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Getting More Speaker Bookings NOW – Help to Grow Your Speaking Business

January 1, 2025 David Staughton CSP CEO B.Sc(Hons)

How can I get More Speaking Bookings & Gigs to grow my Speaking Business?

  • Would you like more speaking gigs?
  • Want to earn higher fees as a speaker?
  • Want more bookings from Speaker Bureaus?

EVERY speaker wants to get more bookings to give more presentations and make a bigger difference to more audiences.

In order to get more bookings you’ll need to treat your speaking like a Business with a proper plan, resources and sales & marketing effort.

Grow Your Speaking Business

You’re going to need some HELP

If you haven’t got much MONEY, you can do things on a tight budget and do nearly everything  yourself (this is the SLOW way)

or reinvest some of your Speaking earnings and pay some experts to HELP you grow quicker (this is the FAST way).

Resources to grow Speaking Business

Your Speaking Business could benefit from HELP like

  1. Other Speakers experience  (Join a Speakers Mastermind group or Events at the Speakers Association)
  2. An EA/PA or VA (Virtual assistant)
  3. Skills Development Coaches (Humour, Stagecraft, Storytelling etc)
  4. Get A Speaking Business Coach
  5. Your Positioning, Branding & Webmarketing  team
  6. A Video Crew & Production team
  7. A Book Coach or Publisher
  8. A good Accountant & Lawyer
  9. Speaker Bureau relationships
  10. A Speaker Business Manager or Talent Agency

Speaking Business Development Experts

Here are some EXPERTS that can help you develop and improve your speaking business. You will get more bookings!

If you want some useful help & advice, I recommend these …….

  • Andrew Griffiths – Speaker 2.0 Retreats – Mel VIC
  • The Speaker Launcher – Jane Atkinson – Ontario, Canada
  • Matt Church – Founder of Thought Leaders Syd NSW
  • Travis Bell – Speakers Training & Mentoring 12 week Program– Melb VIC\
  • Jenny Cartwright – Syd, NSW – 1 on 1  Zoom Coaching Meetings for speakers
  • Leanne Christie – Standing Ovations – Ovations! Speakers Bureau Founder – Syd NSW
  • Lou Heckler in Florida USA

Speaker Development Groups and Workshops

There are also  communities and groups for developing Professional Speakers….

SPEAKER ASSOCIATIONS

These are associations for speakers that will help you develop your speaking skills and speaking business

  • Professional Speakers Australia (PSA) – Speakers Academy & Speaker Workshops
  • PSA 2020 Convention – Adelaide Mar 13th-16th 2020
  • PSA Boost Speaker Coaching Program – Ian Stephens convenor
  • National Speakers Association (NSA) in USA – Great convention and summits!
  • GSF – Global Speakers Federation  – The Global Speakers Community

OTHER GROUPS FOR SPEAKERS

These are commercial groups that are great at helping to develop your speaking skills and speaking business

  • The Speaker Launcher – Jane Atkinson – Ontario, Canada
  • Speaker Business Accelerator –  Marty Wilson & Michael Arnot (10 wk LIVE program via Zoom on Positioning, Selling & Marketing)
  • Andrew Griffiths Programs – Speaker 2.0 Author 2.0 MC 2.0 & Retreat for Retreats
  • Josh Linkner – 3 Ring Circus – USA & online
  • James Taylor Speaker U – UK Based – helped 10,000 speakers
  • Les Evans – Rockstar Speaker – Visits Australia for 3 day retreats
  • Travis Bell – Speakers Mentoring Program
  • Matt Church’s Thought Leaders Community & Thought Leaders Business School
  • Sam Cawthorn- Speakers Institute 
  • Clinton Swaine – Frontier Trainings – Dynamic Impact Course
  • NLP Presentation Skills Workshops by Tad James or Chris Howard

Sales & Marketing Skills for Speakers

The job of any speaker on stage is to deliver such a good presentation that they get more speaking bookings.

Most speakers are pretty good at speaking BUT are NOT very good at business development or selling their services – This is the BUSINESS end of Speaking.

As Winston Marsh, speaking guru says – “If you are not good at selling – you are going to have skinny kids”

You’ll need to learn how to promote and pitch yourself, followup any leads & enquiries better and get more repeat & referral bookings. These experts can help teach you branding, sales & marketing skills

  • Ian Stephens Sales Expert convenor of the PSA Boost Speaker Coaching System
  • Speaker Business Accelerator –  Marty Wilson & Michael Arnot (10 week LIVE program on Positioning, Selling & Marketing via Zoom)
  • Jane Anderson – Expert to Influencer & Content Creation Program
  • Jenny Cartwright Telesales Workshop – Speaker Sales Coach
  • The Speaker Launcher – Jane Atkinson – Ontario, Canada

Read the blog on ASKING BETTER QUESTIONS to convert your Speaker enquiries into bookings

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  1. BEST SPEAKING COACHES and MENTORS – Get a COACH!
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ABOUT David Staughton CSP CCEO Speaker Advisor

David Staughton Presenter David “Big Dave” Staughton is a Business Growth Consultant and an Award-winning Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) with over 20 years of professional speaking & consulting experience.

He is a PSA Nevin Award Winner, a past board member of Professional Speakers Australia, advisor to E-Speakers and a past advisor to a large Australian Speakers Bureau.

Speaker Advisor offers help, advice and ideas for anyone looking for speakers for Conferences & Events or wanting useful resources to improve their speaking career.

You can book most Speakers directly via their own Speaker Website

There is no catch and no charge for this service!

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