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The successful speaker : five steps for booking gigs, getting paid, and building your platform / Grant Baldwin, with Jeff Goins.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids : Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group, 2020Description: 281 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801094088
  • 0801094089
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction: how i became a speaker -- About this book: what's in it and who is this guy? -- The speaker success road map: five steps to becoming a successful speaker -- Step 1. Select a problem to solve -- Choose an industry -- Identify an interest -- Speak with integrity -- Step 2. Prepare and deliver your talk -- How to pick the right type of talk -- How to create a great talk -- What to do before you step onstage -- How to Use technology and other tools -- How to deliver a talk without boring your audience to tears -- What to do after you're done -- Step 3. Establish your expertise -- Developing a speaker brand -- Getting a great demo video -- Setting up your speaker website -- Step 4. Acquire paid speaking gigs -- Finding paid speaking gigs -- Reaching out to potential clients -- Closing the deal -- Customer service and repeat business -- Step 5. Know when to scale -- Diversifying your income streams -- Creating your first product -- Selling from stage and other ways to monetize.
Summary: "A podcaster and speaking expert and a bestselling author offer a step-by-step guide to find and book paid speaking engagements and share your message with the world, while building a successful speaking business and improving your technique"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 808.5102 B181 Available 33111009597382
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Do you have a message you want to get out into the world? Have you ever dreamed of speaking for a living? Is there something you have to say but just aren't sure what to do next? The Successful Speaker is a proven, easy-to-follow guide to helping you do just that.

Whether you want to speak at your next board meeting or community gathering, start making some extra money on the side, or become a full-time professional speaker, Grant Baldwin knows how to get you from here to there. Why? Because he's done it himself and has coached over 2,000 speakers.

In The Successful Speaker , you will learn the five-step road map to start and scale a speaking business from the ground up, including

- how to hone your message and know exactly who it's for
- the preparation process to help your next speech move an audience to action
- what it takes to establish yourself as an in-demand expert
- practical steps to finding and booking paid speaking gigs
- how to know when it's time to grow your impact and income

In each chapter, you will get specific action steps and case studies from professional speakers (including some of the most successful communicators in the world) to put you on the fast track to booking gigs, getting paid, and building your speaking platform.

"A podcaster and speaking expert and a bestselling author offer a step-by-step guide to find and book paid speaking engagements and share your message with the world, while building a successful speaking business and improving your technique"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction: how i became a speaker -- About this book: what's in it and who is this guy? -- The speaker success road map: five steps to becoming a successful speaker -- Step 1. Select a problem to solve -- Choose an industry -- Identify an interest -- Speak with integrity -- Step 2. Prepare and deliver your talk -- How to pick the right type of talk -- How to create a great talk -- What to do before you step onstage -- How to Use technology and other tools -- How to deliver a talk without boring your audience to tears -- What to do after you're done -- Step 3. Establish your expertise -- Developing a speaker brand -- Getting a great demo video -- Setting up your speaker website -- Step 4. Acquire paid speaking gigs -- Finding paid speaking gigs -- Reaching out to potential clients -- Closing the deal -- Customer service and repeat business -- Step 5. Know when to scale -- Diversifying your income streams -- Creating your first product -- Selling from stage and other ways to monetize.

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