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Get Paid to Speak

Have you ever thought about taking the knowledge or passion you have and turning it into an income? Thousands of people do it every day and there are many organizations looking for individuals just like you, those willing to present to their groups to educate, inform and entertain their members. Anyone can take what they know and turn it into dough! This podcast will offer easy-to-implement tips to help you do just that. You will hear from many experts ready and willing to offer up the secrets that helped them launch their speaking career, both large and small.

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4 - Get published and training for speakers and MORE!

December 03, 2022 • Bill Corbett

I'm the author of the book FROM THE SOAPBOX TO THE STAGE, an Amazon best-seller that reached the number 2 spot in it's category . One of the many techniques for getting hired to speak to groups is to get published. To get started on this, create an image of who your ideal audience members would be and then list the problems that they deal with on a regular basis. Then write 500-word artcles (essays) that feature solutions to these problems. Once you get the first few written, get them published. In this podcast episode, I share an unconventional way of getting your articles published.

The interviewer for SPEAKER SERVICES asked me how I usually deal with rejection when submitting my articles and I offer up an interesting idea for doing just that. Also included in this podcast is the topic of training. The interviewer asks me if speakers need training and I quickly respond with YES THEY DO, and then provide two different types of training and how to achieve them.

There is much more in this episode, including how to get hired to speak at conferences and how to effectively collect email addresses of the people sitting your conference audience. And speaking of conferences, check out my Amazon book for this very topic, HOW TO BECOME A CONFERENCE SPEAKER.