Shane Gibson is an international speaker, sales trainer, and author on social media marketing, social selling and sales performance. He has spoken to over 100,000 people on stages in North America, Southern Africa, India, Dubai, Malaysia and South America. Shane Gibson is #5 on the Forbes.com list of the Top 30 Social Sales People in the World. Shane’s books include Sociable! How Social Media is Turning Sales and Marketing Upside Down. Closing Bigger the Field Guide to Closing Bigger Deals and Guerrilla Social Media Marketing, co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson. He is a certified Master Trainer and contributing author in the Complete Sales Action System™, and Managing Complex Business Relationships both published and produced by Knowledge Brokers International.Shane is also Canada’s only Guerrilla Marketing Master Trainer. Shane is also co-founder and facilitator of the Langara College Online Professional Sales Certificate Program. Blogging since 2002, and podcasting since 2004 Shane is a vetran in the social selling arena and cited as an expert in the use of social media platforms, and channels. Published in numerous publications including CMA Magazine, the Financial Post, the Globe and Mail and Entrepreneur.com. Shane is also a regular contributor to Business In Vancouver Magazine. Shane’s speaking and training clients include: Ford Motor Company, Manitoba Motor Dealers Association, CMA Canada, ACL, CDC Software, HeroX, The Vancouver Board of Trade, The Brick, BuildDirect, BMO Financial, Ultimate Software, HUB International, Seminarium Colombia & Chile, Translink, the Sauder School of Business, the University of British Columbia, Canaccord Financial and hundreds of entrepreneurs, individual sales people and marketers over the past 20 years. When he’s not working or tweeting you can find Shane hiking or skiing in British Columbia’s Coast Mountain range with his family. Shane lives in Vancouver and consults, and delivers seminars and training globally.