The Speaking Show

Mark sits with David to discuss the topic of pricing yourself out as a speaker! They cover many different practices and situations involved in pricing, including profit vs non-profit clients, the state of the economy, considering logistics, and much more!

Theresa shares with us her experience in building her business, becoming a stand-up comedian, working on a TV show, and coming back into the corporate world after spending some time as an entrepreneur!

Drew talks to David about how he utilizes humor towards his business, what roadblocks he came across, and how it has expanded his clientele as opposed to restricting him in one box!

Joel sits with us on The Speaking Show to steer us away from the gig-to-gig mentality, making it easy for customers to return to you, and how important it is to know how to sell yourself to the right customers!

Doug Devitre, CSP gives us a head start on the rising ‘voice first movement’ and how you can potentially beat the rush to utilizing Amazon’s Alexa for your speaking business before it gets too crowded! From publishing apps to creating specific skills! Doug also tells us why we should be focusing on technology like Alexa in the first place and how it can be monetized!

Julie Holmes, professional keynote speaker, innovation expert, and self-proclaimed ultimate nerd joins us on The Speaking Show to talk about how she found her way into the niche of innovation, how she organizes her programs, and how she divides her business between speaking, software development, and product manufacturing all under her own umbrella!

Cynthia and David discuss some of the techniques and best practices towards developing a more confident and authoritative voice! Some of the techniques include properly projecting your voice, proper breathing, and resonance.

David Wolf gives us an overview of the audiobook production process on the front-end and back-end. He also talks about the continuing growth of the audio market and how it could help your business as a speaker and author.

Tom Poland joins us on The Speaking Show to talk about his ‘Leadsology’ program and how it can benefit your marketing as a speaker. Tom also talks about the differences between selling and marketing, best practices in prospect relations, and who you should really be targeting for your leads!

Andrew Davis shares with David and us on how he develops remarkable and referable presentations and how to best correlate them with other forms of media. Andrew also talks about why he decided to give up the C-level executive life and his process of breaking into new markets!

In this episode, Shell Brodnax sits with David and gives us insights from the point of view of an association and what they look for in speakers for their events. Shell also talks to us about staying relevant in your niche, coming up with new programs, an what makes a successful association!

Diane, the presentation guru, talks with David about some of the best practices of delivering knockout presentations! Including effective use of PowerPoints, note cards, developing an overall solid structure for your presentation, and steering away from disaster in a Q&A session!

LinkedIn Ads expert and founder of B2Linked.com AJ Wilcox reveals the secrets to successful advertising via LinkedIn! AJ tells us the best ways of determining a target audience for advertising and generating leads through speaking and landing pages.

Joel returns to The Speaking Show to discuss with David the best practices of sending effective emails and conveying the right message over a medium of communication were much of our human interaction is gone!

Scott tells us how he created a business by telling his life story and motivating people around the world to overcome their adversaries, and how he stumbled upon becoming a life coach. Scott also discusses how he manages to find his self-worth when determining financial compensation without disconnecting from the higher purpose of his business.