Passionately Speaking Blog
How Speaking Can Triple Your Income and Double Your Time Off
I’ve been using public speaking as a marketing strategy throughout my whole corporate life and now as an entrepreneur. I learned early how powerful public speaking is. The world is speeding up and there will be a time when each one of you will be asked to speak,...
The Biggest Lie About Becoming a Paid Speaker
Like any profession, you must pay your dues before you can expect to get paid. --Arvee Robinson Attend one speech class and get paid thousands of dollars to speak. Lie, lie, lie. You will be lucky to even speak for free anywhere. No event coordinator wants a speaker...
How Keep Your Story from Becoming Stale
Sometimes an active speaker shares their story so often that they themselves become bored. They begin to share it without feeling, meaning, or connection. As a result, it doesn’t move on the audience. The purpose of your professional story is to build rapport with...
The Imperfect Speaker
This topic may seem different from what I normally write about which is how to become a better speaker. This article is all being you, the imperfect speaker. There will be many times when you will watch another speaker speak on stage and compare yourself to that...
The Speech Sandwich
When I was five years old my mom made me bologna sandwiches. She would put one piece of bologna between two pieces of Wonder bread, add a little bit of Miracle Whip, and that would be my lunch. Looking back, I think it's a wonder that I'm alive after eating that. At...
How to Sell More Books from Stage
If you want to leverage a speaking engagement and sell a ton of books, follow these easy steps: Step 1 The first step to sell more books from stage is to tweak your signature speech. This is easily done by a technique called “seeding.” For example, seeding means that...
5 Speeches Every Business Owner Needs & When to Use Them
There are basically five speeches every business owner needs to have ready to present at any given time to gain visibility in their market, sell products and services, generate leads, and grow their business. 1. The Elevator Speech (10-second soundbite) The first...
3 Major Mistakes That Virtual Speakers Make
As speakers, we’ve been speaking in the virtual world for a little more than two years. In the beginning speakers were trying to navigate their way on the virtual stage. It was new for both speakers and audiences. Now, two years and still speakers are still struggling...
The Pocket Speech
The pocket speech is a short, one-minute presentation that a business owner can pull out of their pocket at a moment’s notice. Typically, attendees at a networking meeting will get 30 seconds to share what they do and promote their business. What happens if you get...
The Evolving Art of Public Speaking
Public speaking has changed over the years. It continues to evolve, morph, and change into the exciting medium it is today. In the past, however, public speaking was when a speaker delivered a speech behind a lectern, oftentimes boring their audience, and it would go...
