Just like the Force that pulls Luke to the good side and Vader to the dark, persuasion is inherently neutral. It’s how a speaker uses a persuasive technique that makes it ethical (good) or manipulative (bad). When persuasion is used ethically, it is an amazing tool! Persuasion can create incredible results for your speaking and for your audience. It’s powerful, changes lives and truly serves.

In today’s episode, we will get to the bottom of how you can avoid the persuasion dark side so you can communicate in a way that feels good to you and your audience:

• Learn the two questions you should ask yourself so that you stay on the good side of persuasion
• Discover why some persuasive tactics make you feel “icky”
• Consider how to select a persuasive lever that works for you and your audience

Mentioned in this Episode:

1. Rebel Speaker Bootcamp
2. Triple Your Speaking Income? Don’t Believe the Hype!
3. Rebel Speaker Facebook group

Have you heard it? All the hype that you, yes YOU, can triple your income with public speaking in just weeks, “just like I did”? Yeah, right! This marketing message implies that speaking is a quick and easy fix to make all your revenue goals come true. When it doesn’t happen for you, and believe me it won’t happen that quick or at all for most of us, it positions you as a failure.

Today, our episode will outline what you can and should do to set reasonable income goals for your speaking:

• The first step is to define where you are in your speaking journey
• Then, we will discuss how to set a reasonable goal for yourself based on the reality of where you are
• Learn how an audit allows you to zoom out to ensure that the goal you just created aligns with your overall vision for how you see yourself as a speaker

Mentioned in this Episode:

1. Rebel Speaker Bootcamp
2. Two Paths to Revenue in Your Speaking Business (TRSP 13)

Have you heard it? All the hype

Today, our episode will outline

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Priority No. 1 is to be known for what you do and how your business serves. Your Signature Talk is the key to how you talk about your business and how to crystallize your message for the people who need it the most. And, as an entrepreneur, it’s something that cannot be outsourced—no one can replace you when you need to talk about your business.  

The focus of today’s episode is your Signature Talk, and we chat about:

• The reason entrepreneurs need a Signature Talk to talk about their business
• All the places a Signature Talk can be used on or off the speaking stage from webinars to sales calls to videos
• The elements of a Signature Talk and how you can nail it by answering three questions

Mentioned in this Episode:

1.    Your Unfair Speaking Advantage
2.    Speak for Impact Program
3.     Get a Speech, Get a Gig
4.    Guest blog post on entrepreneur.com: 3 Steps to Your 'Unfair Speaking Advantage'

Priority No. 1 is to be known for what you do and how your business serves. Your Signature Talk is the key to how you talk about your business and how to crystallize your message for the people who need it the most. And, as an entrepreneur, it’s something that cannot be outsourced—no one can replace you when you need to talk about your business.  

The focus of today’s episode is your Signature Talk, and we chat about:

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I loved playing Mad Libs as a kid. All you needed to do was fill in the blanks with different parts of speech to create a hysterical story. While this was great fun for me and my mom many moons ago, if you want to book more speaking gigs, you should never use a formula to create your presentation.  

Today, we explore:

• Why Mad Libbing your presentation hurts you as a speaker
• How originality and positivity in your presentation help your audience feel good, solve a problem and serve a purpose, and why speaking formulas are bad for your audience
• The importance of adapting your presentation to your specific audience, while maintaining the message of your Signature Talk  
• Why it’s your job as a speaker to become an expert at presentations

Mentioned in this Episode:

1.     Your Unfair Speaking Advantage
2.    Speak for Impact Program
3.     The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group

I loved playing Mad Libs as a kid. All you needed to do was fill in the blanks with different parts of speech to create a hysterical story. While this was great fun for me and my mom many moons ago, if you want to book more speaking gigs, you should never use a formula to create your presentation.  

Today, we explore:

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Speakers get obsessed about solving the wackiest things. What should I do with my hands? How do I stop saying “so”? Blue or black suit? (Neither, you want color!)

Answers to these questions can help you get better, but none of them are the most important thing to raise the bar on your presentations. To create an epic experience for your audience you need to create a remarkable presentation.

We get down to business in today’s episode and discuss:

• What remarkable presentations look like (Hint: It’s a presentation only YOU can give!)
• How to develop a remarkable presentation that converts well, gets you more speaking gigs and gets you paid what you’re worth
• How to be bold, audacious and a risk-taker to get your audience to take action

Mentioned in this Episode:

1.  Your Unfair Speaking Advantage
2. The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group

Speakers get obsessed about solving the wackiest things. What should I do with my hands? How do I stop saying “so”? Blue or black suit? (Neither, you want color!)

Answers to these questions can help you get better, but none of them are the most important thing to raise the bar on your presentations. To create an epic experience for your audience you need to create a remarkable presentation.

We get down to business in today’s episode and discuss:

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While we might think variety is the spice of life, it turns out that too much variety can paralyze your audience into no action at all. Many speakers make the same mistake with their calls to action. In the excitement to be all things to everybody, they speak about the oodles of things they can do for their clients and audiences. While there is no doubt about their talent and skill-set, they are not effectively moving their audience to “yes.”

In today’s episode, we will delve into:

• Why you need to streamline your call to action for each presentation and not tell your audience ALL the things you can do for them
• Why too many options leaves your audience confused and they default to doing nothing at all
• How to determine the one natural next step that you can take with your audience to make a deeper connection

Mentioned in this Episode:

1.   The Rebel Speaker Facebook Group
2.   Your Unfair Speaking Advantage 
3.   Get to Yes