

Bloch is a board advisor to a number of high growth tech start-ups including PR software business, Propel, and recruitment and development platform, Phoenix51.

He is an advisor to leading M&A company, PCB Partners, helping buy and sell agencies in the creative and marketing services industry.

Bloch has acted as official spokesperson and PR advisor to Lord Sugar for over 20 years, and has handled the PR for all The Apprentice winners and their companies since the show started in 2005.

Bloch sits on the Business Launch Group panel for The Prince’s Trust, is a founding mentor of the School of Communications Arts, an advisory board member of the School of Marketing, a council member of Superbrands and a group advisor to Big Community Records, the label set up by Google COO, Craig Fenton to help give young black people from low socioeconomic backgrounds a platform to showcase their talents.

Bloch is listed in the ‘PR Week Power Book' – 'The Definitive Guide To The Most Influential People In PR’ and is ranked as the most influential PR person on Twitter (@AndrewBloch)

https://www.andrewbloch.co.uk/