Closing Bigger
JULY 28, 2009
I’m doing a webinar for the Association of Professional Design Firms this morning and while I was compiling a resource list for them I thought I might as well blog it instead. I’ve put up a lot of video, podcasts and blog entries up in the past month on Social Media Strategy and tools so I thought I would build a topic map. Most of this content is inspired by the book “ Sociable!
Sales Gravy
JULY 19, 2009
When you convince yourself that you are so busy, you wont focus on the most important task at hand such as working your business growth action plan. The activity of the moment will keep you in a very reactive state instead of a proactive one.
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Closing Bigger
JULY 28, 2009
'I’m doing a webinar for the Association of Professional Design Firms this morning and while I was compiling a resource list for them I thought I might as well blog it instead. I’ve put up a lot of video, podcasts and blog entries up in the past month on Social Media Strategy and tools so I thought I would build a topic map. Most of this content is inspired by the book “ Sociable!
Closing Bigger
JULY 26, 2009
Walking the middle path between the yin/yang is where all harmonious and balanced answers are received and expressed. This was a very powerful principle that was taught to me by Master Fook Yueng. It is important when focusing on the holistic approach that we look at things in multiple ways. We ask questions in multiple ways, we discover answers in multiple ways.
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Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
Thank-you to 6s Marketing for your support during the 2009 blogathon for the Vancouver Food Bank. I first met Chris Breikss and John Blown founders of 6s Marketing when I was working as a sales manager for an online advertising company during the first dotcom boom of the late 90’s early 2000’s. They were running their business on a shoe string budget and had just launched 6s Marketing.
Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
I have made a few videos about Tweetups, Twitter, and social media over the past few months. Here’s some of my favorite ones. Enjoy. Twitter For Sales Part 1. Twitter For Sales Part 2. What the Heck is a Tweetup? Social Media is Turning Sales and Marketing Upside Down. How Hard is it to Video Blog? To Donate the the Vancouver Food Bank Click here or the image below.
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Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
'This podcast answers another version of the question “Why?” with the answer “Why not me?” To Donate the the Vancouver Food Bank Click here or the image below. Every bit helps! Blogathon 2009 for Vancouver Food Bank. This podcast answers another version of the question "Why?" with the answer "Why not me?" To Donate the the Vancouver Food Bank Click here ([link] or the image below.
Closing Bigger
JULY 26, 2009
'My friend Trevor Wallace decided to not do a cash donation and donate food directly at a Vancouver Food Bank collection box. If you believe in the cause and would prefer to do that fantastic. Send me a pic like Trevor did and I will put it up on the site. My son also brought some cans, macaroni and cheese, and pasta from his Mom’s house too, guess we’ll be doing a delivery tomorrow too.
Closing Bigger
JULY 26, 2009
'Walking the middle path between the yin/yang is where all harmonious and balanced answers are received and expressed. This was a very powerful principle that was taught to me by Master Fook Yueng. It is important when focusing on the holistic approach that we look at things in multiple ways. We ask questions in multiple ways, we discover answers in multiple ways.
Closing Bigger
JULY 26, 2009
'Well I’m done. I haven’t tallied all of the pledges yet but it appears that with the help of my blog readers and twitter friends that over $1200 was raised for the Vancouver Food Bank. That for me was worth the 24 hours of no sleep. Here’s a partial list of the great people who made donations to the Food Bank: Trevor Wallace. Doug Morneau of Rhino Marketing Inc.
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Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
What I want to be when I grow up. I used to want to be a video game programmer, but I think that’s too much work. And now I want to work at Apple, the company that makes Mac computers and iPods. I think selling them is fun and will give me a good life and also will help people. Technology can help you do work faster, talk to your friends more and even play games.
Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
This video outlines what the 2009 Blogathon is about and why I’m blogging for 24 hours (48 entries). To Donate the the Vancouver Food Bank Click here or the image below. Every bit helps! Blogathon 2009 for Vancouver Food Bank.
Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
This is Blogathon 2009 entry #3. I’m blogging for 24 hours to raise funds for the Vancouver Food Bank. You can make a donation below. Ignore Everybody by Hugh Macleod is a fantastic book on tapping into your creative potential and stepping out from the crowd. Following is a video book review of “Ignore Everybody and 39 Other Keys to Creativity” by Hugh MacLeod: Here’s one of my favorite cartoons the Hugh put together (From Gapingvoid.com ): Dumb Cat. – To Donate the the V
Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
This blog entry was submitted in support of my 24 hour blogathon for the Vancouver Food Bank ( donate here to help feed hunger and poverty ). Thank-you Cindy King for all of your support. What an eye opening and incredible blog entry and video. Thanks! Here it is: Can You Use Social Media To Get International Sales For Your Business? As a small business owner based in France targeting North American clients, social media makes good sense for me.
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Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
What I want to be when I grow up. I used to want to be a video game programmer, but I think that’s too much work. And now I want to work at Apple, the company that makes Mac computers and iPods. I think selling them is fun and will give me a good life and also will help people. Technology can help you do work faster, talk to your friends more and even play games.
Closing Bigger
JULY 16, 2009
One of my favorite books period, an easy read yet with deep consequences is the book “Ethics 101” by John C. Maxwell. Here is an image of the book cover from Amazon.com ( and no this is not an affiliate link): – – – Now lets look at a screen cap of the following this Techcrunch Entry titled Our Reaction To Your Reactions To the Twitter Confidential Documents Post – – The irony for me is using an image called “Ethics 101” but it’s an im
Closing Bigger
JULY 16, 2009
One of my favorite books period, an easy read yet with deep consequences is the book “Ethics 101” by John C. Maxwell. Here is an image of the book cover from Amazon.com ( and no this is not an affiliate link): – – – Now lets look at a screen cap of the following this Techcrunch Entry titled Our Reaction To Your Reactions To the Twitter Confidential Documents Post. – – The irony for me is using an image called “Ethics 101” but it’s an i
Closing Bigger
JULY 7, 2009
I have been involved in the beta for Hootsuite 2.0 and had the opportunity to connect with Ryan Holmes President of Invoke Media. For our book Sociable! I interviewed Ryan about the soon to be released version of Hootsuite. It is loaded with features, analytics and tools that business users of Twitter can really benefit from Here’s the video of the interview The post Hootsuite 2.0 Interview with Ryan Holmes appeared first on Shane Gibson's Podcast – Social Selling – B2B Sales and Inf
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Closing Bigger
JULY 7, 2009
I have been involved in the beta for Hootsuite 2.0 and had the opportunity to connect with Ryan Holmes President of Invoke Media. For our book Sociable! I interviewed Ryan about the soon to be released version of Hootsuite. It is loaded with features, analytics and tools that business users of Twitter can really benefit from. Here’s the video of the interview.
Closing Bigger
JULY 7, 2009
I have been involved in the beta for Hootsuite 2.0 and had the opportunity to connect with Ryan Holmes President of Invoke Media. For our book Sociable! I interviewed Ryan about the soon to be released version of Hootsuite. It is loaded with features, analytics and tools that business users of Twitter can really benefit from. Here’s the video of the interview.
Closing Bigger
JULY 4, 2009
I recently got sent a copy of Twitter Power to review by the Publisher John Wiley & Sons. The book was written by best selling author Joel Comm ( @joelcomm ) with Ken Burge. Overall I thought it was a great book on Twitter especially for those who are new to social media. Here’s my video review: The post Twitter Power Book by Joel Comm and Ken Burge Book Review appeared first on Shane Gibson's Podcast – Social Selling – B2B Sales and Influence.
Closing Bigger
JULY 4, 2009
I recently got sent a copy of Twitter Power to review by the Publisher John Wiley & Sons. The book was written by best selling author Joel Comm ( @joelcomm ) with Ken Burge. Overall I thought it was a great book on Twitter especially for those who are new to social media.
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Closing Bigger
JULY 1, 2009
This is a short clip from a seminar I did recently on Integrating Social Media into Your Sales Process. This clip is about the merits of tweeting from the bathroom. Here’s the Poll: The post Twitter and Tweeting From the Bathroom Business Case Video appeared first on Shane Gibson's Podcast – Social Selling – B2B Sales and Influence.
Closing Bigger
JULY 1, 2009
This is a short clip from a seminar I did recently on Integrating Social Media into Your Sales Process. This clip is about the merits of tweeting from the bathroom.
Closing Bigger
JULY 31, 2009
'I had a number of people (close to 300) complete the 28 Days to Better Selling Program I put on in May and June. Many of you were asking when I was going to do it again? My next one will be in the fall but it will be marketing focused. With that said, you can do the 28 Days to Better Selling Program at your own pace by following the links below. Here’s how 28 Days to Better Selling Works: 1) A daily task that you can easily implement to improve your sales and business. 2) A succinct dail
Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
This podcast is a cautionary one for those of us that dove in blind and head first into Social Media. We were right. It’s the future of marketing and it’s changing the way we work, lead, and sell. With that said, we can still go broke wasting our time with Twitter, blogging, Facebook and Linkedin if we don’t have a plan to GET REAL.
Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications
Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.
Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
The last podcast I did was about “ Getting Real in Social Media ” and this is an extension of that. I’m a big proponent of the use of social media marketing and social networking in business. With that said, often social media helps us start a relationship, it can also help us nurture a relationship, but there are core sales skills needed to turn those relationships into revenues.
Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
This doesn’t need much of an intro. The title says it all. Marketers are lying to you about social media. People are designing speeches, and marketing packages around a topic they have very little background in. Listen to the podcast to find out why this is happening and what to do about it. The post Podcast: Marketers are Lying to You About Social Media appeared first on Shane Gibson's Podcast – Social Selling – B2B Sales and Influence.
Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
Guest blog entry by Tris Hussey , author, blogger, new media maven: Encouraging comments and discussion Comments are what keep blogging going. The dialogue and feedback that helps you not only grow as a writer, but also ensures that you stay on track. Through comments you learn, interact, and gain inspiration. I’ve written entire follow-up posts based a comment from a post.
Closing Bigger
JULY 25, 2009
Jay Levinson says it takes up to 18 months for a the market to react and accept a new brand. Jim Janz says it takes 18 months it develop a leader. Fred Shadian says it takes 1000 training sessions to become a master. Malcolm Gladwell says it takes 10,000 hours to become an outlier. This podcast is about becoming a community building and marketing maven.
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