If you’re like me, chances are that you’ve built routines into your day-to-day schedule. Routines help us feel grounded. They give us stability and certainty. They help us succeed. And you probably know what it feels like when your routine gets disrupted. Chaos! Disorder! Confusion! I was reflecting upon this as I engaged in my
It’s that time… announcing our 2022 Best Speaker Website Contest! This is the 7th year we’ve run this contest and it is a lot of fun and a great way for speakers to get ideas they can use to really amp up their website! Websites just keep getting better and better and each year we
With 2022 right around the corner (or already here, depending on when you are reading this!), I know you are thinking about the year ahead. You’re probably setting goals for your life and your speaking business right now, which is why my #SpeakerSuccessTip will be especially relevant to you. Today’s tip is all about mindset.
2022 has the potential to be a banner year for many people who are looking to get paid to speak. But, if you want to get paid, you’ve got to have all the right pieces in place to fully optimize your speaking business. So, to help you reach your potential in 2022, we’ve put together
The world is full of uncertainty. COVID-19 and its variants have taught us that lesson well over the last two years. But one thing we’ve all seen is that business will go on in one form or another. So let’s talk about how to build on opportunities to build your speaking business. I wasn’t taking
The holiday season is just around the corner. A time of love, joy… and, let’s face it, unproductive workdays. With so much to do during the holidays and so many distractions around us, it’s easy to put our businesses on ‘pause’ for a few weeks. That’s why I am offering a simple tip that will
Let’s face it. We all make mistakes in our businesses from time to time. It’s normal and it’s expected. In fact, I have a quote in my new book Scaling Your Speaking Business, “If you’re not willing to fail, you’re not ready to scale.” You see, mistakes aren’t all bad and today I want to
Are you an action taker? I’m sitting in my workshop at Strategic Coach; it’s my ninth year of learning with the same organization. If you’ve read any of Dan Sullivan’s books, you know he’s got a lot to share, and year after year, I continue to grow. (*note: if you haven’t checked out Dan’s latest
Creating a successful speaking business takes a lot of work. I’m talking about the daily grind, the never-ending to-do list, the work that keeps you busy day in and day out: finding new gigs, preparing for booked engagements, working on marketing, managing your team, and the list goes on and on. But no matter how
Have you ever been in the running for a speaking gig only to lose it to someone that you know is not nearly as good a speaker as you are? Frustrating, right? Then you are left wondering what tipped the scales in their favor. What are they doing that you aren’t that is getting them
Diversity in business is a topic that many of you know about, and some of you may even speak about. But for business owners like me, or like you running a speaking business, diversity doesn’t always come into consideration when building out your team. But it should. Let’s talk about why building a diverse business
What if I told you there is a way to not only make your life easier but to present yourself in a way that honors you, your brand, and your clients… all at the same time. All it takes is creating a fee schedule for yourself and booking jobs based on this fee schedule every
If you’re like me, chances are that you’ve built routines into your day-to-day schedule. Routines help us feel grounded. They give us stability and certainty. They help us succeed. And you probably know what it feels like when your routine gets disrupted. Chaos! Disorder! Confusion! I was reflecting upon this as I engaged in my
It’s that time… announcing our 2022 Best Speaker Website Contest! This is the 7th year we’ve run this contest and it is a lot of fun and a great way for speakers to get ideas they can use to really amp up their website! Websites just keep getting better and better and each year we
With 2022 right around the corner (or already here, depending on when you are reading this!), I know you are thinking about the year ahead. You’re probably setting goals for your life and your speaking business right now, which is why my #SpeakerSuccessTip will be especially relevant to you. Today’s tip is all about mindset.
2022 has the potential to be a banner year for many people who are looking to get paid to speak. But, if you want to get paid, you’ve got to have all the right pieces in place to fully optimize your speaking business. So, to help you reach your potential in 2022, we’ve put together
The world is full of uncertainty. COVID-19 and its variants have taught us that lesson well over the last two years. But one thing we’ve all seen is that business will go on in one form or another. So let’s talk about how to build on opportunities to build your speaking business. I wasn’t taking
The holiday season is just around the corner. A time of love, joy… and, let’s face it, unproductive workdays. With so much to do during the holidays and so many distractions around us, it’s easy to put our businesses on ‘pause’ for a few weeks. That’s why I am offering a simple tip that will
Let’s face it. We all make mistakes in our businesses from time to time. It’s normal and it’s expected. In fact, I have a quote in my new book Scaling Your Speaking Business, “If you’re not willing to fail, you’re not ready to scale.” You see, mistakes aren’t all bad and today I want to
Are you an action taker? I’m sitting in my workshop at Strategic Coach; it’s my ninth year of learning with the same organization. If you’ve read any of Dan Sullivan’s books, you know he’s got a lot to share, and year after year, I continue to grow. (*note: if you haven’t checked out Dan’s latest
Creating a successful speaking business takes a lot of work. I’m talking about the daily grind, the never-ending to-do list, the work that keeps you busy day in and day out: finding new gigs, preparing for booked engagements, working on marketing, managing your team, and the list goes on and on. But no matter how
Have you ever been in the running for a speaking gig only to lose it to someone that you know is not nearly as good a speaker as you are? Frustrating, right? Then you are left wondering what tipped the scales in their favor. What are they doing that you aren’t that is getting them
Diversity in business is a topic that many of you know about, and some of you may even speak about. But for business owners like me, or like you running a speaking business, diversity doesn’t always come into consideration when building out your team. But it should. Let’s talk about why building a diverse business
What if I told you there is a way to not only make your life easier but to present yourself in a way that honors you, your brand, and your clients… all at the same time. All it takes is creating a fee schedule for yourself and booking jobs based on this fee schedule every
As I begin the journey into my sixth book, The Wealthy Speaker 3.0 (a complete re-write), I’ve been thinking about how beneficial writing a book is. Some of you already have books under your belt and may be thinking, “Should
