I’ve been compiling this list for awhile. There are sooooo many free image sites out there — seems like every time I think I’ve got a complete list, another 2 or 3 pop up! This is a GREAT thing for…
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After my previous blog post about building an email list, several readers emailed to ask, “OK, I have a list — what should I do with it?” Good question! Here are a few ideas… Provide Helpful Content THE absolute-most-important thing…
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Did you listen to the radio growing up? Do you still listen, or has your listening palate changed? Growing up in the ‘burbs’ of Chicago I was blessed to get to listen to the top disc jockeys on the air.…
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As a professional speaker, you need to offer more than simply a keynote or two to your clients. But you don’t want to offer so many different things in different forms that you confuse your client. You’ll seem scattered and…
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How secure is your WordPress website? Rock-solid? Easily-hackable? Have you ever been hacked? How long did it take to recover from the incident? Are you doing anything differently now, to keep your site more secure? If you’re one of the…
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The speaking world is full of forms and contracts – the two most important are the contract you’ll fax to the meeting planner who’s agreed to hire you and the pre-program questionnaire that you’ll send out to the planner before…
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As you know, speakers who have their own information product end up getting more speaking gigs. This is important to remember. If you are a speaker, and you want to increase the chance to get more speaking assignments, you need…
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How long has it been since you updated your speaker photos? Are people still seeing a pic of you from 5 years ago? Are you wearing a different hair style nowadays? Or, perhaps you have a bit less on top…
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If you’re not using Google Alerts… why not? 🙂 Here are a few ways in which you can benefit from using Google Alerts: 1.) “Call for speakers” is the traditional term used by organizations looking for people to speak at…
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Do you have business cards? One of my mentors insists that we don’t need them these days, but I disagree. Even with all the technology available to us, there’s still something kinda cool about physically exchanging cards with somebody. Think…
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