Tell Your Story
As a speaker, are you more like Yoda or Luke? Are you more Katniss or Haymitch? Are you more Dumbledore or Harry Potter? Why do I ask? We’ve all heard the advice “Share your soul-stirring story.” Many speaking experts tell you that the key to building a successful speaking business is your story. You’re…
Read MoreDoes this sound like you? Me: “Tracey, why don’t you tell me a little bit about your speaking career before we worked together?” Tracey: “First of all, calling it a career is very generous of you.” Although most of my clients, just like you and Tracey, wouldn’t lead with describing themselves as having a speaking…
Read MoreIf you feel like you’re spinning your wheels a la Wile E. Coyote without any forward momentum on the road to being a paid speaker, I think it’s time for you to learn my little secret for speaking success. It’s the magic elixir to catapult you past the other speakers in your industry to…
Read MoreSpeakers ask me all the time if “Do I need a book to be a successful speaker?” I get why they ask. Books are a lot of work, right? Hours locked in a room, toiling away at your computer to develop your SFD (shitty first draft…thanks Anne Lamott for that term). You feel like it…
Read More“Run to the back of the room. This offer is only good for today. You’ll never be able to get this price again. You deserve to invest in yourself.” If you’ve hung around this blog for awhile, you know how I feel about selling from the stage. If you’re new to me and this rebellious…
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