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The Speaker Lab

Grant Baldwin from The Speaker Lab podcast will be sharing speaking business tactics, tips, and strategies from his own experience, case studies, and interviewing the experts. Whether you're just getting started trying to get your first booking or you're a veteran speaker looking to build and grow your business, this is for you. Grant has built a multiple six-figure per year business as a speaker having presented to over 500,000 people in over 450 paid speaking gigs. We'll talk about speaker marketing, working with speaker bureaus and agents, building your platform, negotiating fees, social media marketing, networking, storytelling, humor, operating the business and so much more!
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Now displaying: 2017
Jan 10, 2017

Can you imagine doing 800 gigs in 5 years? Our guest for this edition of The Speaker Lab did just that and she's here to share exactly how she successfully managed such a feat!

Chantelle Adams got her start as a speaker in the education and corporate markets before making a name for herself in the entrepreneurial field.

On today's podcast she explains why she started where she did, how she structured her offerings and her schedule to fit 800 gigs into five years and how she now spends her days helping the change-making women of the world step into their own and shine.

When you join us for episode 115 of The Speaker Lab you'll hear Chantelle talk about all of that plus her worst speaking gig ever (and how she turned it into a positive experience). Listen in for all of that and more on today's show!

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:   

  • What did she do prior to becoming a speaker?
  • Why did she decide to become a speaker in the education field?
  • How to add more value to your speaking gig so you stand out and land more clients.
  • What did she do to solicit new leads from clients?
  • How to make your clients say "heck yes" to your proposals!
  • Why gratitude and being grounded leads to ongoing success.
  • What local industries and organizations does she recommend focusing on?
  • How did she handle being a mom of three boys and speaking so often?
  • And so much more!

 

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Jan 3, 2017

Many speakers' businesses rely solely on getting paid to speak. But how can you build a business in addition to your speaking roles? Is it possible to have a successful speaking career and a thriving business?

It is! Here to tell us how he's done it is Jay Baer. Jay is the best-selling author of multiple books, and he's an international keynote speaker. Jay also runs Convince and Convert, his fifth business endeavor.

Today he talks about how Convince and Convert is set up as three solid divisions, how he's created a business that can run without him, and how he's gone from speaking to Kiwanis Clubs to connecting with audiences around the globe. Listen in for all of that and more on episode 114 of The Speaker Lab!

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:   

  • How many live keynotes and webinars did he do in 2016?
  • Why he became a speaker who consults versus a consultant who speaks, and what the difference is.
  • What was the mental shift he made to feel confident in his speaking content?
  • How can you tell a true keynote speaker from the wannabe?
  • Why he prefers the process of elimination over the process of discovery.
  • How to find exactly what topics to speak on.
  • What would he do differently if he were starting over?
  • Why the less he writes the better his business does!
  • And so much more!

 

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