There are a million books out there on time management tips and secrets. Every book has it’s own technique that lets you increase your productivity but there’s one thing that almost all these books are lacking and it’s the most important part of...
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...
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...
Getting asked to speak for free is like a pimp slap to professional speakers. People wouldn’t ask their dentist to work for free and they wouldn’t expect others to ask them to work for free…but they have no problem asking a speaker to work for free....
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...
Is it possible to get testimonials in a way that gets you more speaking engagements and keeps you booked? Of course it is. But how do you get great reviews that attracts more clients to book you to speak and keeps you calendar full? Testimonials have been my secret...
