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July 15, 2015
Kick It Into High Gear This Summer
You’ve heard me talking about my new course and now I want to officially launch it to you. We’ll be taking new registrations for the next session of 8 Weeks to Business Acceleration until Monday, August 3rd. Check out all the details HERE and drop me a line if you have any questions. [ctt title=”#Speakers accelerate & position […]
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July 8, 2015
Transparency: Lessons from a Soft Launch
Last week I launched my 8 Week Acceleration Course. Really, one of the best things I’ve ever put together. I had taken a course to learn how to launch a course (go figure) but I found that many of the techniques were not in line with my own values. So I made some adjustments and […]
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July 1, 2015
Jane The NSA Virgin: 3 Tips for Maximizing Events
If you have ever felt like you are out on an island, by yourself, doing this business alone, keep reading. About 20 years ago, I attended my very first NSA (National Speakers Association) conference in Washington, DC. I was working as an agent for a speaker at that time and she was gracious enough to […]
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June 26, 2015
Podcast – Kent Julian: How to Go From Free to Fee
Welcome to the Wealthy Speaker University podcast series with Jane Atkinson. On today’s episode Jane talks with Kent Julian about how to go from free to fee and develop niche markets to catapult your business.
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June 25, 2015
Are you Getting Your Full Fee?
Take this 60 second quiz and let me know if you are getting your desired fee. I’ll come back to you next week with the results. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TWX6P7M I have a suspicion what the results will say; but what I know for sure is that many of my clients come to me because they aren’t happy […]
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June 17, 2015
What’s Driving your Success?
Have you ever gone through a period of time in cruise control? You’re just going with the flow. You know you could be doing better, but you’re feeling pretty chill about it. The phone rings, the emails come in, you deliver a pretty good product. And then something changes and POW! You shift it into […]
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June 11, 2015
Your Risk vs. Reward Ratio
Peter Drucker once said “Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” As entrepreneurs, we have risk built right into our DNA . However that doesn’t mean that we don’t want to analyze our decisions carefully. Recently, I took a risk that cost $10,000. I took a course […]
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September 24, 2013
Keynote Speaking: It’s not Brain Surgery!
I just hung up from a coaching call with one of my clients who happens to be a surgeon. It got me wondering, how hard is speaking, really?
It may not be brain surgery, but you really do need some skills and techniques.
While prepping my next book, “The Epic Keynote: Presentation Skills and Styles of Wealthy Speakers”, I’ve come to realize that not all keynoters are created equal. In fact, some of the talent that I have enlisted to provide ideas are rock stars in the world of keynotes.
Here are 3 quick tips:
CRAFT YOUR WORDS: Victoria LaBalme says “Writing your speech down on paper is effective for many reasons, but one good reason is to look at each word and ask yourself “can I say this better?” For instance you might want to use a 50 cent word (a descriptive, intriguing word) rather than a 5 cent word (yawn) to describe something.”
My client (the surgeon) loved this idea!
USE TECHNOLOGY: Tech expert Scott Klososky says, “I use JoinSpeaker.com to allow the audience to send questions right from their mobile devices to me on stage. I can then just answer them, or I can throw the questions up on the big screen if I like. I can also open voting and let people send ideas and have the audience vote on what ideas they like.”
ADD SOME HUMOR: When discussing how to punch up your speech with humor, David Glickman says: “If you’ve watched professional sports on television, there is usually one of the announcers whose sole role is to offer color commentary on the other announcer’s ‘play by play’ (factual info) of what’s happening. So that’s what you’re doing—except that you’re offering your own commentary (the funny line you’ve added later) on the comment (point, fact, story) you have in the original script.
Want an example? Here are two lines from a speech you might deliver: “It’s human nature to resist change. People have always resisted change.” Now here are the same two lines with a ‘comment on the comment’: “It’s human nature to resist change. People have always resisted change. I’m sure when the caveman invented the wheel his co-workers were saying things like, ‘Oh, like that’s going to work! Yeah. Right. And how exactly do you stop it once it’s rolling out of control? I think we’ll stick with our square, thank you very much.”
Small things like examining your language, adding technology and punching up your speech with humor can make a BIG difference!
See you soon Wealthy Speakers!
ps: What are some of your favorite speech techniques? Please leave your comments below.
September 4, 2013
Winner! Best Website Contest
Well, the votes are in and the winner with 258 votes is once again an education speaker.
Congratulations Josh Shipp.
Not only is his website solid, but he obviously has a very loyal fan base. Josh’s site has a clear promise and strong video.
Coming in second with 51 votes is David Deeble. David is an entertainer, so some of the rules vary a bit for him. What we were impressed with was how he managed a site with dual purposes. David’s site is fun and energized.
You can review all of the submissions and my comments to the website owners here – it’s quite good learning:)
Thanks everyone for submitting and participating!
See you soon Wealthy Speakers!
PS: If your website needs some work, consider our Focus 40 session – that’s a 40 minute session with me at a very special rate.
August 16, 2013
Top 6! Best Speaker Website Contest
The best speaker website contest is now closed and we need you to vote!!
Here is where you go to PLACE YOUR VOTE ON FACEBOOK!
We were looking for uniqueness, clear promise (how you help people) and a strong video.
We had many websites to choose from, thank you for everyone for participating. If you want to see all of the entries and my feedback, click here.
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Choose from one of these top 6 videos and vote for your favorite!
1. Josh Shipp – very strong promise, solid video with live speaking footage. http://joshshipp.com/
2. David Deeble – fun, humor is the promise, good segregation of target markets. http://www.daviddeeble.com/
3. David Lecours – clear promise, easy to navigate, calm website. http://www.davidlecours.com/
4. Jane Herlong – solid video that has you laughing right away, clear promise.http://www.janeherlong.com/
5. Teresa Funke – a casual and unique vibe, some nice features. http://www.teresafunke.com/
6. Hal Bowman – there’s a lot of energy and some unique language.
http://www.teachlikearockstar.com/
Here is where you go to PLACE YOUR VOTE ON FACEBOOK!
“Best Speaker Website Contest from @janeatkinson. Vote here: http://tinyurl.com/nnuvlgo”
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