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Madame Speaker Says
Madame Speaker Says is the podcast for women of colour ready to own the mic, drop that book and get paid like a legend.
Join Magogodi oaMphela Makhene - author, speaker and coach - for real talk, shortcuts and receipts to help you lead with confidence — on stage, on the page and way beyond the 9–5. No caucacity, no crusty old school leadership.
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They Loved Me, Nobody Hired Me: Why Your Talks Aren't Converting Into Clients
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They clapped. They cried. They told you it was the best thing they'd ever seen — and then nobody hired you. That's not a talent problem. It's not even a confidence problem. 👀 What's actually going on?
THIS VIDEO UNPACKS:
-- Why your talk needs a "job" before you ever walk on stage — and the one question I ask every client before we even get on a call
-- The exact window after you speak when people are primed to say yes and how fast it slams shut
-- The one sentence that decides whether people leave inspired or leave ready to hire you.
A couple years back I led a retreat for a room full of corporate executives, and when I tell you it was stiff — you could've dropped a pin and heard it echo. One guy, built like a big buffy bear, came at me sideways the second I asked an opening question, like I was there to run some cute little woo-woo thing on him. By the end of that session? Same guy is walking side by side with me, telling me everything about his company. People were crying. The room was electric. Electric. 🔥
And it still didn't book me again. Not because the work wasn't real — because that retreat didn't have a job. I never architected it to convert. That's mistake number one, and it's probably costing you clients right now too.
Then there's the flip side — missing the moment entirely. I once sat through a multi-day experience so good the whole room felt like friends by lunch. The founder never made the ask in the room. I got in my Uber, called my baby to say Mommy's flying home, landed, walked into my house — still nothing. Days later, an email shows up trying to recreate a moment that was already gone. 😬
YOUR TURN
Of the 3 issues we talk about in the video—your talk as no job, you missed the moment, or your promised land is unclear--which one is showing up in your talks right now?
👇🏽 Drop it in the comments, I've got popcorn and I'm waiting...
CHAPTERS
0:00 They Loved Me, Nobody Hired Me
2:00 The One Thing Your Talk Needs Before You Walk On Stage
4:50 The Retreat That Never Rebooked Me
7:00 You're Missing the Conversion Moment
7:35 The Keynote Where the Ask Came Too Late
10:25 The Promised Land Problem
12:10 What TED Gets Right About Selling Without Selling
13:40 Learn More: The Whole Damn Talk
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