I get hired to do a lot of motivational speaking. But why would a company hire motivational speakers? Think about it. Why would a company hire you, if you’re a motivational speaker? If you ask this question to most speakers, they will give you answers like: …I’m there...
This is part 5, the final part, of “A Walkthrough Of How To Get $10,000 Speaking Gigs” In this post, we’re going to talk about what you need to do when you’re contacting companies that hire speakers. Read the other parts here: Picking a speaker...
These are a list of resources you can use to help you grow your speaking business. Directory Of Events: This is a list of websites you can use to find speaking opportunities. Speaker Contract: This is the exact contract I use for my paid speaking gigs. Notice how...
So you’re a speaker and you’re wondering… “What should I charge to speak?” Most new speakers have no idea what to charge for paid gigs…especially that first paid gig. You know you’re worth it, and you know this is a...
If you’re a professional speaker then you probably travel to speaking gigs or you want to travel. But there might be times when you forget a few things or you don’t use traveling to it’s full advantage. Most speakers will travel and they will spend a...
There are several professional speakers who want to get more speaking engagements but they don’t have much money to start with. Sure…if you had $50,000 to start your speaking business then of course you can hire people to do all kinds of things and get...
Lets face it, most public speakers are boring. They create presentations with slides that have so much text that you wonder if they were writing a book. But then there are those other speakers…the speakers that can just walk out on stage and give a presentation...
If you’re speaking at a conference then getting a standing ovation is a big ego boost but is there another reason why you should go after the big standing O? Smart speakers know that standing ovations are much more than an ego boost and smart speakers go after...
The way a professional speaker starts their presentation is crucial to the success of it. If you start out bad, the audience will hate your guts (ok maybe not to that extent but you will have a hard time winning them over if they think you’re boring). Here are 4...
Keynote speakers, motivational speakers, all professional speakers have one big question in the back of their minds…How do I get speaking engagements? If you’ve been wondering why it’s so hard to get booked to speak then you’re about to read...
If you’re a keynote speaker and you’ve worked with speaker bureaus then you’ve probably wondered how much they’re really charging a client for your speaking fee. You’ve even heard stories about speakers who quote a fee and later they find...
