Do you know when your busy season is, and do you charge differently for it? Do you track how many referrals you get every time you get off stage? Are you keeping track of any metrics on your business? This week on Speakernomics, we invited Andrew Davis, co-author of The Referable Speaker: Your Guide to Building a Sustainable Speaking Career­–No Fame Required, to chat about how you can use data to keep your calendar full.

Key Takeaways

Who is Andrew Davis?

Andrew Davis is a best-selling author & keynote speaker. He's built and sold a digital marketing agency, produced for NBC and worked for The Muppets. Today, Andrew Davis teaches business leaders how to grow their businesses, transform their cities, and leave their legacy.

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Are you making as much money as you’d like as a professional speaker? Are you looking at how other speakers seem to be so financially successful and wonder how you be too? This week on the show we invited Mark Victor Hansen, a founding member of NSA and co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series to talk about what he did to build a long and lucrative career.

Key Takeaways

Who is Mark Victor Hansen?

Mark is one of the co-authors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series and the author of 300 other books. He’s given over 6,000 speeches in his career and he’s one of the original members of the National Speakers Association.

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When was the last time you updated your website? Is it incredibly easy to find your phone number and email address or do you only have a contact form? Does your website journey properly convey what you do to help clients? Are you shaking your head “No” right now? This week on Speakernomics, we invited Kristin Pearson who build websites specifically for speakers to talk about what you need to do to make sure your website works for you, not against you.

Key Takeaways

Who is Kristin Pearson?

Kristin makes websites that make speakers look good and book more business. She’s completely focused on helping speakers in the world of their websites. Before working on websites, she hired speakers for associations and is a die-hard Chicago sports fan.

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Do you try to impress your audiences with humor, or do you stick to just your expertise? Professional speaking may not be a comedy special, but humor is a valuable tool to connect with your audiences. This week on Speakernomics, Drew Tarvin joins us to talk about different kinds of humor you can use and how to tap into your own funny style.

Key Takeaways

Who is Drew Tarvin?

Drew teaches non-comedians the secrets of using humor more effectively in their communication at work and their personal lives. He has a TED Talked called “The Skill of Humor” that has over 10 million views

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Almost all speakers got into the business to share their message and to leave working a normal 9-to-5 job. Now that you’re running your own business, are you running it in a way that works for you, or are you just running it like the large companies you left? This week on Speakernomics, we invited Marquesa Pettway, CSP, to share some powerful insights into how to look at your business differently and how to make it work for your lifestyle.

Key Takeaways:

Who is Marquesa Pettway, CSP?

Marquesa is a speaker and coach that began her speaking career in 1999 after being downsized. She’s widely known as “the Zoom Queen” and uses Zoom as a major tool of her business.

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How many distractions have you faced today? How much attention did you devote to every little notification and popup that tried to pull you away from working on your business? Don’t worry, you’re not alone if you answered “a lot.” This week on Speakernomics, we’re talking to Maura Thomas, MBA, CSP, an attention-management (not time-management) expert with some tips on making the most of your day.

 Key Takeaways

Who is Maura Thomas, MBA, CSP?

Maura is the person you call when you have a million things on your plate and don’t know where to start. She’s obsessed with the idea of helping other people achieve more and has worked in the productivity industry for almost 30 years.

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Speaking Legend Jeanne Robertson passed away on Aug. 21, 2021, three days before she was scheduled to join us for an episode of Speakernomics. This week on the show, we invited Patrick Henry, CSP, a second-generation speaker who has known Jeanne for much of his life and worked closely with her to share a few things he learned from her.

 Key Takeaways

Who is Patrick Henry, CSP

Patrick is what happens when keynotes, comedy and concerts collide. He’s a business humorist who takes music, comedy and business concepts and presents then in a fun and interesting way. He’s a second-generation speaker who worked closely with Jeanne Robertson, CSP, CPAE.

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Are you still using your laptop's built in camera and microphone along with your overhead room lamp? Have you been dragging your feet hoping everything virtual would just go away? This week on the show, we invited Robert Kennedy III to share how he upgraded his video and audio set up over the past 18 months to better serve his clients and to stand out from other speakers.

Key Takeaways

Who is Robert Kennedy III?

Robert uses storytelling to be awesome on video. He helps small business owners navigate the techniques around storytelling, and being able to tell a story about who you are and how you help is more important than ever. 

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You have an awesome keynote, but what if your clients want more? Do you have a training a program? Does the thought of creating yet another program sound impossible? This week on the show, we invited Cara Silletto, MBA, CSP, to the show to share how (and why) you should turn your keynotes and expertise into longer and lucrative training programs. 

Key Takeaways

Who is Cara Silletto, MBA, CSP?

Cara spends all of her time focused on reducing employee turnover and is an expert on how to build better work environments. 

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Do you host a show for other any of your clients? Do you want to use your skills as a speaker and an interviewer to work with other companies regularly as a show host, and hopefully get paid doing it? This week, we put our host Thom Singer, CSP, in the guest spot and invited Eliz Greene to interview him on how he became a podcast host for other companies and how you can get started too.

Key Takeaways

Who is Thom Singer, CSP?

Thom is a professional speaker and podcast host (but you should know that by now). Thom has a remarkable way of getting people to connect, whether that's at an event or through a podcast. 

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