Patrick Barbanes

Webinar: 3 Examples of Personal Branding & Blogging Success

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Date: Thursday, December 16, 2010
Time: 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm EST

See how three different people used blogging to enhance their personal brand. See the process they used. Learn the positive impact and benefits they received.

• One used it to help support a job interview she was going on.
• Another used it to create an entirely new career for herself – in less than 3 weeks!
• Another used it to support his corporate job.

Register below, and I’ll see you on the call!

Once you’ve registered, you can join the Personal Branding webinar here.

Free Webinar: Making Valuable Connections On LinkedIn

LinkedIn is more than just your online resume – it’s an awesome networking tool. Learn some ways and strategies for making connections on LinkedIn – and why you should! Enter your email address below to register, and I’ll see you on the webinar!

DATE: 12/2/10
TIME: 8pm – 9pm EST
LINK: http://bit.ly/pbwebinar
You’ll also receive an email when the webinar has started.

Preview Webinar: Really Simple Branding Bootcamp!

Many people have asked me to put my classes online, to make it easier for them to attend and learn the Really Simple Social Media Strategy. I’ve done several informational webinars and tutorials, but the strategy sessions and classes have all been in person.

Well, I’m extremely excited to announce my newest program – and it happens all online! If you’ve been wanting to find a way “to put it all together” and make sense of a personal brand and how to really use the social networking sites to achieve your goals, this is it!

Tune in to a free preview of my new Really Simple Branding Bootcamp! The Bootcamp will be a completely online experience that will guide you step-by-step and screen-by-screen through the Really Simple Personal Branding & Social Media strategy!

Bootcamp attendees will work directly with me (and some very special guests!) on live webinars, recorded video tutorials, and telephone conference calls, to get your personal brand online, integrated with a strategic social networking presence, and producing real results!

Don’t miss the free preview! Choose from one of two sessions (or attend both!):

Monday, October 4, 2010 – 1:30 pm EST
or
Monday, October 4, 2010 – 8:00 pm EST

Seating is limited on these webinars, and registration for the Really Simple Branding Bootcamp will be extremely limited, so attendees get my undivided attention! So Register Now, by entering your email in the webinar of your choice below. See you there!

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Webinar: 3 Social Media-Enabled Personal Branding Examples

Friday, October 1, 2010
Time: 1:30pm EDT

Join me for this free webinar illustrating 3 real-world examples of personal brands, the tools used to create and integrate them, and the success gained from utilizing them!

We’ll explore a personal brand used to support a job interview, another used to source and find a job opportunity, and how an employee of any organization can create and use a personal brand of his or her own!

Seating limited. Register now below!

Talking Social Media at University of Miami

Last night I had the honor of speaking to students of a social media class given by Alex de Carvalho at the University of Miami School of Communications.

Also speaking with me were Maria De Los Angeles and Carlos Miller.

If you’re a blogger or an aspiring blogger, Maria and Carlos are two bloggers you should check out. Both of their blogs began as personal journeys and have evolved and grown in both direction and in readership. It was quite interesting hearing the blogging experience they shared with the students.

I have hosted webinars with Maria (particularly, “Awaken The Blogger Within!) and she regularly gives workshops on blogging and writing. Stay tuned here, as I’m sure we’ll be scheduling more, and surf over to Maria’s Sex On The Beach site to learn more about her.

Carlos has been a photographer and an activist for freedom of the press for years. His blog, Photography Is Not A Crime, is a prime example of how blogging and the power of the internet enables true freedom of the press and empowers any of us with computer access to shine a light on topics that might otherwise hide in the shadows.

It was quite an honor for me to speak to a class at the University of Miami, as well as to share the experience with bloggers the caliber of Maria and Carlos.

The instructor, Alex de Carvalho, is a leader and community-builder in South Florida. It was my pleasure to be one of his invited guests.

Here are the links again:
Alex de Carvalho | Maria De Los Angeles | Carlos Miller

Special Workshop in Fort Lauderdale: Limit Just 10 People!

Day 2: 30 Days of Facebook Frenzy! How To Get Email Addresses of Your Facebook Friends

It’s Day 2 of my 30 Day Facebook Frenzy!

Some social networks are pretty protective of their member’s information. Even Facebook, in a way. There, I said it. But it’s true! For example, unlike LinkedIn, which provides a way to download the information about your connections, Facebook will let you do no such thing. (To learn how to do this in LinkedIn, read my post, Saving LinkedIn Connections To Your Computer.)

So if you wanted the email addresses of all your Facebook friends, you’d be out of luck. Almost.

A friend on Twitter (@stayinginsync) reminded me of this the other day, an easy way to get a file of the email addresses of your Facebook friends out of Facebook! It’s done through Yahoo! So, to do this, you have to sign up for Yahoo (or already be signed up, of course).

Sign up for Yahoo, if you’re not already.

Then, check out this video, and the simple instructions below it:

Here’s the step-by-step, as outlined at Digital Inspiration:

The trick, as you can see in the video, is actually quite simple.

Go to address.yahoo.com and click the Facebook icon. A login dialog should pop-up, just sign-in with your Facebook credentials and within seconds, you entire Facebook address book will be available inside your Yahoo Mail Account. Once the import is done, click this link to download a CSV file with the email addresses of all your Facebook contacts to your desktop.

You can then import the CSV file into Gmail Contacts, LinkedIn, your phone address book or any of the social sites where you want to connect with your existing Facebook circle.

Update: If Yahoo! is unable to import your Facebook Address book, open your Facebook page and choose “Application Settings” under Account. Next remove the “Yahoo! Contact Importer” application from your Facebook profile and try the steps mentioned in the video again.

Source: http://www.labnol.org/internet/export-email-addresses-from-facebook/12970/

Pretty neat, don’t you think?

You’re Invited! 2 Free Events, Tonight and Tomorrow

Audio: LinkedIn, A Recruiter’s Perspective On YOU

Here is the audio portion of the great webinar I just hosted about LinkedIn with career recruiter, John Nikolaiszyn. You can listen and follow along just fine, even without viewing the slide deck. I wanted to get John’s really valuable tips and information up as soon as possible, so until I have the entire presentation ready to publish, you’ll benefit from just listening. Take notes, and make LinkedIn a key part of your networking strategy!

You can find John on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jnykolai and on Twitter as @CigarSPHR.

Webinar: LinkedIn – A Recruiter’s Perspective

Everyone and their brother (including me!) tells you how to “optimize” and craft your LinkedIn profile to give yourself the best shot at a job, a transfer, a promotion. But what do WE know? When was the last time a social media expert hired anybody? : )

So, here’s your chance to hear how a professional corporate recruiter looks at your LinkedIn profile and activity! Because I’ve got a very special guest for this upcoming free webinar about LinkedIn, John Nykolaiszyn.

John Nykolaiszyn is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), and is currently the Associate Director of Career Management Services for the College of Business Administration at Florida International University. Prior to that, John was the Senior Recruiter at Burger King Corporation, and…well, all up all in, John has more than 12 years as a recruiter under his belt.

So sign up now, because online seats are limited, and you’ll want to hear what he has to say!

NOTE: This will be an online presentation with audio heard by calling in to a conference bridge.
CALL-IN: 712-432-6208
PASSCODE: 100279#

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