“All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.” That’s my favorite quote by Sun Tzu from The Art Of War because in that quote, he reveals the secret to all of success in any field. If you can...
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...
If you’re a professional speaker and you want to get speaking engagements then this is the first thing you must do. Before the marketing, before the social media, before the…everything…you must do this. In fact, if you don’t have this then no...
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...
If you’re a public speaker then you might be worried that someone else will steal your material from your presentations. Maybe they like a line or two and they take it to make it look like it was their own. So how can you create a presentation that’s so...
Have you ever seen the show Shark Tank? If you have, then you’ve probably seen the entrepreneurs mess up their pitch. And this got me thinking… If you’re a professional speaker and you forget your speech, what do you do? First, watch the video of...
When you first start your speaking business, you might not have a huge budget to get things off the ground so you start bootstrapping. But once you get a couple of gigs, you have money to spend which will allow you to get more gigs…so where should you put that...
As a professional speaker, you need a certain set of skills that will keep you ahead in the speaking industry. But which skills are the best for you to learn? Here are a few skills you should focus on which will help you book more speaking engagements: Copywriting Oh...
Most speakers write a book to position themselves as an expert and to get more speaking gigs. But if you’ve tried to write a book then you might realize how hard it can be. You’re sitting there, staring at your computer, wondering where to start. So how do...
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...
