If I told you that I can find speaking opportunities for you, then out of these 3, what would you say? “You’re so sexy Benji” “How much wood could a wood chuck chuck?” “Hmm…what’s the catch?” The answer is obvious right?…You would say number 1. Ok…ok…you would...
Not too long ago, a speaker bureau told me that they wanted me for an event. Ok cool. But after I get all the information for the event, and I’m ready to go, they say, “Oh, we’re going to pay you the full fee after the event. We just need to make sure you show up.”...
What do you do when you quote your speaking fee and they want to negotiate? There are two ways you can go about it: Let The Godfather do the negotiations for you Watch the video above Unfortunately, not everyone has connections with Don Corleone. So if they ask you to...
Several people have sent me an email asking how I make my content videos for Speaking Lifestyle. People often say, Hey Benji, I sold my kids to buy one of your programs. But I wanted to know, how do you make your videos for Speaking Lifestyle? Ok…maybe I added the...
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If someone told me in high school that I would be able to charge $10,000 and up for a speaking gig then I would have said, “Liar liar pants on fire.” But now it’s a reality. So if there’s one thing that contributed to my success then it’s this… Awhile ago, I learned...
Most speakers have a hard time finding speaking gigs…but why? Finding gigs isn’t hard as long as you think about it right. In the video above, you’re going to see what you’re doing wrong when you’re looking for speaking gigs and how to...
By the time you’re finished reading this, you’ll know exactly how to find tons of speaking opportunities so you can fill up your calendar. (Watch the video above to get more ideas) And if you do this right, you’ll have more events in your database than you can...
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...
So I just read an amazing book called Zero To One by Peter Thiel. He’s the billionaire who started Paypal and I wanted to talk about a few things he mentions in this book and how it relates to your speaking business. I don’t know about you, but when a billionaire...
Whenever I ask speakers what their number one problem is with their speaking business, it’s almost always, “How do I get more paid speaking engagements?” So if you’re a speaker and you want to get more speaking gigs then listen up. Right now, you have a problem and...
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...
A lot of speakers want help building their business and I tend to ask a lot of speakers what they speak about and exactly what they need help with. In fact, you might have gotten an email from me where I asked you…what do you speak about and what do you need help...
You’ve probably seen a million powerpoint presentations…and almost all of them are pretty boring. But because you’re nice you don’t say anything and you sit through the torture. You never tell the speaker how boring their powerpoints were, you just silently think...
There are tons of people out there who want to get better at public speaking and improve their presentation skills but they’re not exactly sure how to do it. In this video, I’m going to show you how to become a better speaking a short amount of time. Now you probably...
All speakers have a problem. Speakers want to know how to market themselves so they can get on stages and make money. The problem is…how do you do that? How do you get a company to pay you $10,000 or more to speak on stage for 60 minutes? One of the things I’ve...
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...
Most speakers know that they should create content that motivates. Even if you’re not a motivational speaker, at some level, your presentation needs to have inspirational messages in it because it opens people up to your message. Inspirational messages get people to...
All great speakers know how to get in front of an audience and just control the room. They know exactly what to do the instant they step up on stage. If you know how to command a room then you’re seen a more confident speaker and someone that people pay attention to....
Lots of people want to get better at public speaking and they try to write out a presentation but then they can’t really remember exactly what they wanted to say. I mean, it’s one thing to come up with a presentation but how do you actually memorize your presentation?...
Transcript: When it comes to getting booked as a speaker, there’s one thing that’s going to get you the gigs faster than everything else and it’s something that puts people into the right psychology when they’re visiting your website and checking you out. Most...
