SpeakerMatch Podcast for Speaking Professionals

This exclusive interview with one of our most booked SpeakerMatch Members, James Bird Guess is packed with information you can use to build your speaking and/or consulting business. James has been a member since 2009, and has booked all kinds of speaking engagements over the years. James has learned so much along the way and much of his business has shifted to consulting. During this interview, James will share how he transformed his business and became known as the Cash Cow Consultant.

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Dan JanalMany would-be authors don’t take the first step because they are afraid of the unknown. They don’t know how to write a book. They also probably have a lot of misinformation and bad ideas that make them afraid to take the first step. Unlike seminars that tell you why you should write a book, this seminar actually shows you how to write a book step-by-step! This episode of the SpeakerMatch teleseminar series will teach you how to write a book that your audience wants to read – and you’ll learn how to write it fast using your own work style and personal strengths, preferences, and personality, so you can write the book you were meant to share with the world.

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We're joined in this edition of the SpeakerMatch interview series by celebrity hair stylist and national media personality Billy Lowe here to give us THE LOWE DOWN on driving brand exposure and awareness through press and media. Billy has decades of experience working in and with the media and much to share about how you can get the media to roll out the proverbial red carpet for YOU!

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Most speakers are missing the key elements of what it takes to pre-qualify clients, engage them along the process and to get the deal to tip over the top and close it quickly. They are missing the power of engaging video and how it helps every single time in getting the client to say, 'Yes'! Stand alone, 15 minute fixed video shots are no longer cutting it. Speakers are trying to command five figure engagements with five hundred dollar websites and they don't understand why they are not getting hired. In this teleseminar you will learn how Kenyon Salo consistently closes deals, for some of the best speaking engagements, with video, testimonials and a properly branded website. Join this teleseminar to get the inside quick tips to success and how you can implement for success now!

MICHAEL HAUGE works with people who want to change more lives, and make more money, by telling compelling stories. He has been one of Hollywood’s top consultants and story experts since 1985, and has worked with countless writers and filmmakers on projects starring (among many others) Will Smith, Morgan Freeman, Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise and Reese Witherspoon. Applying those same powerful principles, Michael also helps independent consultants, speakers, marketers and business leaders master the power of storytelling to transform the lives of their audiences, clients and customers. Michael is the best selling author of Storytelling Made Easy: Persuade and Transform Your Audiences, Buyers and Clients – Simply, Quickly and Profitably, and has presented seminars, lectures and keynotes in person and online to more than 80,000 participants worldwide. According to Will Smith, “No one is better than Michael Hauge at finding what is most authentic in every moment of a story.”

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Burke AllenHow would it impact your speaking career if you received thousands of dollars of free media exposure by being interviewed as a guest expert on CNN, Fox News, The Today Show, Good Morning America, top radio shows, newspapers, podcasts and web outlets around the world? Leading media and marketing expert, Burke Allen will share his top tips on how any speaker with any subject matter can achieve maximum media exposure. He will also give details on the GuestMatch 2.0 platform developed in conjunction with SpeakerMatch, the world’s largest online speakers bureau. Burke has worked with dozens of emerging and seasoned speakers, media commentators and subject matter experts and has placed them on thousands of media outlets worldwide. He is eager to share his strategies and tactics on this teleseminar.

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In “Introduction to INSIDER’S SECRETS: Keys to 6-Figure Speaking”, President of the Las Vegas Convention Speakers Bureau Robin Jay will be pulling back the curtain on the speaking industry, revealing secrets every speaker will want to know about getting paid to speak. She’ll share why most speakers are struggling … and how easy it is for them to turn things around so they can start earning thousands every time they speak. She created “INSIDER’S SECRETS” because she hears from speakers every week who are frustrated because they aren’t earning what they are worth … or what they’d hoped to earn when they decided to become speakers. While being listed on a speakers bureau site is incredibly valuable, it’s just one component of a successful speaking strategy. Robin shares the truth about the industry that can make speakers rich.

Special guest host Burke Allen with Allen Media Strategies.

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Show notes available at https://www.speakermatch.com/radio/155/

Jerry Seinfeld said a lot of comedians won’t play colleges because the students are “too PC [politically correct].” Nina G says, “more gigs for the rest of us!” Nina G is a stuttering comedian and dyslexic writer. Nina has performed all over the U.S. and is a favorite among colleges as a comedian, trainer and keynote speaker. As a speaker she knows what colleges look for and how to help them make the most out of their events. As a counselor at a California Community College, she has planned and executed events and knows what barriers schools encounter at an institutional level.

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In this interview, guest Rhonda Sher shares how speakers can set up and maximize their LinkedIn profile. Rhonda will also share resources to help reach decision makers and how to approach them using LinkedIn.

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Learn how to maximize your yearly speaking income by choosing quality over quantity in your events. Get paid more and travel less. In this teleseminar Kenyon Salo will walk you through exactly how he made such a significant speaking fee jump in less than one year. He will go into detail, describing the fine points of what he did, how he did it, and the current result after a few years.

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