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February 18, 2020
How to Use Business Systems to Find More Buyers
This month at The Wealthy Speaker School, we are focusing on the topic of finding more buyers. This is an area that many speakers struggle with, regardless of how long they’ve been in business. So, today I want to take a look at how we can use business systems to find more buyers for your speaking business. But when it comes to the business of speaking, they are successful almost in spite of themselves. Sometimes […]
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February 11, 2020
Here are the 2020 Best Speaker Website Contest Nominees!
Wow! We had a ton of great websites nominated for our 2020 Best Speaker Website contest! Thank you to everyone that submitted a website for consideration. We’ve had a chance to look at all the websites and evaluate them based on our points of criteria: Style Ease Positioning Video Message It was really hard to choose our finalists for this contest. Some very good websites just got inched out ever so slightly. Everyone who submitted […]
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February 4, 2020
THE FOCUSED HUSTLE 5 | FEBRUARY 2020
FEBRUARY 2020 MUST LISTEN PODCASTS Here are this month’s must-listen podcasts: Sweet Spot Pricing with Laurie Guest Bio Like Beyonce with Caroline Mays Growing Your Speaking Business with Mark LeBlanc Scaling Your Speaking Business Beyond a Million with Greg Schinkel LISTEN NOW SEE YOU IN PHOENIX! Registration is now open for our next Accelerate LIVE event taking place on March 6 – 7, 2020 in Phoenix, AZ. If you want to learn the secrets to […]
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January 28, 2020
Becoming a Master of the Speaking Industry
I recently interviewed Josh Linker who’s out killing the speaking business. He’s speaking over a hundred times per year (highest number of engagements in a year – 165!, CRAZY!) at $35,000 per engagement. Josh successfully sold his tech companies but had started to speak while he was the CEO. He recognized very early on that he wanted to be great on the platform, that he wanted to move from amateur to professional. So he set […]
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January 21, 2020
The 2020 Best Speaker Website Contest
It’s that time… announcing our 2020 Best Speaker Website Contest! This is the 6th year we’ve run this contest and it is a lot of fun and a great way for speakers to get ideas they can use to really amp up their website! Websites just keep getting better and better and each year we see new trends, new technology and new WOW factors that make speakers really stand out from the competition. From bold […]
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January 7, 2020
The Focused Hustle 5 | January 2020
JANUARY 2020 MUST LISTEN PODCASTS Here are this month’s must-listen podcasts: Creating Your Long-Term Profitable Speaking Business with Mark Sanborn Money, Politics & Speaking: Recession Proof Your Biz with Andrew Busch Systems for Getting to 7 Figures with Josh Linkner LISTEN NOW SEE YOU IN PHOENIX! Registration is now open and early bird pricing in effect for our next Accelerate LIVE event taking place on March 6 – 7, 2020 in Phoenix, AZ. If you […]
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December 17, 2019
Will 2020 Be Your Best Speaking Year Ever?
It’s a part of my DNA to always be striving for improvement. I just can’t help it! How about you? Are you always thinking about the next steps and how to improve? Are you wondering if 2020 will be your best speaking year ever? This time of the year offers a great opportunity as we are taking some time off with the family to be thinking about what we want next in our business… and […]
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December 10, 2019
The Secret Tool for Booking More Speaking Gigs
One of the most important aspects of building a successful speaking business is remembering that our success is built on the relationships we build. How we approach new prospects and nurture the relationship will determine if we will ever get a ‘Yes’ from them. Your ability to build strong relationships will be the secret formula for securing more speaking gigs and growing your speaking business! Building Relationships that Secure More Speaking Gigs When we reach […]
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December 3, 2019
The Focused Hustle 5 | December 2019
DECEMBER 2019 MUST LISTEN PODCASTS Here are this month’s must-listen podcasts: Social Media Like a Boss with Erin Gargan Launching Your Podcast with Doug Sandler Overcoming Obstacles and the Power of Attitude with Alvin Law Where to Find the Money in Speaking with Jane Atkinson LISTEN NOW DECEMBER VIRTUAL EVENTS Join me and video expert Chris West on December 12th from 2pm – 4pm ET to learn about current trends in speaker demo videos that […]
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November 26, 2019
How to Find Speaking Gigs that Pay
I just got off the phone with a client who was told by somebody that there is no money in speaking and that you should only speak for free. Huh? Well, if that’s true, then someone is going to have to explain to me how it is that my clients are getting paid, $3,500, $7,500, $15K, and $30K per speech! There is money in speaking. And to get some of that money, you need to […]
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