The Art, Science, and Business of Speaking
He made $5.6 million in 24 months. She sold 2 million books last year. She has over 10 million Twitter followers. He just spoke to an audience of over 5,000 people. Oooooooo…. impressive! We love big numbers, don’t we? Are big numbers attached to any of your goals? Probably so… and there’s nothing […]
Do you have a message and/or expertise that can help people? Of course you do. Are you able to “download” everything you have to offer in a 45-90 minute keynote? Of course not. So do you currently have products or resources that allow your attendees to “take you home” […]
Do you frequently find yourself saying, “I’m a ______, but I want to be a professional speaker/author/guru”? If so, this blog post is for you! I recently spoke with “serial quitter” Jon Acuff about his new book, Quitter: Closing the Gap Between Your Day Job and Your Dream Job, and […]
Brendon Burchard’s new book, The Millionaire Messenger, is #1 on both the New York Times‘ and USA Today‘s paperback advice/how-to bestseller lists. How did he do it? Well, I got an email from Brendon this week and he broke it down into eight steps: Write a great book with a […]
Who wouldn’t like a #1 best-selling book? But with upwards of 300,000 books published on a yearly basis (in the United States alone), how do you make it happen? Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not as simple as “write a great book.” Also contrary to popular opinion, your publisher isn’t […]
Most professional communicators either see themselves as speakers first (who write to advance their speaking), or as authors first (who speak to advance their books). I’m just curious to see how the numbers break down… or maybe you see yourself in a different category all together! Let us know. How […]