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Can This Speaker Search Tool Actually Save You 100+ Hours Per Year?
Worth It or Walk Away? The Speaker Intel Engine claims to help you connect with 1,200 leads every year. Let’s test it out!
The 2025 Speaker's Strategy Guide: 5 Industry Trends Driving Growth
What Every Speaker Needs to Know to Stay Ahead in the Industry
Why Organizers Ask You to Shorten Your Speech
Don’t panic when your 60-minute speech is suddenly cut to 45 minutes.
Travel Buyouts: The Pros & Cons
We're diving into the nuances of travel buyouts and all-inclusive fees for professional speakers.
Client Experience
104 posts
Backstage: What Event Organizers Really Think About Cold Outreach
Three anonymous event organizers reveal what makes them hit reply… or delete.
Backstage: They’re Just Not That Into You (and Your Cold Email)
Inside scoop from event organizers on why cold outreach rarely lands gigs.
The Speaker’s Secret Weapon: Scripts
Pre-Written Scripts Make You Sound More Genuine (and Win You More Gigs)
Fees
43 posts
Stop Guessing: How to Calculate What You Actually Earn Per Gig
How to track your fees with clarity so you can negotiate smarter and earn more.
How to Create a Speech That Sticks, Stirs, and Sparks Change
What a Scottish Comedian Can Teach You About Changing Lives from the Stage
Grow Your Revenue with the Power of Compounding Gigs
How to slowly increase your new speech’s fee until it’s worthy of your full keynote rate.
Lead Gen
76 posts
How to Become Besties With Publishers
How to Win Friends With Industry Gatekeepers and Unlock Your Next Speaking Market
Why Publisher Relationships Pay Off Big Time
Why building relationships with industry publishers beats cold-pitching organizers every time.
Escape Expertville. Welcome to Visionary Town.
Stop listing takeaways and start diagnosing problems like a visionary.
Performance
77 postsHard-Won Wisdom: What Two Speakers Learned from Triumphs and Trip-Ups
Every step forward (and backward) reveals something worth learning.
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The Year of Transformation: Are You Ready for the Climb?
Inside the messy, inspiring, yo-yo-like journey of building a better speaking business
Year of Transformation: What Happens When a Speaker Actually Prioritizes Their Speech
Two speakers. Two different challenges. One surprisingly powerful habit behind both breakthroughs.
Sales
122 posts
Setting Revenue Goals: Don’t Let Your 2026 Goals Be a Horror Story
The step-by-step process to banish scary guesswork and build a business that lasts.
Boo! Don’t Miss This October Deadline
Why skipping this deadline will haunt your speaking business all year long.
Backstage: What Event Organizers Really Think About Cold Outreach
Three anonymous event organizers reveal what makes them hit reply… or delete.
trending
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Setting Revenue Goals: Don’t Let Your 2026 Goals Be a Horror Story
The step-by-step process to banish scary guesswork and build a business that lasts.
Boo! Don’t Miss This October Deadline
Why skipping this deadline will haunt your speaking business all year long.
The 2025 Speaker's Strategy Guide: 5 Industry Trends Driving Growth
What Every Speaker Needs to Know to Stay Ahead in the Industry
Back Office
59 posts
Setting Revenue Goals: Don’t Let Your 2026 Goals Be a Horror Story
The step-by-step process to banish scary guesswork and build a business that lasts.
Boo! Don’t Miss This October Deadline
Why skipping this deadline will haunt your speaking business all year long.
The Speaker’s Secret Weapon: Scripts
Pre-Written Scripts Make You Sound More Genuine (and Win You More Gigs)
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Setting Revenue Goals: Don’t Let Your 2026 Goals Be a Horror Story
The step-by-step process to banish scary guesswork and build a business that lasts.
Boo! Don’t Miss This October Deadline
Why skipping this deadline will haunt your speaking business all year long.
Backstage: What Event Organizers Really Think About Cold Outreach
Three anonymous event organizers reveal what makes them hit reply… or delete.
Backstage: They’re Just Not That Into You (and Your Cold Email)
Inside scoop from event organizers on why cold outreach rarely lands gigs.
How to Rapidly Write and Test Your Session Description (Even When the Speech Isn't Finished)
Stop perfecting your session description and start testing it. Here are the exact frameworks that helped Michelle get a "YOU GOT ME! I'm hooked" response from a Meta executive... even while her speech was still unfinished.
The 5 Things Keeping Your Session Description in Revision Hell (And Why It Took 4 Months to Get One Qualified Lead)
Your session description should help you book gigs, even before you've crafted your speech. So, what's holding our two Year of Transformation speakers back?
How to Become Besties With Publishers
How to Win Friends With Industry Gatekeepers and Unlock Your Next Speaking Market
Why Publisher Relationships Pay Off Big Time
Why building relationships with industry publishers beats cold-pitching organizers every time.
The Speaker’s Secret Weapon: Scripts
Pre-Written Scripts Make You Sound More Genuine (and Win You More Gigs)
The Script Advantage: Why You Need Email and Phone Scripts… Pronto!
Ten reasons pre-written emails and call templates will transform your speaking business.
Why Hitting Pause Can Lead to a Smarter Speech, a Better Book, and More Revenue
How to Avoid Wasting Time and Money by Solving the Wrong Problem
When Is the Right Time to Write Your Book?
Why so many speakers feel it… and why waiting might actually make you more successful.
