Archive for the “Speaking business” Category

What are your goals as a presenter or professional speaker?

In today’s Great Speaking Tip I share why it’s important to have a vision or goal for your business as a motivational speaker.

Watch today’s video and see one of my goals as a professional speaker, and I encourage you to get really specific on yours.

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Have you ever considered hosting your own seminar and event where you can train, coach, or share your expertise with a group of people at one big time?

Well here’s the inside scoop from the meeting planner who helps me with Presentation Power Bootcamp every year.  She’s the planner that all the big wigs use, because she knows her stuff.

Watch this before planning your next seminar.

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You win some and you lose some… it happens to all professional speakers. But what do you do as a speaker?  

In this Great Speaking Tip, I share the proper perspective on how to deal with event planners when you lose a speaking opportunity.

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Jonathan Sprinkles reveals how he created a MARKETING campaign that landed him in the US Virgin Islands! See how you can apply this to your own marketing

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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.

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When was the last time you walked into a speaking presentation and things did not go the way you planned? Have you ever showed up for a talk and  realized you were in the wrong location, filled with empty chairs?

Just recently, something  so awkard happen to me in a recent presentation. But……

… I kept my cool and made the adjustment. At the end of the day, the entire presenattion turned out really well.

As a professional speaker, how do you handle the UNEXPECTED when it arrives on the day of your big speaking gig?  Listen to my story, and tell me how you can learn from it.

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In a recent conference , I was able to spend some time with John Beede. John Beede is a Teen Success Speaker who is known as the Climb on Success Guy, where he uses wild stories on rock climbing to deliver awesome success.

I love networking with other great speakers because you can learn so much form them. In my last Six Figure Speaker Boootcamp, John Beede dealt with how to automate your business and expertise.

So what speakers do you mastermind with to assisit the growth of your speaking business? How are associations with them bringing you great results?  Do you know what to look for when connecting with fellow speakers?  In this video, we share simple things to look for when networking with other speakers. 

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Everyone wants to make the big dollars. As a professional speaker, you will get paid on a low-end, $2,500 per talk all the way up to $50,000+ for a one hour presentation. The speaking industry has been called the most profitable industry in the world! If you could choose which end of the fee scale you’d like to be, which would you like to have?

If you would like to be a five-figure-an-hour speaker, listen to my suggestions and ask yourself the critical that will triple your speaking income.

What is your ideal per-speech fee range? Write a comment below.

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