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If you enjoy getting up in front of groups and speaking, then you’ve come to the right place. Given the talent that you have, and a roadmap I’ll provide you with, it’s very possible for you to become a well paid professional speaker.
Don’t let me kid you, this won’t be easy, but it IS possible. You can take your talent as a speaker and turn it into your full time work. Many people have. I have. But, there is a lot of misinformation out there. I’m here to help you get the real scoop on how things work in the speaking industry.
In order to be successful as a professional speaker, you need more than speaking skills. You’ll need to know how to market yourself and get in front of the right people. This site is all about showing you the inside secrets to success as a professional speaker.
There are a lot of articles here for you to read. Also, it would be invaluable for you to sign up to receive the 52 Week Masters Course in Speaking. This will give you everything you need to know about the profession. NOTHING will be left to chance.
5 Keys to Getting Booked as a Speaker
To be a successful professional speaker, you have to get booked. In order to get booked as a speaker, I’ve compiled a list of items that you must do to help make it happen. 1. Give a Great Speech There is no better way to get booked than to give a great speech. In your [...]
Speaker Demo Tapes and How to Do Them
Unless a potential client can see you “do your thing” at someone else’s event, you’ll need a great video demo to get booked as a speaker. A lot of speakers think that they need to make the videos really fancy to be effective. NOTHING could be further from the truth. Anyone who books speakers is [...]
Mastering the ART of Speaking
Speaking is one thing. Doing it for a living is something else. In order to speak and get paid for it, you have to be a master of the craft. There is an ART to speaking. And yes, it can be learned. Geoffrey Colvin wrote a book titled “Talent is Overrated”. In the book he explains how In order to get to be WORLD CLASS at anything you do, it requires 10,000 hours of practice. Practice done correctly.
How to Market Yourself as a Speaker
No matter how well you speak, if you don’t market yourself well, no one will know about you. I’ve seen some average speakers. with great marketing talent do extremely well. And I’ve also seen the reverse. Some of the best speakers I’ve ever heard speak are no longer in the business because of their lack [...]
Dramatically Increasing Your Income as a Speaker
The problem with the vast majority of people who call themselves speakers is that they don’t make any money. Not REAL money. When I first got started as a speaker,the first thing I did was to find the three or four speaker who were incredibly successful. But before I could do that I had to [...]