Talent Builders CEO, Barbara Giamanco is the co-author of The New Handshake: Sales Meets Social Media An experienced sales and social media consultant, speaker and coach, Barb was recognized by Inside View as one of the Top 25 Influential Leaders in Sales. She has a proven, 30-year track record in generating sales and capped a corporate career at Microsoft, where she led sales teams and coached executives. Throughout her sales career, Barb has sold $1B in products and services.
A sought after speaker and trainer, Barb speaks frequently on the topics of social media and the new world of social selling. She has keynoted executive events and facilitated programs with thousands of executives who consistently rate her as “exceeding their expectations”. She hosts monthly webinars on a variety of topics related to sales, marketing and social media. View the schedule here.
Barb’s new book – The New Handshake: Sales Meets Social Media has quickly become a popular resource for companies looking to understand how to integrate social media into their sales process. Barb has the business and sales experience, coupled with a deep knowledge of how to use technology to enable the sales process. She has been using social media in her own business for more than 7 years.
Barb is a certified Get Clients Now!™ facilitator, an Inscape Certified DiSC® Trainer and Coaches Training Institute certified coach who has worked with leaders and their teams to uncover hidden barriers to their professional success.
You’ll recognize a few of Barb's clients, such as Georgia Pacific, Microsoft, Earthlink Business, Insperity, Executive Forums, Sprint, Marshall Jones, Women in Insurance and Financial Services, American Society for Women in Accounting, GE Healthcare, MD&E, Payne Quest, Profitability Channel, Technical Innovation, StratAchieve, Responsibility Centered Leadership, University of Georgia, UPS Capital Insurance Agency, Wrigley Manufacturing and UGA’s Terry College of Business.
As an active member of the business community, Barb serves as the Atlanta Chapter President of Sales Marketing Executives International (SMEI) and she is the Chair for the Atlanta Women in Business 2012 conference. Barb was recently honored as a 2011 nominee for the Turknett Leadership Character award, and she was the 2009 recipient of the Atlanta Women in Business “Results Count” award.
Interested in booking Barb for your next big sales event? Call her at 404-647-4925.
“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, Renaissance Executive Forums.