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Want to know how to become a paid speaker? You're in the right place.
Here you'll find practical lessons about creating presentations, getting speaking experience, building your reputation, and marketing yourself to organizations.
These are subjects I've learned about while building and running my own speaking business.
Whether you're preparing your first speech or looking for more paid opportunities, begin with the area that matters most to you.
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Become a Better Speaker
Learn how to choose your topic, create powerful presentations, tell meaningful stories, and connect with audiences.
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Build Your Reputation
Learn how to create a speaker reel, gain speaking experience, gather testimonials, and present yourself professionally.
BOOK
Grow Your Speaking Business
Learn how to find potential clients, approach event planners, market your services, and pursue paid speaking engagements.
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If you are a speaker, coach, or trainer, you already feel it.Booking speaking engagements is harder than it used to be. You send emails.You pitch yourself.You reach out to meeting planners. And most of the time, you hear nothing back. If that sounds familiar, you are...
Years ago when I started speaking, I was really excited. Maybe too excited. I was taking massive actions! I paid a bunch of people to coach me. I deprived myself of a lot of time scrambling for enough cash to pay those coaches. One of those coaches told me to put a...
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I read a comment from one of my videos on Youtube. The guy was answering a couple of questions about luck and connections. Here's part of his comment: "Are successful people luckier or smarter than failures? My answer is yes, sometimes they are but not always or...
Let’s face it. You have a message to share. The desire is burning deep inside of you because transforming lives is your calling. Friends and co-workers always tell you it is time to start sharing your wisdom with the world. Sometimes you feel like you are working a...
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