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Welcome to the Instructor's community.  Our goal is to provide you with:
  • A comprehensive package of content (presentations, workbooks, timelines, etc.)
  • A system for delivering educational sessions through a variety of formats (live, webinar, etc.)
  • Opportunities to develop multiple revenue streams through speaking, training, consulting, coaching, product sales and continuity programs.
  • Training and skill development in becoming better professional speakers and trainers.
  • Marketing and promotional assistance in securing engagements.
  • Administrative support and centralized eCommerce functionality.
  • A fun and supportive virtual environment of team players.
You'll find the content for your presentations, workshops and courses in the Wiki section of the site.

As part of the Instructor community we hope you’ll contribute your ideas, expertise and experience at making the entire CPWS offering more beneficial for everyone. Because the CPWS model is designed to enrich everyone – instructors, students and participants. It’s all about “Connecting People With Success.”

Thank you again for your participation. We’re looking forward to developing a mutually successful venture and helping you build your business!

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So Much Spaghetti Against the Wall?

by Brad Hanks on 08/24/2011 10:13 0 comments , 34 views
Tags: social media, marketing, business
I'm trying a new service (well, new to me) today to promote my social media speaking, training, consulting and coaching.  It's called Thumbtack, and it's a free service businesses and individuals can use to promote their products and services to local consumers and businesses.

In the process of creating my listing, I was wondering how many of these sites are simply more "spaghetti against the wall" - throwing stuff out into the void in hopes ...

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Digital Christmas

by ron alpert on 12/28/2010 13:23 0 comments , 51 views
Categories: Posterous, LinkedIn, Facebook
Tags: web 2.0
Everything seems to be digital these days. Here is a very good Web 2.0 of Christmas 2.0 to enjoy!

 

Christmas 2.0

 

 


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A cleaver vision of the future

by ron alpert on 10/15/2010 19:08 0 comments , 60 views
Categories: YouTube, Posterous, Delicious, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook
Tags: print_media newspaper news future
I was discussing the future of print media with someone the other day who recommended watching this prediction done years before Facebook came online. Watch it, tell me what you think.

 Epic 2014

 

 


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Success In Social Media: It's All About Being Yourself

by Brad Hanks on 09/23/2010 11:42 0 comments , 60 views
Tags: social media, marketing, personality
Cruising through my RSS feeds today, I happened across this blog post on Social Media Today - "The #1 Way to Define Your Online Personality."  This is a critical point to social media marketing I try to drive home every time I have an opportunity to speak before an audience. 

If you're using social media solely to promote your services, sell a product or thump your chest as to just how great you (or your company) are, you're likely ...

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How Diverse is Your Social Media Strategy?

by Brad Hanks on 09/15/2010 00:09 0 comments , 57 views
Categories: LinkedIn, Facebook
Tags: social media, facebook, twitter, linkedin, youtube, diversity, activerain
I recently wrote a blog post on ActiveRain entitled "Putting All Your Social Media Eggs in One Basket," in which I cautioned about using only one social media platform to represent yourself in the social media universe.  Given the vagaries of privacy rules, terms of service and the constantly shifting world of social networking, I felt it made sense to spread your social media presence by using a few different sites, reach a wider audience and ...
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A Great Question: Are Luxury and Social Media Incompatible?

by Brad Hanks on 07/30/2010 16:48 0 comments , 54 views
Tags: social media, marketing, luxury
This is a post that caught my eye, only because I'm currently coaching an individual that deals with lifestyle products for high net-worth clientele.  I think the author has some good points, and she's mirrored some of my own thoughts on whether social media can be a useful tool for those of us dealing in the luxury markets.   What do you think?

Are Luxury and Social Media Incompatible?

As an industry that is known for ...

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Facebook Lists: Start Now Before You Get Too Many Friends

by Brad Hanks on 07/18/2010 12:59 0 comments , 61 views
Categories: Facebook
Tags: social media, facebook, social networking, friends, list, categorize, organize, organization
Lists Can Simplify Your Facebook Experience

In the past year, Facebook has added the ability to categorize your friends in lists, enabling you to filter the status and news updates as well as see which groups of friends are online.  But many people aren't aware of this capability, and are oftentimes surprised when I show them in the sessions I present.  So here's a quick blurb on how to do it.

While you're logged onto your Facebook ...

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Make $$ With Social Media

by Brad Hanks on 06/04/2010 13:08 0 comments , 68 views
Categories: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook
Social media is no longer just social.  Find out how more and more real estate professionals are using their social networks, blogging and photo/video sharing sites to generate business – closing business as a direct result of using social media.

In this rapid fire webinar, Brad Hanks identifies 10 Steps to Dominance With Social Media, showing you how to:

 - Connect with influencers that will refer business your way
 - Attract prospects ...
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Facebook Piled On Again

by Brad Hanks on 05/05/2010 08:41 0 comments , 66 views
Categories: Facebook
Tags: facebook, privacy, security, flaw
This has not been a good week for Facebook.  With the uproar over privacy and security on Facebook splashing across blogs, magazines and television, this has been a week the folks in Palo Alto would just as soon forget.  But the onslaught continues, with this latest post about a security flaw discovered the other day and posted on YouTube.

The post, written by Ryan Naraine and Dancho Danchev of ZDNet in their "Zero Day" blog, exposes the ...

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Has Facebook Gone Too Far?

by Brad Hanks on 05/04/2010 04:27 0 comments , 63 views
Categories: Facebook
Tags: social media, facebook, social networking, changes, tos, terms of service, privacy
Facebook has made some changes.

Not exactly a revelation, right?  I mean, as a speaker, trainer and consultant on the most popular social network in the universe, it infuriates me that Facebook changes its interface, Terms of Service and navigation more frequently than I change my socks.  Well, not really.  I change my socks daily.

But imagine my dismay when I go to present to an audience of a couple hundred people and log on ...

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