One of the things you want when you accept speaking opportunities for free is:
The details of the people in the audience.
Why? Well these are your potential future clients and if you don’t get their details, you aren’t going to be able to stay in touch. You aren’t going to be able to add ... Views: 1612
In this article I want to give you a formula for how to create a speech. We all know that a speech needs to have 3 elements in order to work. An opening. The body of the speech. And a Close.
Lets look at each element, however, and break it down a bit further.
The Opening:
Everyone ... Views: 1168
I have worked as a professional sales rep and I can tell you that selling my own coaching services has been the hardest thing I have ever had to sell.
This is for two main reasons:
1. Not everyone needs coaching, so you need to meet just the right people at just the right moment in their ... Views: 2055
The introduction of social networking has opened up a whole new frontier for speakers. They give you the ability to build your own tribe – people who enjoy the information you provide and want to follow you and get more hints, tips and value from being connected.
From a speakers point of ... Views: 1246
The desire to speak in front of an audience to build your business is a really good idea.
If you have done any speaking before, or are just starting out, it is important for you to realise that that there is more than one type of speech or presentation to an audience. You need to figure out ... Views: 1402
Most public speakers will tell you that they suffer from being nervous and having butterflies in their stomach before they are due to deliver a speech. So if you were thinking that you were alone in this ……. Don’t worry …… you aren’t.
Good speakers will tell you that having butterflies is a ... Views: 1298
Now that you have decided to get in front of an audience and speak, the first obstacle that comes up is:
“How do I choose what to speak about?”
If you are like most industry experts – there is simply SO much that you could talk about. How do you narrow it down? How do you make it ... Views: 1213
Or at least you think that it may be a good idea for your business? Well that’s great.
Just like networking groups, people join Speakers Associations for many different reasons.
In my experience there are 4 main reasons why people join a networking group.
1. They are a startup ... Views: 1133
Would you love people to think of your business name first when they are looking for the product or service that you provide?
Then you really should be using Public Speaking as your marketing tool!
Public speaking and positioning yourself as a Topic Expert is possibly the quickest and most ... Views: 1099
Quite a lot really!
For most of us here in South Africa work pretty much grinds to a halt over the Christmas & New Year period. Through tradition New Year is the time when we evaluate our lives and set resolutions. However, 70% of people don’t even bother to do this anymore because by the ... Views: 988
If you need to convince potential clients or customers to do business with you then you need to have either one of these mechanisms in place.
Do YOU?
So what are they and how do they help you grow your business?
Well, a Sales Pipeline is simply graphic way of thinking, visualizing and ... Views: 1702
As a business coach I often come across people who are “stuck”, for whatever reason, and resisting change with every fibre of their being. Even when they know that things have moved on and markets have changed, they stubbornly refuse to change they way they have always done it.
One easy way ... Views: 1371
A couple of years ago, most websites were just a glorious technicolour brochure that happened to be available online.
We just wanted to use it to impress our clients, and to have somewhere to send them if they wanted to check us out.
Because of the upsurge in Social Media, we are now ... Views: 1013
We all know that in any relationship there are “three magic words”. We don’t always want to say them. Sometimes we think that our actions will say them for us, or at least convey their meaning, but we all know the effect of saying “I love you” at just the right time.
All objections crumble, ... Views: 1372
For those of you, who like me enjoyed watching "Strictly Come Dancing", the U.K. version this year, I was amazed that there were two important marketing lessons that became obvious to me the longer I watched the series. Now who says watching TV is a waste of time!
The first was the ... Views: 1213
Even I can't believe this year's practically gone!
Poof! Bye-Bye 2009.
We're headed into November and before you know it, it'll be January. So what's next year going to look like for your business? Now's the time to decide. I say go ahead and dare to kick it up a ... Views: 1181
“So, tell me what you want, what you really, really want!”
“I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want!”
- SONG LYRICS –
How many of you can definitely, absolutely, unequivocally, tell me right now, exactly what it is that you want and what you want your business to ... Views: 1528
The term “glass ceiling” is most often used in corporate jobs. It is used to explain the phenomenon where people climb the ladder, get promoted, seem to be on track and then for no apparent reason – their promotion path seems to stall and they get no further.
However, in my experience this ... Views: 2047
I had a busy week last week and to say that I was a little ‘flat’ was an understatement. Thinking about energy brought me to today’s topic – Vitamins and Vampires!
“Now what in the world has this got to do with marketing!” I can hear you say?
Well, marketing and chasing your goals and ... Views: 1356