by Arvee Robinson | Business of Speaking, Marketing, Networking
The number one question I always get is how to get more speaking engagements. When you first start out, it might be a little harder. Where do you go when you first start out? Even if you’re not brand new, you can use some of these techniques. Phase One:...
by Arvee Robinson | Business of Speaking, Persuasive Speaking Techniques, Public Speaking Techniques, Selling from the Stage, Speech Development, Speech Tips and Tricks
Business presentations are done to generate leads and referrals. We can use them to get people to sign up on our calendar and sometimes we may be able to sell an event or a book or other product or service. The bottom line is you do business presentations to get...
by Arvee Robinson | Business of Speaking, Event Hosting best practices, Public Speaking Techniques
Once you’re ready to host retreats and other multi-day events, you’ll want to get really good at building community. I have a number of key tips that work for me. Building Rapport is Different From Building Community If you are someone who hosts any kind...
by Arvee Robinson | Business of Speaking, Event Hosting best practices
This is an early 2023 update… Events have changed, including live events. I organize an event each year for SCORE. For the previous year’s event, we had over 100 people signed up a month in advance. This year 12 days before the event, we have 33 people and 10 of them...
by Arvee Robinson | Business of Speaking, Public Speaking Techniques, Speech Tips and Tricks
I want you to be able to identify difficult people both in your audience and off stage. This is important information to have because those people whether they are in your audience or not, they may become clients of yours at some point. Then, you’ll have this great...
by Arvee Robinson | Business of Speaking, Marketing, Public Speaking Techniques
In my previous blog I shared the first 5 ways to market yourself and gain visibility and clients by public speaking. I covered: speaking to groups, putting on your own seminars, guesting on podcasts, doing webinars, and live streaming on social media. These ways are...