become a motivational speaker

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Don’t Be a Cheap Motivational Speaker

Friday, November 14th, 2008

How to become a motivational speaker. Please do NOT set your speaking fees too low. I know it’s tempting… But don’t.

“How much should I charge when starting out?” That’s the question I get a lot. I will not attempt to answer it in details here. It’s a bit too complex. And it depends on your level of credibility as well as your qualifications.

But I can assure you most emerging speakers always inadvertently set their fees too low. The main reason is because they lack of self-confidence.

Here’s a hint about fees: (more…)

How to Make Big Money Speaking

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

If you want to make big money speaking, there are a lot of things you must have in place. And I will be sharing a bunch of them with you here for free.

But I want to share one strategy with that make or break your speaking career fast if you ignore it…

Never Confuse Your Market.

This is a big one. When I first started speaking, I really thought I could speak on leadership, customer service, sales and marketing among many other topics. (more…)