“Barb has spoken on 4 occasions to my various Executive Forum groups of CEOs and senior executives. She is a true professional who knows her subjective matter inside out. She maintains an intellectual curiosity that ensures she stays up to date (i.e. this moment) and is able to present her material in an easy to understand manner. Most importantly, she doesn’t over emphasize theory or get caught up in concepts with little value. Barb presents the facts and shows you how to use Social Media to generate revenue at no tangible cost. What a winning formula!” –Bill McIlwaine, President, Renaissance Executive Forums
“You will not win The Revenue Game with one silver bullet but if you work with Barbara she will help you hit the target over and over again by combining your business goals with Social Media, the web and your sales team. This sustained effort will create the powerful revenue results your business needs.” –Rick McPartlin, President, The Revenue Game
“Being overwhelmed and frustrated with learning what I should know about social media, I hired Barbara to present a workshop to my staff and myself on using LinkedIn. Barb & I have know each other for several years but had never worked together; however, she always left me with the feeling that I needed to learn more about her talents and ability. And did I! Her comprehensive knowledge of not just LinkedIn, but other popular social media websites is impressive. Her thoroughness is amazing as is her willingness to share her knowledge. Barb proved to all of us that she is the go-to-person for answers to the new way to network our way into doing business in a “brave new world.” – Judy Suiter, Founder and CEO of Competitive Edge, Inc.
“Barb presented at Inscape’s annual conference, MindLab Forty-Eight, in Scottsdale Arizona, April 9-10, 2010. Barb shared her insights and expertise in a session focusing on social media. Conference attendees greatly benefited from her wisdom and her willingness to share. I am grateful for Barb’s generousity and her collaboration with her peers.” –Julie Straw, VP Sales, Inscape Publishing
“Barbara held a LinkedIn training session for our company and it was one of the most informative and engaging training sessions I’ve been in for a long time. I now feel confident that I know everything about LinkedIn and that I am utilizing the network that I’ve worked so hard to develop. I would recommend Barbara’s presentation to any company looking to learn everything about LinkedIn and its ability to help increase sales. Whether you are a novice or an expert LinkedIn user, everyone will come away from the session with a better understanding of how LinkedIn can help them no matter what their role in the company is.” Zac McRae, Sales Professional
“Barb stands out from – and far above – the crowd. Not only in her knowledge and insight into sales and social media, which is incomparably brilliant and delivers measurable results, but also in her ability to connect with people and get right to the solution for what they need to succeed. She is, indeed, a passionate builder of talent.” -Brownell Landrum, Founder and CEO of DrawSuccess
“Barbara spoke on “Sales Effectiveness Coupled with Social Media= Sales Results” at an ActionCOACH event in Atlanta. I really enjoyed her presentation and it helped me sharpen my skills on using social media.” Yamini Virani, Owner, ActionCOACH
“Barbara is a great speaker on a very important subject matter, the social media revolution. With her background in the IT industry, she was perfectly suited to lead in the genesis of social media. But on top of her knowledge base, her presentation brought the material to the participants, how they best can start working in this new social media world. Her presentation was lively, engaging and the best testimony of all – the participants stayed afterwards for half hour to learn more and exchange ideas among each other.” –Ernie Pollitzer, Director, WCA Consulting
“Barbara very generously helped out with a project to help entrepreneurs and small business owners boost their sales. Not only did she share generously and freely, she also has the unique ability to put things into simple terms so you can put her advice in practice straight away (and profit from it). What impresses me most about her is that Barb really walks the talk, she only passes on knowledge she applies in her own business. Highly recommended.” –Veit U.B. Schenk, Chief Empowerment Executive, YourBusinessGame
“Barbara was referred to the Enterprise Network Worldwide by a colleague who could not fulfill a training obligation. Barbara arrived prepared and energized on short notice. She seamlessly communicated the benefits, as well as expected results of social media tactics to seasoned professionals and neophytes in the audience. I personally look forward to following her blog and the ENW is grateful for the educational value that Barbara delivered during our conference.” –Glenn Hunter, Director of Member Development at The APA/ Enterprise Network
“I really enjoyed your presentation last week (Social media “After the Gold Rush”). You did a great job as evidenced by the fact that I have legible notes to fall back on and new knowledge that I’ve already put to use. You figured out a way to make learning stick. Amazing. Can’t wait for Part II.” -Jelena Butler, Grubb & Ellis/Hudson
Barbara, thank you for the excellent overview at the Georgia Association of Heathcare Executives event on the Social networking. –Leslie Linton, AOS USA, Director of Business Development
“Barb presented ” Social Media Smarts” at the annual Inscape “Mindlab 48″ in Washington, DC…excellent workshop attended by Inscape Distributors. If you want to get up to speed on all of the social technologies and the advantages of using social media in your networking then…. Barb is your go-to person! Lively and informative session providing insight into how social media and its various forms are changing the way that people communicate with each other, share information and network. Highly recommend Barbara as a talented speaker…this is a workshop not to miss out on for your organization! Thanks Barb!” –Diane Reynolds, Corporate Training Shop, Inc.
“I have attended several training events that Barb facilitated about Social Media. Barb is obviously extremely passionate about the subject. What really makes her stand out is her obvious expertise about the subject. All of the information she put out was very current and she spoke with a clear understanding of LinkedIn, Facebook etc and how they can be used for business. I highly recommend Barb as a resource for Social Media Seminars.” –Peter Wood, Peter Wood & Associates.
“Barb, I’m chomping at the bit to get going after today’s coaching session. You are definitely ahead of the pack when it comes to social media savvy. The 50 minutes we invested this morning saved me countless hours of trial and error. Your focus on embedding my company’s strategy into my social media activities sets you apart from the basic “how to” webinars. Worth 10 times what I paid—thanks so much!”- Jennifer Miller, Managing Partner, SkillSource
“Last night the presenter (Barb Giamanco) at the Social Media event said that she had just signed a publishing deal for her book. This was the best presentation on social media I have attended you need to be at the follow-up meeting on June 9th. Barbara, I enjoyed meeting you at the Social Media presentation last night; an impressive program and personally very worthwhile for me.” –Sam Galbraith
Barbara, Great presentation on social networking! I wanted to start utilizing Twitter and now have a better understanding on how to do so. Thanks!” — Kevin Wood, SeaTec, LLC
“Barb – I just wanted to let you know that your session today was excellent – I’ve attended several others and yours was far superior. I will be following you on Twitter. Thank You.” –Chris Carrington, Executive Vice President, Lorel Marketing Group
“Hi Barb, I just had to tell you what an awesome job you did on today’s webinar. Normally Paula will have me take roll call and then go back to my desk. Today I was so riveted by your valuable information that I listened until the very end. THANKS SO MUCH!” –Tim Tessman, Inscape Publishing
“Barb, your comments on the Inscape’s telecall last week really helped me re-focus and remember some of the basics; ie: permission marketing and frequency of client contact. I got a really good response of click throughs on the email campaign….and guess what, not a single mention of SkillSource products/services. And, the variety of people clicking through on this campaign was much different than some of my others. I suffer from the “don’t want to bother them” issue, but you helped me put it into perspective.” –Jennifer Miller, Managing Partner, SkillSource.
“My office manager is out this week so it’s been hectic, but I didn’t want the week to end without thanking you again for your presentation at Monday’s SCORE seminar and for taking time to talk with me afterwards. You made the day worthwhile.” — Jim Davis, Sound On-Site, Inc.
“Hi Barbara, on behalf of myself personally and the entire 400 Club, thank you so much for your fun, motivating and thought provoking presentation- you are a rock star when it comes to speaking!” –Stephen Walker, S.R. Walker Designs