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Michelle Mazur

Triple Your Speaking Income? Don’t Believe the Hype! (TRSP 28)

By Michelle Mazur > May 5, 2016
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Have you heard it? All the hype that you, yes YOU, can triple your income with public speaking in just weeks, “just like I did”? Yeah, right! This marketing message implies that speaking is a quick and easy fix to make all your revenue goals come true. When it doesn’t happen for you, and believe…

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How Your Signature Talk Positions You On and Off the Stage (TRSP 27)

By Michelle Mazur > April 28, 2016
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Priority No. 1 is to be known for what you do and how your business serves. Your Signature Talk is the key to how you talk about your business and how to crystallize your message for the people who need it the most. And, as an entrepreneur, it’s something that cannot be outsourced—no one can…

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Stop with the Pitch-hole Tactics: A Smarter Way to Book More Speaking Gigs

By Michelle Mazur > April 26, 2016
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Frustrated. Once a week I get a frustrated email from someone who is struggling to land speaking gigs. They’ve been following the advice of pros that tell them: Make 10 cold calls a day Buy a list of names of meeting planners and snail mail them your speaker marketing materials Scour the association database, create…

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Are you Mad Libbing your Presentation? Don’t. Be Original (TRSP 26)

By Michelle Mazur > April 21, 2016
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I loved playing Mad Libs as a kid. All you needed to do was fill in the blanks with different parts of speech to create a hysterical story. While this was great fun for me and my mom many moons ago, if you want to book more speaking gigs, you should never use a formula…

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5 Ways to Make Your Signature Talk Work Smarter, Not Harder for You

By Michelle Mazur > April 19, 2016
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Seriously, can we chat about your signature talk? You do have one, right? Maybe you have a talk, but you’re not sure if it’s a SIGNATURE talk.  Just the other day on a podcast interview I was asked to explain exactly what the heck a signature talk is. My definition is super clear.  First, think…

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