#4 and #5 of 10 Speaker Strategies to Get Booked and Stay Booked

STRATEGY #4.    Niche, niche, niche – There are several ways you can do this – by topic (for example: Leadership), by audience (for example, HR people, Finance people, IT people?), by industry (for example, banking, HVAC, healthcare), by level (senior execs, high school students, or first-time supervisors), by method (3-day bootcamp, 12-week program), or by [...]

#2 and #3 of 10 Speaker Strategies to Get Booked and Stay Booked

STRATEGY #2.    Write a book – or write several books. I made the mistake of writing 8 books on 8 different topics – if you’re going to write 8 books, you should write 8 books on ONE topic!
Also: decision-makers like to see at least ONE professionally published book.  (Self-publishing is great, but having one or [...]

Arizona Monsoon’s

By Heilee O’Quinn, NSA Manager of Member Services
When you’re here in Arizona this July you may get lucky and experience an Arizona monsoon.  The likelihood of this happening is very slim, but just in case, bring something that you don’t mind getting wet (it doesn’t drop below 85 degrees Fahrenheit here in July so bring [...]

#1 of 10 Speaker Strategies to Get Booked and Stay Booked

Since 1992, I’ve been a full-time professional speaker, trainer and consultant. In March of 2007, I was asked to take on a 1-year interim position as Conference Producer at Business 21 Publishing based in Springfield, PA. I ran their $2 million audio conference and live conference division, booking other speakers, experts, and authors for over [...]

Ten ways to get International publicity by Alan Stevens

2.) Keep in touch. Even if you can’t imagine any way of providing something to a reporter, make sure that you keep n touch with them by adding them to your newsletter list (you do have a newsletter don’t you?), or by sending them something of interest, such as a link to a website. One [...]

Three Ps in a Podcast: Power, Positioning and Profitablitiy by Dick Bruso

Ideal length. Think in terms of when and where your audience is listening. If people are listening in their cars while commuting to work, then a podcast ranging from 20 to 30 minutes would make sense. If time is a factor, then a shorter program would be more appropriate. Length also may be influenced by [...]

Top Ten Tips for Taming the Teleprompter by Laurie Brown

1. Rehearse. Rehearse before you get to the set. Make sure you rehearse out loud–words sound different in your head then they do when spoken. Rehearse with the teleprompter to make sure all words are visible. Rehearse with the teleprompter to help them know your pace.
Visit http://nsaconvention.org/Schedule/LaurieBrown.aspx to read Laurie’s remaining tips and find out more [...]

G’Day, want to get super-productive in your business?

If yes, join me on July 20th at 2.15 pm for a highly interactive, fun session called Super Productivity: Leverage YOUR productivity style and increase your results by 30%
Time management is out the window … it’s super-productivity that achieves results. How you spend your time, focus attention and invest energy massively impacts YOUR productivity and [...]