There are different ways to you can profit apart from paid speaking gigs. I’d like to take a moment to share a few ideas with you that could prove to be very lucrative for you as a speaker. Here are the 5 concepts:
- Sell From Stage
- Speak For Free and Sell
- Upsell
- Use Your Assets
- Be Paid To Speak
Now let’s talk about them:
Sell From Stage
There are many gifted speakers in the world. I personally believe anybody can stand to deliver a great presentation they have practiced to share their message. I do not think all great speakers have developed the skills to sell from stage. When you master selling from stage, you never have to worry about making money. You can literally, chart your own path.
Tips: Learn to speak and sell from stage.
Speak For Free and Sell
Many organizations will want you to speak for free, but they will also allow you to sell your products, books, CD’s, classes, webinars, etc. This type of arrangement will allow you to make a profit. You can still be attracted to paid speaking opportunities as-well.
I know, some of you are kicking and screaming about how you want to be paid to speak. We’ll discuss this option in a moment. Hang with me for a second.
Upselling
Speaking for free usually allows you the right to upset. So let’s say you sold $2,000 in products while speaking for someone else. Once these people attend your event, you upsell them to your coaching programs or other educational programs creating additional revenue sources.
Now you have two revenue sources. 1) Tickets to your LIVE event 2) Upsell to your coaching programs, public speaking training activities, etc.
Use Your Assets
If you speak for free and the audience loves you, the likelihood that another person will want to book you for their event increases. You can even ask event organizers who else they know that is looking for speakers.
When I say “speak for free” you are actually not doing so. You get paid based on the profit you make by selling on stage and the upsells you make in the seminar room. You can gain more revenue sources as compared to paid speaking engagements only.
Paid Speaking Gigs
There are times where organizers will offer to pay you but you can not sell from the stage. It is still great to be paid to speak. This is the success nugget you might need to hear: Always have an incentive that you can give away for free. You can ask them for their email address in return. Then you can create a profit center and data base from there.
You can ask people, “if you enjoyed being here or if you’d like a free strategy session with me or my team, just fill out this form or text a message to a specific cell number. We’ll see how we can serve you.
I hope you are excited about all the ways you can profit by being a speaker.
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Much Success!
Have an outstanding day!!
Sara