{"id":4324,"date":"2009-07-07T11:51:57","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T11:51:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=4324"},"modified":"2025-06-05T16:06:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T16:06:28","slug":"how-to-launch-a-career-as-a-paid-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/public-relations\/how-to-launch-a-career-as-a-paid-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"How to launch a career as a paid speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4327\" style=\"float: left;margin: 3px 8px\" title=\"PublicSpeaker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.publicityhound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/PublicSpeaker.jpg\" alt=\"PublicSpeaker\" width=\"250\" height=\"196\" \/>If you use public speaking to promote your expertise and generate publicity, don&#8217;t believe what the naysayers tell you about how all speakers are suffering during this bad economy.<\/p>\n<p>The July\/August issue of Speaker magazine, published by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nsaspeaker.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Speakers Association<\/a>, features 25 men and women who are shaping the speaking profession.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Who&#8217;s Hot?&#8221; Cover story might make your eyes pop out of your head when you see the fees they&#8217;re commanding, even during a bad economy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sales guru Jeffrey Gitomer: $30,000 for a one-hour event.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Amanda Gore, who teaches people how to get radical results in a heartbeat: $18,000 in the U.S. and $11,000 in Australia. <br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Prosperity and success guru Randy Gage: Up to $60,000 internationally.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Comical therapist Connie Podesta: $18,000 to $20,000. <br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Technology futurist\u00a0Dan Burrus: From $20,000 to $30,000.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Political strategist Donna Brazille: $10,000 to $20,000. <br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Customer service expert Ron Kaufman: $28,000 for a full day and $16,000 for a keynote of up to 90 minutes. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And on and on.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m betting that some of the 25 speakers started their careers on the chicken-and-pea circuit giving speeches before community groups while building their expertise and speaking skills.<\/p>\n<p>The magazine asked each of the 25 to explain what makes them &#8220;hot.&#8221;\u00a0I noticed a pattern among many of the responses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Their ability to entertain.<\/strong> Amanda Gore uses magic wands, kangaroo headbands, heart-shaped sunglasses and finger puppets to convey concepts. \u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li><strong>Involving audiences in their presentations.<\/strong> Joe Calloway says his presentations have become so interactive &#8220;that I&#8217;m rarely identified as a speaker anymore. I generally bring members of the audience on stage with me to tak about competitive issues. I love the give and take.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li><strong>Customizing presentations for each audience.<\/strong> Simon T. Bailey says &#8220;I literally rewrite my speech as I\u00a0speak.&#8221;\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are many ways to get started as a professional speaker.\u00a0If you have no experience whatsoever and you&#8217;re not interested in building a career around speaking,\u00a0join <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toastmasters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toastmasters <\/a>to learn platform skills. If you want to get paid for speaking, join the National Speakers Association.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more immediate tips, join\u00a0Steve Harrison\u00a0who will host a free\u00a0telephone seminar at 2 and 7 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 9, with\u00a0author\/speaker James Malinchak on how to get started giving paid speeches&#8212;even\u00a0if you&#8217;re a complete unknown in your field. It&#8217;s called\u00a0\u201cWhat You Need To Know To Make $2,500.00 A Day (Or More) As A Public Speaker Without Being Famous!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re already a veteran speaker or you&#8217;ve never given a paid speech before, you&#8217;ll still benefit from James&#8217;s strategies.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.SpeakerTrainingTeleseminar.com\/?10011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register for the call here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s just some of what you&#8217;ll discover:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to find companies and organizations that already have a budget to pay speakers like you handsomely&#8212;even\u00a0if you&#8217;re not famous or well-known in your field like some of the speakers I&#8217;ve mentioned above.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Why you should never accept less than $2,500.00 to give a speech&#8212;even if you&#8217;re a complete unknown with an &#8220;ordinary topic&#8221;&#8212;and what to do to easily get that fee.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Five critical steps for landing speaking engagements when you don&#8217;t have a lot of time to spend marketing yourself.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Why you don&#8217;t need a demo tape or a fancy speakers kit to land speaking gigs, but what you DO need to give them instead.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>How\u00a0experienced speakers can raise their fee and get it.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Proven ways to brand yourself and your message in a way that will prompt a flood of requests for speaking engagements.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Four actual case histories of speakers who have gone from not knowing anything about the speaking business to making a six-figure income as paid professional speakers.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>How to host\u00a0your own &#8220;sold out&#8221; seminars and workshops.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Five other ways you can make money beyond the speaking fee you receive.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Three critical things to ask for when negotiating with the meeting planner to make the most of the opportunity.<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/li>\n<li>Which topics colleges and corporations are most interested in having speakers address.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have other time commitments on Thursday and you can&#8217;t make either one of these calls, recruit somebody to listen and take notes for you. 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