Feb 19, 2020

Grant Baldwin knows the business of speaking. And after more than a decade of in-the-trenches work on the road, he's released a new book, The Successful Speaker, to help those who are interested in getting booked as a speaker.

In This Episode:

• The "Speaking Opportunity" (and how to take advantage of it)
• Is speaking the best opportunity for you to spread your message?
• Who is hiring speakers? Five places to look...
• What speakers really get paid for
• Why "excluding" people will help you make more money as a speaker
• The power of celebrity
• Making what you do interesting to meeting planners, conference organizers, and others who hire speakers
• How to make money speaking for free
• How specific should your speaking topic be?
• Gary Vaynerchuk – how he built his speaking business (and why people hire him to speak)
• The story behind Grant's book deal

Links To Things I Talk About:

• The Speaker Lab Podcast
• The Successful Speaker (Get the audiobook free with Audible trial.)

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