Michelle Mazur
“Stand out or don’t bother.” This quotation from Sally Hogshead has always bothered me. Although I believe 1,000 percent that standing out is critical to having a successful speaking business that makes a difference in the world, standing out is a process. You have to find that message that rises above the noise, and…
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I’m sure you’ve been there. You’re watching a speaker, taking notes, you’re enjoying it, having an “Aha,” moment or two, and then wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am, the sales pitch comes. And it feels awkward. You feel awkward, like you should buy even though you just met this person, and they want you to spend $1,295 for their latest…
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Confession. I fell for the speak-to-sell lie. When I was first starting my business and struggling to get my feet underneath me, my coach at the time recommended that I look into a certain speak-to-sell course. It was from one of the biggest names in the industry and it cost about a thousand bucks. At…
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Over the summer I’ve been working with speakers who want to use speaking to promote their business. They’ve been out there speaking. It’s been fun, the audience loves them, the organizers who booked them to speak loved them. It all goes really well, and then nothing happens. No leads, no sales, maybe a few new…
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Is time not on your side when it comes to putting in the effort with your speaking? There just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to pitch for speaking gigs, to write your signature talk, and to really put yourself out there as a speaker. If this is you, and I’ll raise…
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