With public speaking, your goal is to help your audience solve a problem… and receive a fee for doing it. Many speakers charge speaking fees while some don’t, especially if they are just starting out. There are several things you can do to ‘justify’ your speaking fee to meeting planners to make your price look like a ‘score’ of a deal by anyone’s standards!

When requesting a speaking fee, the people planning the event may scoff saying it is too high. When that happens, you must find a way to justify why your fee is higher or different from other speakers.

First, you must justify your speaking fee to yourself! If you don’t believe you are worth the fee you are charging… you’re not. Most speakers tend to de-value their knowledge, expertise, and skill, so my suggestion is that you first believe you are worth the fee you want to charge.

Next, be clear to the event planner about what you are offering for your price. You can easily add value by offering free copies of your newest book. Perhaps your newly released book is based on the same topic as your speech, or the seminar you will be going to. In that case, let the event planner know that besides your presentation, you will also be giving out free copies of your book.

You may want to up the ante a little more by agreeing to provide one-on-one consulting for one session only to all those in attendance who take your book. This way you are giving even more value for your speaking engagement. When the event planner realizes the value you are presenting, he or she will no longer scoff or complain about it, especially if you are the only speaker to offer such a deal.

Remember, food for 500 people can often cost an organization $3000- $15,000 dollars… and most people will forget that by the next day. Which has more value? The meal or the speaker? Clearly the speaker… so charge accordingly.

As a speaker, you are the one to decide what your fee will be. Find out what their budget is and give your price. Make sure to justify why you charge so much if they ask or request it.

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That which makes the voice truly interesting to listen to is color; the life, animation, the emotion you express in speaking. Among the characteristics that make for colorful speaking are speed, force, pacing, pause, inflection, emphasis, and tone. All are important, but the one, in particular, that deals specifically with the mood, attitude, or emotion you convey in relationship to your subject or topic is tone.

If you were to give a talk about the techniques used in working with children who have learning disabilities, your tone of voice should be hopeful, positive. On the other hand, were you to describe the outcome of a recent school shooting, your tone is not going to be positive but instead negative because the situation is not only dangerous and lethal, it is also something that we cannot seem to stop.

Years ago when I was working with journalism students in voice and delivery, I found many of them reading their broadcasts with the same tone of voice for each topic. Announcing the winner of the Super Bowl is going to have a different tone than a story about the discovery of a dog-fighting business. Whereas the former probably would be given in an uplifting and joyous tone, the latter story would sound grave and serious. Your attitude towards your topic as well as your emotional involvement with the topic should affect your tone.

If you would like learn more about your tone, try the exercise below: record yourself reading the two examples and then playback and study the recording.

Action-filled — Instinctively the cop groped for the edge of the aisle seat in order to get to the stage, but before he could move, the lights went back on briefly followed by another electrifying clap of thunder which brought even more turmoil and a total blackout.

Contemplative — It is fascinating to read about or watch animals in the wild. They nurture their young, tending to their needs much as we nurture and tend to the needs of our young. While there are numerous similarities in the raising of our young by both animals and man, there is a difference. Animals in the wild are taught to kill for survival whereas man kills survival.

Was there a difference in your tone between the two readings? Good tone of voice would involve an urgency and excitement in the first reading versus a compassionate, more thoughtful tone in the second.

Not only will tone be heard in your voice but it will also be seen in your facial expression as well as in your body language.

Learn to adjust your tone according to your topic because tone sets the mood for what you want your audience to hear.

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Authors and film writers know they have a limited time to grab
the reader’s or audience’s attention in these ‘want it now’
times. If they don’t ‘open with a bang’ the browser will replace
the book on the shelf, and the cinema goer will either chat or
let their mind wander through the opening sequence and they’ll
never catch up with the plot – even if they want to.

You need to grab the attention of your audience right from the
start because it will be virtually impossible to attract their
attention at any other stage. Also the sight of people
fidgeting, or even chatting idly to others will distract the
attention of those audience members who do want to listen to you.

Here are some tried and tested ways to capture the attention of
your audience from the start. Be aware of the importance of
matching your opening to the subject, and tone of your speech
and the nature of your audience.

ACTIONS, DO SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.

Soft, understated actions can have really powerful effects simply
because they are so unexpected. Contrast that with banging or
using loud noises to attract attention, because that can be very
counter productive. People don’t like being cajoled into taking
actions or the feeling they get from being ordered into paying
attention.

In short: he who has to make a lot of noise to attract attention
has probably lost from the start.

If the noise is in context such as bells, whistles, or sirens for
emergency services or natural disaster, etc then by all means do
use them.

QUOTABLE QUOTES.

There is an air of authority to well known quotes, and phrases
that we accept the truth and wisdom of what is being said. You
can borrow the power, authority, and dignity from great people
for a moment with a well chosen quote.

Don’t attempt to hijack the rest of their speech, or works, but
move smoothly into your own speech and you will take the audience
along with you while you continue to offer justified auguments
and reasoning.

ONE LINERS AND JOKES.

A simple piece of advice here. If you can carry it off – great.
If you can’t remember jokes either don’t tell them or develop a
Tommy Cooper type act!

Some people use reverse psychology and deliver unfunny jokes
just to get people on their side. Very powerful – IF you can
carry it off.

STORIES.

People of all ages love stories and they can really make events
and people come alive. Your characters can be imaginary, but make
them believable and your audience will engage with and care about
them. Get people to engage with human characters rather than just
abstract events, or facts and figures and you could well hold
them captivated throughout your speech.

Take a little time to prepare the correct type of opening to suit
both your own character, and the theme of your talk and you will
feel more confident delivering your opening. This confidence will
feed itself to the audience and nothing can hold you back once
you have made a great start.

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I learned my craft as a speaker a long time ago, and I have kept on learning and practicing it every day for the past 30 years. That’s the thing about any talent, you have to practice if you want excel. I was also lucky; I learned my craft in the days “BP” � Before PowerPoint.

You might think today that PowerPoint makes it easier � not at all. PowerPoint in my experience is the reason why so many people in business have become utterly boring speakers and I have made it part of my life’s mission to change that – especially for women, for whom learning to deliver an outstanding speech is even more important as a key to success.

First let’s get a definition sorted. What do I mean by an “Outstanding Speech?” I don’t mean that you have to be able get up in front of thousands of people and compete with Tony Robbins or Les Brown or Brian Tracy or any top level professional speaker. You don’t need to be anywhere near that good to rate as outstanding, you just need to stand out from the crowd, and as 90% of all business presentational are mediocre at best, being outstanding is not difficult.

You have delivered an outstanding speech if the day after the speech:

• 1. The audience can remember who you are, your name
• 2. The audience can remember your message.
• 3. Some of the audience take action because of your speech.

Those don’t seem like tough objectives do they? But often I can’t remember the name of the speaker by the end of the next coffee break, and I never even got the message during the speech. The reason that most people fail to achieve these basics is that they never planned to in the first place.

So that’s the goal � now let’s look at the three basic rules to achieve them.

• Rule 1 – Learn to love yourself
• Rule 2 – No PowerPoint until after the speech is written
• Rule 3 – Use my PEPP Talk Formula to write and deliver your speech

Rule 1 – Learn to Love yourself.

Why do apparently confident, successful people get on stage and crumble into incomprehensibility? Lack of self confidence is a speaker’s greatest challenge, and especially women. When I changed gender I started working more and more with women in business groups and I could not understand why so many women chose to sit down to present. The more I looked into this the more I realised that the social conditioning a women receives throughout her life often undermines her self confidence and sense of being great at what she does. It’s one of the key reasons why women have a hard time competing with men at work, but it can be overcome especially if you learn to write and deliver an outstanding speech.

Self confidence is all about loving yourself. If you don’t love yourself, if you don’t respect yourself, if you aren’t sure of how good you are at what you do there is a subconscious message in your brain saying, “I don’t like who I am, so why should the audience?” That’s what causes you to start to panic � self doubt. You need to erase the self doubt by replacing it with self love.

Step 1 � Tell yourself why you like yourself. When you get up every morning, go to a mirror, look yourself in the eye and say “I like myself because�.” Tell yourself what you like about yourself, as many reasons as you can and if you have to � LIE!!! Go on, say it “I like myself because I am an outstanding speaker.” Convince yourself that you really are OK. You are worth listening to, you have value, your ideas can help people, you have earned to right to be confident in yourself.

Step 2 � Create a Wins Book. Get a scrap book and start collecting all the good feedback you can. Photocopy all your certificates, copies of reports from any event when you did good, testimonials from clients, friends, anyone who writes to you and says “Hey! That was great thank you, you have really helped me.” Have you set up a new club � it’s a win. Lost 28 lbs at Weight Watchers – put the 4 silver sevens in your win book, together with an after picture. Delivered an outstanding speech, get a testimonial, ran a successful exhibition stand – get a picture. Create a book of all the positive and wonderful things that have happened in your life and keep it going – then before you have to speak – get the book out and read it.

Learn to love yourself and the audience will love you as well.

Rule 2 – No PowerPoint until after the speech is written

PowerPoint tends to make people lazy. We are all busy, but if you get out PowerPoint the day before the presentation, write your notes in the form of slides and then proceed to deliver them at the rate of one every 30 seconds, reading most of them out, is it surprising that the audience is asleep by the end and can’t remember a thing. And how can anyone expect the audience to respect them if they show them so little respect in the first place.

PowerPoint is great if, and that is a BIG IF, you have visuals and useful information that are best conveyed visually. A friend of mine Cathy O’Dowd was the first woman to climb Everest from both sides. She talks about teamwork and illustrates her outstanding speeches with stories of her experiences of teamwork under the duress of the life threatening conditions of climbing Everest. She uses lots of slides, mostly awe inspiring images of her expeditions as she takes the audience on a dangerous journey to top of the world. That is how to use PowerPoint – not lists of words and unreadable quotations.

So shut the laptop, write the speech then ask, “Does this speech need visuals, and is PowerPoint the best way to do that?” Perhaps there is a better way to convey the message. You will be amazed at the alternatives. Perhaps you can use a prop, or a volunteer from the audience, or give the audience a work sheet, or get people to do an exercise. There are so many ways to involve the audience creatively to get a message across that are a thousand times more outstanding than a PowerPoint slide.

Be creative with your visuals and involve the Audience.

Rule 3 – Use my PEPP Talk Formula to write and deliver your speech.

From 30 years of acting, training and professional speaking I have boiled the key elements of an outstanding speech down to four – represented by the acronym PEPP.

• Speak with PURPOSE
• Draw from your EXPERIENCE
• Present with PASSION
• Make it a PERFORMANCE

Purpose – Set a clear purpose to the speech and let the audience know what it is up front.

This is the most important element in writing an outstanding speech and doing this keeps you focused on your single message. The audience can’t take in more than one message anyway, because they will often be hearing lots of other things that day. Make it something they can remember, and repeat it over and over again in a variety of different ways so they don’t forget. Ask yourself this question.

“What do I want the audience to remember?”

If you can get a single message clear in their minds it will act as a trigger help them remember the entire speech later and remember what you asked them to do after the speech.

Which brings me to the second part of the purpose. Why are you doing this speech? What do you want out of it? What do you want the audience to do after the speech? Read your report, sign up for a newsletter, come to your exhibition stand, give you their business card, come to your shop, vote for you etc. Be clear about exactly what you want the audience to do, make sure that you tell them and then make it is easy for them to do it. If you need to give an incentive don’t hesitate. “Get a free ebook if you sign up for my newsletter”

Experience/Expertise – Speak from your experience and expertise – If you have not earned to the right to speak on the topic – don’t speak.

Use no more than three of four points to support your message. Look at the letter E – One main down stroke for the main message and three horizontal lines for the supporting points. We all like stories, we remember them easily and life stories introduce humour and drama into the talk. This helps you as well because it is difficult to forget your speech if it’s a story you lived through. 2000 years ago one of the worlds greatest speakers taught with stories that we still remember today – It doesn’t matter what religion you are I am sure you know some of those stories, they are so memorable.

Passion – Love your topic; be passionate about the topic and your desire to entertain the audience with it.

If the topic is not something you are passionate about, link it to something you are passionate about. Love the audience and they will love you back – the more passionate you are about the topic, the more memorable and entertaining your speech will be and the easier it is to deliver.

Performance – Remember that no matter what the topic or the occasion, when you speak – THIS IS SHOW BUSINESS.

If you are just going to read out your speech you might as well type it and send it. You have to give the audience more than they can get from reading – so have fun, involve the audience, let the power into your voice, be playful, use humour, become a storyteller, and remember that silence………

…….is the speakers most powerful tool.

I know this is generalising but become a storyteller to reach women, present facts in a logical but entertaining way to reach men, and mix the styles so that you appeal to both and alienate neither. We all like humour, we all like to be entertained – but most of all most people love stories and remember them.

To become an outstanding speaker be a Storyteller with a Message.

Copyright 2005 Richelle (Rikki) Arundel, UK

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Many clubs and organisations rotate the important role of introducing other speakers at their meetings. If you are relatively inexperienced at public speaking this is a great opportunity to practice and build your confidence.

When introducing other speakers you are aiming to create a favourable environment for them to present. If the right words are chosen you can put the audience into a receptive mood to listen. On the other hand a poor choice can leave the audience bored and restless.

Introductions are as different as the individuals involved. In presenting public speakers, each requires a separate approach, in the same way each hole in golf course is played a little differently from the other seventeen holes. Whether you get a high platform rating or a low golf score depends on the approach you chose.

The following tips will help you choose your approach to boost your platform score:

Plan Your Introductions

Introductions deserve more than impromptu fumbling. Learn about the speaker you are about to introduce. If you don’t know the speaker, discover as much as you can about the speaker by getting to know them. Try to answer the following questions;

What is their area of expertise?

What subject are they speaking on?

What do others say about them?

What business line are they in?

Plan carefully how you are going to introduce them to their audience and you will put them and their audience in “sync” with each other.

Length of Your Introduction

Be brief like good literature ‘talk long enough to cover the details but be short enough to leave the audience wanting more. Your job is to build up the speaker not to give the speech or to make yourself the centre of attention. A custom to keep in mind is that the more well known the speaker the shorter the introduction needs to be.

Keep It Simple and Sincere

Do not over complicate your introductory speech. By keeping it simple you will not confuse the audience. Mean what you say about the speaker; do not exaggerate the speaker’s experience or ability. You have the opportunity to spur on the modest speaker with a few well chosen words.

Structure of the Introduction A useful outline to use to structure your introduction is

- Opening remarks – start with an upbeat remark

- Biographical details about the speaker – who the speaker is?

- Topic of his speech – be brief – do not give the speech for him

- Thank the speaker and clearly pronounce his name

The introduction of guest speakers is a very important role. It can boost or detract from the audience’s enjoyment of the speech. It is a great way to build your experience and confidence for your own public speaking. And if you enjoy the role introducing of speakers you could consider the more involved master of ceremonies role for further public speaking experience.

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Effective public speaking today is about delivering valuable content to your listeners in a clear and interesting style. Anyone that is prepared to apply themselves can become a more effective speaker.

To be a successful speaker you need the right combination of speaking skills involving delivery and preparation. Becoming proficient in these skills takes practice and application. Having the right qualities and characteristics will help you immensely to become a truly effective public speaker.

1. Confidence – Confidence comes from believing in what you are saying and being passionate about your subject. Self-confidence is developed by knowing everything you can about your subject and thoroughly preparing and practicing.

When you walk out on the stage or out front of your meeting you must overcome your nerves and deliver your message. By mastering the “shakes” you are half way to being an effective public speaker.

Almost everyone who rises to speak suffers some degree of stage fright. Many distinguished speakers admit to recurring nervousness. They take several deep breaths to restore their composure and cure any palpitations and focus on the valuable message they are about to deliver.

2. Likeability – As a general rule your listeners want to like you. When they do like you it makes delivering your speech easier. Your likeability is helped by smiling and being positive and friendly. An upbeat tone to your voice will attract your listeners. Keep the other person’s point of view in mind when developing your presentation. Take an active interest in what your audience have to say and show that you care about them.

3. Expertise – you need to know your subject thoroughly – read and learn all you can. An audience will quickly sense when you do not know your stuff. By being a recognized as a leader in your field and knowing your subject thoroughly you can be in demand even if you are not considered a first rate speaker.

4. Enthusiasm – you will need to be passionate about your subject. It helps when you really enjoy the topic you are discussing. You speech can be convincing and effective because of your enthusiasm about your subject.

5. Persistence – Persistence and practice will see you steadily improve and become an effective speaker. Take every opportunity to speak in front of an audience. More than any other human activity, public speaking is learned and improved by doing it.

Improving your speaking skills is critical to becoming an effective public speaker. Developing the right characteristics can make this possible. If you do not have all the characteristics and skills now, don’t worry because there are many solutions for this e.g. books, e-books, college courses and speaking organisations such as Toastmasters etc. Take your first step today and open the door to effective public speaking.

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This is the third of three articles on using gestures for public speaking. This deals with mannerisms. The first dealt with appropriate gestures and the second inappropriate gestures.

When speaking in front of an audience, as seasoning enhance a meal, gestures enhance your talk.

What happens if you inadvertently add too much seasoning or sauce? Maybe the lid fell off the salt shaker or the cap off the bottle. Just as it is impossible to put the salt back, it is impossible to undo the damage even though you may try to salvage the meal. Too many gestures of the wrong kind can have the same effect.

Gestures fall into three categories that need to be observed by public speakers.

Appropriate Gestures
Inappropriate Gestures
Mannerisms

This article focuses on mannerisms. They are in effect wasted gestures.

A mannerism is like a body language stutter. It is making the same motion over and over again. They could be described as repeating the same style and form of public speaking gesture or motion.

Who will ever forget one of the great speakers of our time who constantly used the push the thumbtack into the TelePrompTer gesture. It was the salvaged index finger wagging or pointing that a former Governor that was later held down with the thumb.

How can some get away with using them. In a word, charisma. If you don’t have it, you can not get away with using them.

Anytime a gesture has become repetitive, making the same motion repeatedly, it has become a mannerism. Anyone can fall victim to their strangle hold.

Why be cautious of too many gestures? Over use can easily turn them into a mannerism.

There are numerous types of mannerisms.

They can include…

Gripping, leaning, or massaging the leading edge of the lectern

Tapping your finger (you won’t even know your doing it)

Biting your lip

Playing with or adjusting hair and clothing

How do you overcome them? First become aware of using them. You can do this by using a public speaking coach. Another way would be to get someone to video tape your speech.

Next learn how to talk with your hands and body. How big, how small, where, can all be described with our hands. Even time can be turned into something linear with the use of our hands.

Start using gestures. Watch actors on TV. Imitate their actions. Practice their moves.

It is a learned process. When it comes from your heart and resonates from your soul it will become a natural part of your speech. With practice and work, you can overcome mannerisms.

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This is the second of three articles on gestures for public speakers. This deals with inappropriate gestures. The first article looked at appropriate gestures and the last will deal with mannerisms.

When speaking in front of an audience, gestures enhance the talk as steak sauce enhances meat.

What happens if you inadvertently add too much sauce? What if the lid fell off. It is impossible to undo the damage even though you may try to salvage the meal. Use the wrong gestures and the effect can be the same. It is impossible to undo the damage.

The three aspects of gesturing that speakers need to be aware of include…

Appropriate Gestures
Inappropriate Gestures
Mannerisms

Which gestures should not be used by public speakers?

Obviously any gesture that is considered obscene by any standard should never be used. Nothing will damage the credibility of a public speaker more than this. Even using these in jest before taking the podium could damage your credibility now or in the future. You never know where a camera might be saving the moment for future viewers.

When considering the psychology of why people use obscene gestures or even language, it is often related to the feeling the need to empower themselves. So to use such is in effect an admission of having a weak position or even a lack self esteem.

The challenge comes when hand gestures that are common and acceptable in one culture are obscene or otherwise inappropriate in another culture.

There are a few North American hand gestures that in places like South
America, South East Asia, Germany, and Australia are considered anything from rude to lewd.

OK is not OK

They include, the OK sign where the index finger and thumb touch with the remaining three fingers up in the air.

Thumbs down on The Thumbs Up

World War I flying aces and hitch-hikers heed the same warning for public speakers. This gesture is not only rude in some countries, it is even down right crude.

One driver who was just about cut some slack for a traffic offense for being a tourist, on giving the thumbs up sign had the book thrown at him. Thinking he was saying thanks a for being given some slack, he in effect told the officer what he could do with his generosity.

Other Gestures

The follow me with the palm up and the gesture going up is more than a put down. If necessary, holding the palm down and scooping a little air toward yourself is better.

Perhaps one of the most universal body language gestures, shaking the head to say yes or no. Most know up and down is yes, left to right mean no.

In Bulgaria, parts of Greece, what used to be Yugoslavia, Turkey, Iran, Bengal and to some of the tribes of South Africa it is the opposite. If you want to see how much trouble this can get you into, you might want to see the B movie sleeper hit, “The Gods Must Be Crazy.”

The V for victory or rabbit ears likewise has various meanings around the world.

Pointing with an index finger can present a thought different than you would like. One US Governor had a challenge with pointing or rather shaking his index finger at the audience. His handlers solved this problem by getting him to hold his index finger down with his thumb. Unfortunately this created a new totally new mannerism.

What can you do?

Take these gestures out of your body language vocabulary all together. Our world is becoming so homogenized, it is impossible to go anywhere and not run into someone from somewhere that a gesture will mean something other than what you intend.

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The act of taking ownership has been propounded in almost every conceivable area of life. It applies also to the art of public speaking. How does a sense of ownership help you get over your stage fright? How can this help you become a more effective speaker? Taking ownership is a powerful weapon in your arsenal, allowing you to increase your effectiveness, while banishing your negative thoughts and enhancing your public speaking skills. There are few better ways to help you become a better public speaker, whether you will be speaking only once, or decide to make a career of it.

The Principle of Ownership – How do you take ownership of public speaking?

Can such an ephemeral act actually produce results? While the concept of ownership is well understood as it applies to physical things, it can be a bit difficult to understand as it relates to an act. How does ownership affect public speaking?

Understanding the concept of ownership in this context is vitally important. In a sense, this is “positive thinking,” with an edge. Positive thinking is passive – almost wishful thinking, in a sense. Taking ownership of the situation is dynamic, it puts you in control. While it incorporates quite a few of the principles of positive thinking, taking ownership puts you in the driver’s seat and helps you to banish your negative thoughts.

So, how does this apply to public speaking? Can you really “own” the experience of speaking before an audience? Yes, you can own that experience, you can make it your own. Doing so will also improve your public speaking skills. You can take control of that situation and take ownership, which will ramp up your effectiveness to a considerable degree.

Taking ownership of the situation begins with your material. Obviously, you’ll need a topic on which to speak. As you were chosen as the speaker, it was probably for a reason. Your expertise and knowledge of said topic are the best available. Use this to your advantage; use it to help you take ownership of it. Think of it as “your” engagement, “your” speech and “your” topic. This brings the spectacle of public speaking down to a much more personal level and improves your public speaking skills in and of itself.

When you own your topic, you control the flow, the salient points you will make. Use this to your advantage, make each point vital and filled with importance. You can also use this to make your speaking style and body language different. For instance, when you own something, you are rarely timid about asserting yourself where that subject is concerned.

The same principle applies with public speaking. If you own the experience, you are vested in it. This brings a much more personal tone to the entire engagement. When you are vested in something, you are committed to its success, whether you experience fear and doubt or not. Taking ownership of your topic will make your speech more dynamic, more interesting and more engaging to your audience.

In addition, ownership can be applied to the feelings of fear you feel at the prospect of speaking before a crowd. Regardless of the size of the group you are addressing, the principle of ownership will help override the feelings of self-doubt assailing you. If you are sufficiently vested in the engagement, there is little room for that fear to trickle through. Of course, you’ll still experience some fear and doubt – it’s only natural. However, you will not be overcome with anxiety over the coming engagement. Rather, you will feel empowered, proud and ready to tackle the subject, to let the world see what you can do and let your audience hear what you have to say.

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Want to land lot of paid public speaking engagements?

Of course, you would. Getting paid for speaking in public is easy. You just need to employ the right marketing tactics and deliver powerful speeches. If you are looking to get paid for your speeches you must have confidence in your speaking abilities.

If that is the case, it is time to stop thinking like a speaker and start thinking like a master marketer. Marketing is the key to get booked and get paid. All the expertise in the world will get you nowhere if you cannot promote your self properly.

Here are 3 steps to help you get paid in your public speaking career. These are sure fire methods to boost your financial earnings.

1. Find a marketable topic for willing buyers

Speech topics are the bread and butter of public speakers. Basically, you are booked based on what you can present. As a speaker you are providing information on certain topics. The topics you choose must be marketed towards the buyers you are trying to book with.

In essence, your topics must match the needs of your target audience. If you elect to speak to the youth market, you must have topics that fit that niche. You may package your materials in a way the buyers can easily recognize. This may include motivation, self-development, anti-drug lectures, and many more.

Incidentally, you must recognize who the buyers are. They are the ones that should be initially impressed because they are the ones that will be booking you to speak. The audience can be secondary but should be considered nevertheless.

Appear exclusive to the niche. Buyers will always prefer specialists on the field over general speakers. If you are perceived to be an expert on youth, you will definitely get speaking engagements for the youth audience.

2. Get out there and network with the right people

Remember ABC. Always Be Collecting! Networking will help you collect potential clients and that will help you with expanding your database.

Connecting with the right individuals will make the public aware of your expertise and availability. You can also get a lot of referrals. You can even get booked through word-of-mouth.

Be courteous and charming. Speaking skills are not only appropriate on stage they can be effective for marketing off the stage as well. Exude enthusiasm and confidence. Sure enough, you will start to get calls from interested buyers that you cannot remember marketing to. The power of networking is immense. Always bear that in mind.

3. Create products or materials that will not only enhance your credibility but can also become an additional stream of income

A speaker with relevant books or other type of resources will always be perceived as an accomplished expert on a particular field. The product can also be put to sale and at the same time become marketing materials. Supplementary products can also be used as an incentive for your offers just to make your proposals more persuasive.

Products can be sold online or after your speech to make you more publicly visible as professional speaker.


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