The post 319 Motivating Your Audience to Move Part 1 appeared first on Writing at the Red House.

Do you want to learn how to move your people to action? In this episode Kathi is chatting with speaker coach Mary Snyder about how to motivate your audience.  That may mean encouraging people to join a movement, take part in a project, make a donation to a worthy cause, or buy a book. 

Mary shares tips that will help you craft a powerful message, including:

1. How to avoid guilt, fear, and shame as motivators in your message.
2. Discover who your audience is and think through what you want to achieve.
3. The most effective way you can grab your audience’s attention.
4. The three parts of your story to focus on.

Be sure to listen in next week as Kathi and Mary continue with Part Two of this conversation! Sign up for the Writing at the Red House email list here to be notified when a new episode is posted.

Want to hear more tips for speakers? Be sure to check out Mary Snyder’s podcast, Take the Stage.

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The post 318 10 Mistakes Everyone is Making on their Website: Part 2 appeared first on Writing at the Red House.

Do you ever worry about whether your website is full of mistakes? Today, Kathi is back with her web designer, Angela Sue Garvey, to reveal the final five mistakes that too many people are making on their websites. 

Angela discusses each of the following pitfalls and advises us how to avoid them:

1. Poor navigation and lack of search engine optimization.
2. The dreaded broken links.
3. Dates on blog posts.
4. Not checking if your website is mobile-friendly.
5. Slow page speed.

Listen to part 1 of this series, and sign up here to be notified when future episodes are released.

You can learn more about Angela at www.angelasue.com or send her a message at [email protected]

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Kathi says the rules of making a website have changed a lot since she created her first website many years ago. Today she talks with author and web designer Angela Sue Garvey about ways authors and communicators can improve their website.

Angela advises us to avoid these five common mistakes:

1. Poor use of the website landing page.
2. Filling your page with lots of writing.
3. Omitting a picture of yourself.
4. Making the page all about you, instead of making it about your audience.
5. Social media links that take the viewer away from your website.

Next week Angela will be back to share the final five of the ten most common mistakes people make when designing a website. Be sure to sign up here to be notified when future episodes of the Writing at the Red House podcast are released.

You can learn more about Angela at www.angelasue.com or send her a message at [email protected] 

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The post 316 Best Of: A Comedian’s Guide to Being Funny appeared first on Writing at the Red House.

Have you ever wondered if people are born funny or if some people can never be funny? In this “Best Of…” episode, Kathi talks with Jason Earls, a professional comedian, about how to bring the funny when we are communicating our message. 

Listen in and learn how to discover the authentic funny within you by understanding:

• The triangle theory
• How to show you are relatable
• What a bloodhound has to do with comedy

This episode is the first in a series. So, be sure to check out the other episodes: Finding Your Comedy Voice, Material that Matters, and How to Talk About the Hard Stuff with Humor.

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The post 315 Creating a Speaker One Sheet Part 2 appeared first on Writing at the Red House.

Kathi continues her conversation with event planner and speaker coach Mary Snyder about what to include in your speaker one sheet. Listen in and learn from their hard-won wisdom (and avoid the mistakes they each made). Kathi and Mary will walk you through:

• Creating a blurb about your topic that catches the reader’s attention.
• How to get endorsements that will get you future bookings.
• The key items you must include on your one sheet!

After your one sheet is finished, what will you do with it? Mary gives you the words to say to get your message out into the world. You can do it! 

Want to hear more tips for speakers? Be sure to check out Mary Snyder’s podcast, Take the Stage.

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