Professional speakers, business coaches, presentation skills coaches, seminar leaders, consultants and entreneurs all have something in common! How do we position ourselves ahead of the competition. We do that when we can help our prospects get to know us in advance of their emails or calls. If you have been to my website fripp.com you know that whatever service you click on small “mini fripps” talk to you one on one about the reason you are searching for a speech coach, keynote speaker, or sales presentation skills trainer. Assuming this is something you would like to investigate for your own business here is an interview with my secret weapon and business adviser Bob Chesney.
Read More...Want to Make Your Webinars More Exciting?
Be creative. Think Hollywood! Tell stories and give examples as you go through your program, the same way you would in person. However, your Webinar needs more visuals to help engage the audience. Use more slides than with an in-person presentation. Add bullet points one at a time as you “build.” Don’t present a list of all your points before you discuss them. Keep it simple, keep it moving, and interact often.
Read More...Coaches & Consultants…Sell by Doing, Not Telling.
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Oh, by the way, my author-speaker never did speak directly to the other well-respected coach. Whenever he called he was always directed to the coaches “people.” It may interest you to know the author speaker has added $15,000 to his fee since we worked together.
Read More...The Consultant’s Consultant Alan Weiss
■Use testimonials. Nothing sets you apart like a delighted client. Exploit your client list and try to obtain both video and textual testimonials.
Unlike fish in a school for protection, you want to be caught!
Increase your sales with your own clients
Naturally, these day most of their business is done on the phone and internet. However, Jonathan is one of those individuals who will not accept an order for “1000 mugs with our company logo on.” He actually takes the time to ask “Why? What is your goal? What are you trying to achieve? Would you be open for suggestions on have to maximize your impact and budget?”
Read More...Transform Your Boring Bio from Wallpaper to Wow
SpeakerMatch is a great service for anyone looking for more bookings. On a regular basis they offer FREE TeleSeminars with interviews with thought leaders and experts. Then they house the recording. This week Nancy Juetten had a terrific interview.
Transform Your Boring Bio from Wallpaper to Wow Attract Clients and Speaking Engagements Now
It’s amazing how many aspiring speakers and experts find it hard to get to the magic of their own messages to compel meeting planners and others to say YES to what they offer. Today’s teleseminar is going to cover some of the biggest bio blunders people make, showcase a winning recipe that makes it easy to invite more of the right opportunities, and illustrate the points with compelling examples from real clients who are happily getting seen, heard, celebrated and compensated for their expertise.
Read More...How to Improve Your Press Releases PR Leads
How to Improve Your Press Releases…and any advice you want on publicity and getting your name out…chances are you can learn it from my friend and long time mentor Dan Janal of PR Leads. Recent I interviewed Dan for World Champions Edge. He was talking about what he learned attending BlogWorld. One idea was you do not have to look like a movie star to be on YouTube.
Read More...Market Your Creativity & Uniqueness
After my last posting about visually communicating your creativity and uniqueness I received many good comments. Here are a few more examples.
Two of my favorite professional speakers are Brian Walter of Extreme Meetings and Bill Stainton of Ovation Consulting Group. The National Speakers Association of Northern California are excited they will both be speaking at our March 12, 2011 meeting.
Brian Walter of Extreme Meetings Exploding Head
Read More...Creativity in Marketing Your Photo
In the early 1990’s I attended John Cantu’s Comedy Writing Classes. Soon after we became the best of friends. In fact we collaborated on many projects including The Story Behind Awesome Storytelling. One idea he used to teach news comedians was to use headshots that were…funny!
Read More...There are ONLY seven ways to get rich!
7. Entrepreneur/Work for yourself
The best way to become wealthy –
honestly, ethically, legally and morally –
is number 7.
BE AN ENTREPRENEUR AND WORK FOR YOURSELF!
The Internet is today’s gold rush,
creating more millionaires and doing so
faster than any other medium in history.
Get Rich Click by Marc Ostrofsky.
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