Jonathan Sprinkles' Great Speaking Tips » Marketing http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog Helping Professional Speakers Connect with their Audience while Expanding Their Speaking Business Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:42:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 If You’re Not Getting Enough Calls For Bookings, This May Be Why http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/branding-mistake/ http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/branding-mistake/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:20:30 +0000 Jonathan Sprinkles http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/?p=990
In this Great Speaking Tip, I share the #1 personal branding and marketing mistake that most speakers, authors, and infopreneurs make in this business.

Watch this video and avoid it at all cost.

If you are bold enough, share a past personal speaking mistake below that others just like you can learn from. I would love to hear it.

]]> http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/branding-mistake/feed/ 0 Want to Get Rebooked by Meeting Planners? Here’s a Way to Connect… (plus a Blooper) http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/rebooked/ http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/rebooked/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:56:17 +0000 Jonathan Sprinkles http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/?p=979
In today’s Great Speaking Tip, I share my best public speaking tip for getting rebooked by meeting planners for your next public speaking event.

Watch this video and see how you can creatively apply this tip (not the blooper).

Leave me a comment below and share how you plan on using this tip to get rebooked, or other ways you communicate with meeting planners to rebookings.

]]> http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/rebooked/feed/ 4 How To Use Focus Groups To Fill Your Calendar as a Professional Speaker http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/how-to-use-focus-groups-to-fill-your-calendar-as-a-professional-speaker/ http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/how-to-use-focus-groups-to-fill-your-calendar-as-a-professional-speaker/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:43:43 +0000 Jonathan Sprinkles http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/?p=706 How do you go about creating your products and services in your speaking business?

Like most speakers and infopreneurs, they take the long route which results in a loss of time, energy, and money.

In this Great Speaking Tip, I will give you a sure-fire way to  use other people’s questions as material for your products and services.

Watch the below video and instantly TAKE ACTION.

There’s also a *special* challenge in the video – see if you can figure it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3o9jS0CELU

]]> http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/how-to-use-focus-groups-to-fill-your-calendar-as-a-professional-speaker/feed/ 3 Famous Dave Reveals His Secret Recipe to Jonathan Sprinkles About His BBQ Restaurant and Business http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/famous-daves-reveals-his-secret-recipe-to-jonathan-sprinkles/ http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/famous-daves-reveals-his-secret-recipe-to-jonathan-sprinkles/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:38:22 +0000 Jonathan Sprinkles http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/?p=693 I sit down with Dave Anderson better know as the owner of the legendary  “Famous Dave’s BBQ Restaurant” , as we talk about the Secret Recipe behind all of his success.

Watch this video to see how you can add his recipe to your business, your presentations and your life.

If you enjoy this video, please share it, tweet it with your colleagues, and let me know how you can specifically apply this to your business in the comments below.

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In today’s video, I share my best kept secret for connecting with an audience BEFORE I ever say a word… and that’s with my speaker introduction.

View today’s video and learn how I craft a speaker introduction that will have your audience on the edge of their seat, before you even open your mouth.

Let me know how today’s tip helps you out.

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In this great speakin tip I share the one secret that made William Hung a fortune and has made him an international celebrity. You have to treat every speech as though it is going to be ‘the one’ that blows you up. You never know…

Watch William Hung and learn a great lesson as a professional speaker from him.

]]> http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/what-i-learned-as-a-professional-speaker-from-william-hung-and-you-must-too/feed/ 0 Who you REALLY need to impress when you speak! http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/who-you-really-need-to-impress-when-you-speak/ http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/who-you-really-need-to-impress-when-you-speak/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 09:40:33 +0000 Jonathan Sprinkles http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/?p=333

I dish about who you need to focus on so you get rebooked.

Hint – you can’t let this person get tired of hearing you…ever!

Check out this Great Speaking Tip

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I just recently had a conversation with a client and it completely went in the wrong direction – it was all about PRICE. We came to that magical question…“So how much do you charge?“

Check out this video, and learn the common traps to avoid when negotiating your speaking fees.

]]> http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/common-traps-when-negotiating-your-speaking-fee/feed/ 0 Reinventing Yourself So You Get Rebooked as a Professional Speaker http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/reinventing-yourself-so-you-get-rebooked-as-a-professional-speaker/ http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/reinventing-yourself-so-you-get-rebooked-as-a-professional-speaker/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:13:21 +0000 Jonathan Sprinkles http://greatspeakingtips.net/blog/?p=254

Want to know how to turn one talk into multiple bookings?  in this video I talk about how to add new elements to your public speaking topics so your calendar is always full.

(Watch this Video and let me know what you think)

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