Yesterday, I spoke to a group of authors who are going through a year long program called Quantum Leap. The Harrison brothers owners of RTIR and producers of the Publicity Summit invited Jack Barnard and me to talk to the authors on how to grow their businesses and services through speaking.
I spoke to them about […]
by Burt Dubin http://www.speakingbizsuccess.com
Here’s how to make every presentation lead to requests for you to speak again at other events. Make building your reputation and enhancing your perceived value the primary function of every presentation.
Here are seven tested, proven methods I’ve discovered from my study of the skills of the masters of the professional […]
The following article comes to us from RainToday.Com
Editor’s Note: In this two part article, Michelle Palmer looks at why invitations to events work well to generate quality leads. Part two, featured in the upcoming February 6 issue of Rainmaker Report, will list how to craft effective event invitations.
I used to consider “event population” or “filling […]
By Vickie Sullivan,
from Rain Today
ZZ Top said it best: “I’m bad…I’m nation-wide.” And it’s true; speaking at national associations has a certain cache and can give you access to the movers and shakers of a particular industry. Getting to the podium, though, can be quite a trip. When it comes to selecting speakers, […]
Listen to a 9 minute audio/mp3 with me Susan Levin talking about the purpose of speaking.
Why-Why do you speak?
Who- Who is your audience?
What- what is your message?
Where- Where you might speak
How-How will you give your presentation?
Included below is a presentation worksheet/checklist for you.
PRESENTATION WORKSHEET
• What are you passionate about?
• What topic creates a […]
I’ve got meeting planners on my mind. I am organizing a campaign to reach more event coordinators and or meeting planners who book speakers and authors. My mandate for my business since ‘92 is to bring speakers/authors and audiences together. Speaker Services is a one-stop shopper for planners to find speakers of their choice and […]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )One of the strategies speakers use to widen their marketing reach is to speak to associations. Presenting to associations gives you a natural link to their member organizations.
Thw following interview is with speaker Elizabeth Jeffries excerpted from http://www.nsaspeaker.org article bank discussing how to make those connections and develop clients from association audiences.
Why should speakers target […]
If this is your first time reading my blog I encourage you to check out the archives of the many posts I created in the last few months. There is much valualbe information and resources there for you.
Thanks so much to those of your for taking a look at Elvira Speaks in my last post. […]
My friend e-mailed the following video that he saw on You Tube - Elvira Speaks
When you have a chance take a look at it-it’s a riot.
You’ll probably agree after viewing it that you do need to be prepared to speak!
Many of my colleagues feel as I do that it is vitally important to have a […]
The phone rang the other night at 10pm and it was one of our new speakers calling in a panic. The message was, I need to talk to you right away, I got a call to speak out of state and I don’t know how much to ask for a speaking fee-help!
When I responded, I […]
There are thousands of speaking opportunites every day and the question always is how do I find them?
There are many opportunites to submit articles to magazines or newspapers or be interviewed as the expert and the question is how do i find them?
Today I am sharing a handful of resources with you.
Before you reach out […]
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