Do you know how many people you have to contact before you book a speaking gig? If you’re selling products, do you know your cost per acquisition? Do you know how much you can spend to get a speaking gig? If you don’t know these numbers then you’re building a business...
In the Facebook Group, I asked if anyone had questions about growing their speaking business and this is the first video of many where you can listen to the answers. The questions that were answered are: Jason – I always hear successful people in any field...
This is part 2 of 21 Ways To Get Paid Speaking Engagements… go here for part 1 15. Spin-Offs Spin-off gigs and referral gigs are your bread and butter. This is how you can build a speaking business and have a horrible website (cough cough Les Brown) but still...
It seems that one of the biggest problems speakers have is “How do I find events to get booked at?” But finding events is actually the easiest thing to do…getting hired to speak is a whole new story. The key isn’t to just ‘find...
Most speaker have a problem getting paid speaking gigs. They want to book more gigs but for some reason, they’re not getting booked. What I’m about to tell you is one of the biggest reasons why speakers don’t get gigs and most speakers have no idea...
If you asked a meeting planner what’s the number one thing they need to hire a speaker, do you know what they would say? If there’s only one thing they could look at, what would it be? It’s not your speaker one-sheet, it’s not your speaker bio,...
I always send emails out to see what kinds of videos you want and one person asked if I could make a video about ‘getting past gatekeepers.’ Now when it comes to sales, you’ve probably heard all kinds of different ways to get past gatekeepers and all kinds of things...
If you’re listening to this now then it’s because you want me to book speaking gigs for you. I’ve been on stages for companies like AAA, HIlton, Best Buy, and a ton of others. I know how corporate companies hire speakers and there’s no limit to the amount they will...
I’m going to tell you the story of how I got really good at getting paid corporate gigs and being able to fill up my schedule in 10 days. At the beginning, I couldn’t get a paid gig to save my life. I started out as a mentalist, doing mind reading demonstrations in...
I remember I used to look at other motivational speaker’s websites and wonder who they were getting their gigs…especially if the website sucked. I would study all these other speakers, see how they’re marketing themselves, look at their speaking videos, all kinds of...
A lot of speakers have questions about speaker contracts…especially when starting in the speaking industry so in this post, I’m going to answer a few of those questions and give you a little behind the scenes look at contracts and their purpose. Now you might be...
Here are 12 public speaking tips that you can use in your presentations: 1. Pattern Interrupt A pattern interrupt is when the speaker does something that pimp slaps the mind to pay attention. When you see a speaker on stage, you might get bored because it’s...
I’ve always wondered what’s the difference between the speakers who succeed in this business and the speakers who don’t. Some speakers just seem to get it and others just have a hard time getting on stages no matter what. So I took a good look at the speakers who...
Almost every speaker wants to know how to get more speaking engagements but most speakers have a huge problem… The problem is that maybe you just can’t spend a ton of money on marketing. Maybe you don’t have a lot of money in your bank account left over to hire...
As a professional speaker, you probably know that you should create products because they will increase your profits in the speaking business. But how should you create and sell your speaker product? If you’ve been to conferences with speakers then you’ve...
This is a simple infographic on how to get speaking gigs and what it’s like inside the mind of an event planner. If you’re a professional speaker and you want to get more gigs then you have to make sure you’re on top of your game. The infographic...
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...
Tons of speakers want to get more speaking engagements but they let little things slip through the cracks and this decreases the profit they make from their speaking business. Have you ever seen an inefficient business? There was a flight attendant who made a...
Have you seen a presentation or video so good that you couldn’t help but talk about it? We’ve all seen viral videos or a public speaker that makes a jaw-dropping presentation and we just want to tell others about it. But what makes a presentation so good?...
There are some speakers who just have that It Factor and others who just don’t have that vibe. You’ve seen it before…the speaker who gets on stage and they have stage fright or they just look out of place; They’re the cute kitty cats in a lions...
