Grow Your Public Speaking Business
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To open doors to more speaking engagements, build a stronger speaking platform. The more credibility and visibility you have, the more doors will open for you, leading to more and more opportunities, and a fully booked schedule every year.
There’s an easy way and a hard way to do everything, and for speakers the easy way is to set yourself up as the expert in your field: build a platform first, do marketing and show the world that you indeed can “walk-your-talk.”
Searching out speaking opportunities before setting yourself up as the expert in your field can cause a lot of frustration, and an empty pocketbook. Fixing the situation often means starting all the way back at the beginning, so you might as well start there.
How much effort you put into building your platform should match how serious you are about speaking. I would recommend several hours a day, and if you are trying to build a full time speaking business, then I recommend working at it all day.
Here are 8 ways to get started strengthening your speaking platform. They’re not in any particular order. Tackle these so you can go out and seek opportunities with more confidence and with a higher chance of getting booked.
These tips are only a handful of ways that you can strengthen your speaking platform. With a stronger platform you’ll get more speaking engagements, and the more engagements you get the more testimonials, the more videos, the more fans you’ll have. That’s how people will seek you out and make it easier for you to get booked for speaking engagements.
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#176 - Maximizing Social Media to Expand Your Reach as a Speaker
#175 - Crafting Effective Calls to Action in Your Speeches
#174 - Creating Impactful Speaker Bios That Attract Organizers
#173 - 9 Must-Know Strategies for Marketing Yourself as an In-Demand Keynote Speaker
#172 - Lights, Camera, Speaking! Creating Videos for Your Speaker Website
#171 - How to Attract Event Planners and Land Speaking Opportunities
#170 - 7 Quick Tips for Creating a Compelling Speaker Portfolio
#169 Unleashing Networking Magic for Speakers: 5 Quick Tips
#168 - Instant Improvements: 5 Quick Fixes for Common Speaking Mistakes
#167 - Show Me the Money: The Art of Negotiating Your Speaking Fee
#166 - Promoting Yourself Online: Boost Your Gig Bookings
#165 - Mastering Proposal Follow-ups: The Gentle Art of Persistence
#164 - 5 Unconventional Ways to Find Your First Speaking Gig
#163 - From Free to Fee: How to Start Getting Paid as a Speaker
#162 - Boost Your LinkedIn Profile in 10 Minutes for More Speaking Gigs
#161 - AI and Speaking: How Can It Transform Your Business?
#160 - 5 Things You Need to Hear Right Now as a Speaker Struggling to Find Gigs
#159 - Virtual Presentations: How to Adapt Your Speaking Skills for the Digital Stage
#158 - The Secret to Crafting a Compelling Speaker Bio That Gets You Booked
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