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Interview with Susan Levin, Speaker Services by Wendy Scharfman. I came across Susan several times as I was building my business and I believe “Attention must be paid” to the seeming coincidence of someone repeatedly appearing in your life. She offers great services, training and a wealth of information for people who want to market themselves as speakers.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )In this day and age, to truly make a lasting impact, you need to be a media conglomerate: a compelling speaker…a credible author…a believable video performer…a master marketer.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )By Eric Gruber, Your Article Marketing Expert www.articlemarketingexperts.com
Thank god for my article submission staff that manually submits my clients’ articles. The process is long and boring. It’s robotic work and can be quite painful. Trust me. I know because before I hired my staff, I handled all of the article submissions by [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Published July 20, 2010, Social Media Examiner
Whether you’re planning a real-world event (like a conference, tweetup or political gathering) or a virtual event (like a webinar or teleclass), social media can be an inexpensive, cost-effective way to build buzz, fill seats, and turn a one-off gathering into a recurring event.
The trick [...]
Association buyers choose speakers who are proven to their members. When you showcase your perspective to the opinion leaders through videos and conversations, you generate interest. And interest generates the next step, usually a visit to your website. If your topics fit the theme, and your demo video shows compelling footage, a speaking invitation isn’t far behind.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Post from blog@hubspot.com
Yesterday in Boston, author and speaker Seth Godin took the stage at John Hancock Hall. The event was part of a tour to promote his new book, Linchpin, and several members of the HubSpot team attended the morning half of the event. The morning focused on Godin speaking and [...]
Post by Lynne Klippel
Lynne@LoveYourLifePublishing.com
Do you feel overwhelmed with book ideas? Instead of having one book inside does it feel like you have a raft of books ready to be launched?
It can be challenging to select the topic for your first book. Use these questions to guide your decision making process.
The most successful books have a [...]
Post from E.G. Sebastian
If you want to be taken seriously, you need to strive to project a professional image with all your marketing materials…
In the 21st Century, you won’t be taken seriously if you do not have a website; but if your website is of poor quality (and God knows I could list you [...]
Great post by Wendi McNeill. I could not agree with her comments more.
I can’t stress the importance for each and every speaker to create a strong online presence. Today about 90% or more of your buyers are going online to find their experts and you want to found quickly and easily. Below are a few [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Sponsorship: Tips on Finding, Contacting and Securing Sponsors by Rosemarie Rossetti, Ph.D.
Oftentimes, budgets are limiting when planning a conference, meeting or convention. Meeting planners have the option of trimming back on spending the money they have available or they can seek additional funding. Corporate sponsors frequently are located to boost the budget, thus allowing more [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 6 so far )by Donna Gunter, OnlineBizU.com
Distributing your articles to various article banks and directories online (what I refer to as article marketing) won’t work for you unless you have a well-developed resource box. A resource box is the bio information about the author that appears at the end of the article. Why is a great resource box [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )by Lou Bortone
Twitter + Video = Awesomeness
What happens when you take the power of social media and add the visibility of video? You make a big impact and exponentially increase your online presence!
Before you object that you’ve barely figured out Twitter, let alone video, let me put you at ease: With a host of [...]
Great post by by Mike Schultz and John Doerr from RainMaker Blog
Susan Note: You can’t build a business without the foundation. And the foundation is lead generation.
Leads, leads, leads. Once the referrals and the circle of family and friends aren’t enough to keep our firms growing, it’s all about the leads. Yet, when [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Post by Lisa Sassevich
Lisa at the Speakers Summit
When you’re trying to get booked to speak on stages or teleseminars, it’s crucial to give your talk a hooky title. By that I mean, an instantly appealing and easy to remember name. A hooky talk title can mean the difference between getting booked or not and between [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Great post by Helena Bouchez in MarketingProf Today
As I always say speaking is one of the best ways to connect directly with decision makers in your industry. Following the noted guidelines will help you better connect with the decision makers who can put you in front of an audience.
Speaker Services can assist you in preparing [...]
Do you know what the meeting planners want from speakers?
Listen to this short video and find out.
Susan Levin has over 18 years experience in the world of speaker marketing. She is a marketing coach for speakers and authors and the founder of Speaker Services since ’92. Her company offers marketing and training services for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )www.speakerservices.com
Feb 2010 E-Zine
Boy was I blown away when I saw that over 1,200 people downloaded the complimentary preview teleclass mp3 call for the Speakers Summit http://ping.fm/thJw8 Get Booked at Colleges with Brent Scarpo, Jack Barnard and myself last week. It’s a hot topic and Brent and Jack gave us great content. We learned what topics [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far ) Looking for speaking engagements?
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Speakers for Free: Any business person or professional practitioner who wants to increase their business base.
Speakers for Fee: We prefer that you have a 3 camera video demo, professional photos, a press kit and a fee schedule and letters [...]
By Terry Dean, http://www.terrydean.org
Terry writes: I’ve been disappointed by most internet marketing conferences I’ve attended…and I’m a speaker at them!
And I could not agree with him more. I even posted a comment on his blog page. His comments apply to many conferences. It is unfortunate that the hard sell ruins it for many of [...]
In this Issue
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- New & Renewing Speakers & Authors
- Tips & Advice & Resources
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Greetings,
Happy New Year. May 2010 be the best ever for you.
I had a great holiday season, lots of movies and an open open house New Years Day gathering at my home. The photo is [...]
Position, Prospect, Prosper – The Road Ahead
The public speaking industry has changed, including the professional speaker marketing and training that is so important to your success.
One of the most important changes that affects speakers involve the meetings marketplace. Yes it is no secret that there are less speaking engagements then in the past however it [...]
Post from Chris Brogan
I’m presenting to the International Association of Exhibitions and Events (IAEE) conference today. These people all put on conferences for a living, a multi-billion dollar industry (note: I also put on conferences), and work with an events solutions company. What they’ll want to know is how all these social media [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Radio Interview 101, by Bryan Farrish Radio Promotion
www.radio-media.com
Speakers are great at getting information, verbally, from point A to point B. One difficulty occurs, however, in situations where an intermediary (like radio) is involved. Radio is “invisible” to most people, including speakers; it is largely unknown to speakers why or how things are chosen to be [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Today’s post Leanne Hoagland Smith shares how speaking can boost your business.
Sometimes being somewhat old and of a strong Swedish heritage which means stubborn in my family, I fail to truly listen to the good advice that I have received along the way as I have grown my business. Recently, I just began to take [...]
In volatile economies, it’s critical to keep current clients. Unfortunately, many professional service firms are hearing “no thanks” from long-time clients who love their work. How can this happen? It’s a sad mixture of bad news and your brand. Below are the three most common scenarios behind a client’s decision to leave and how to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )post by Susan Levin, owner of Speaker Services
My clients always ask me how can I be pro active and find speaking gigs. There are bureaus, paid listing services (that’s us) www.speakerservices.com, there are directories that come out once a year, there are Business Journals with leads and then there are organizations that simply post a [...]
Post by Donna Gunter, The Internet Marketing Automation Coach™ www.onlinebiz.com
I’ve been listening to a number of list building and lead generation teleclasses lately, and many of them have been offered in the form of a telesummit. A telesummit is a virtual online conference that offers a line-up of varied speakers over a period of time, [...]
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Social media has profoundly altered the way we market and communicate.
Social Media Marketing is the use of technology combined with social interaction to create or co-create value.
Content + Context + Connections + Community = Social Media Marketing
Marketing on social [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The following post comes to us from Penny Sansevieri.
I have been encouraging my clients to have a media room on their websites. For speakers/authors it really can make the difference of getting speaking gigs as well as interviews by reporters.
Take it away Penny….
Did you know that second only to your blog, the media room should [...]
