PUBLIC SPEAKING
How to Succeed as a
Professional Speaker
After speaking to a group, have you ever been told
that you should become a public of motivational
speaker? Has becoming a professional speaker,
traveling to wonderful locations, and getting paid a
lot of money ever been your dream? Have you ever
wondered what the speaking profession is like and
how to successfully get into it? If you have, then we
have the answers.
What Makes Us Experts?
The authors are owners of a successful speakers
bureau. During over 25 years in business, the bureau
has booked thousands of speaking engagements.
Andrea Gold is an expert in marketing speakers. She
know how difficult it is for beginning speakers to
obtain bookings. She regularly used to receive call
from speakers who wanted to ask her questions on
the secrets of obtaining bookings.
Running a speakers bureau leaves little time for
Andrea to educate speakers. In order to provide
speakers with the critical secrets behind the business
of professional speaking, she decided to write a
book. She teamed up with Gary Yamamoto, a
professional speaker for over 30 years, and created a
book with the knowledge that newer speakers need
in order to jump start their business. This book is a
collection of powerful insights and practical
suggestions. The book, The Business of Successful
Speaking: Proven Secrets to Becoming a Million
Dollar Speaker, includes the knowledge and wisdom
of booking hundreds of professional motivational
speakers for tens of millions of dollars. Her clients
include major corporations, trade associations,
government agencies, and schools.
Booking Motivational Speakers
If you have ever tried to book yourself, you know
that it can be a difficult task. You need the right
marketing material. On top of that, you need to find
the right people to contact who are able to book you.
For the uninitiated, it can be a difficult to impossible
undertaking.
Learning the Business
There are many ways to learn this business. You can
hire an expert, which will cost you thousands of
dollars. You can join the NSA (National Speakers
Association) and this will cost less, but it will take
many years. Or, you can look at our inexpensive
resources and obtain the information you need to
succeed.
Speaking of Money
This business is very lucrative. An average
motivational speaker makes more money in an hour
speech than most people make in a month. This
should have a lot of you who are good at speaking
drooling to get going. However, giving a speech is
the easy part of this business. As one of Andrea’s
mentors has said, “When a speaker arrives to give
his speech, 90% of the work in this business is
already done.“
What’s the value of the information found in this
book? In our estimate and after talking to many
expert speakers about their journey to success, it’s
worth thousands of dollars, and probably tens of
thousands of dollars. It’ll also shorten your learning
curve by years and keep you from making the
common mistakes most speakers make. It’ll give you
the keys to discover how to quickly find the
prospects who can book you and convert them into
clients. You’ll learn what speakers bureaus are and
how to best work with them. You’ll also discover
what marketing material is required by both
speakers bureaus and organizations who can book
you. Finally, you’ll learn the small differences that
will make the big difference in your marketing
material and speeches.
Speaker or Author
It does not matter if you do motivational speaking,
inspirational speaking, or provide high content in
your presentations. The authors have gathered their
best business information and put it in this book.
Additionally, they asked some of the best speakers in
the world for their suggestions on what they would
recommend to newer speakers on how to accelerate
their professional speaking careers. Their
suggestions would help even seasoned speakers. All
this is included in this book. To get more information
on this book and others we have created and are in
the process of creating to help speakers, just click on
the following link.
Copyright © 2015 Dynamic Pathways, Inc, parent company of Gold Stars Speakers Bureau®
Gold Stars
Speakers Bureau®
Andrea Gold is the
president of Gold Stars
Speakers Bureau®. As a
bureau owner for over
25 years, she is an
experienced and
successful at marketing
speakers. She know
how difficult it is for
beginning speakers to
obtain bookings. She
regularly used to
receive call from
speakers who wanted
to ask her questions on
the secrets of obtaining
bookings.
Running a speakers
bureau leaves little
time for Andrea to
educate speakers. In
order to provide
speakers with the
critical secrets behind
the business of
professional speaking,
she decided to write a
book. She teamed up
with Gary Yamamoto, a
professional speaker for
over 30 years, and
created a book with the
knowledge that newer
speakers need in order
to jump start their
business. This book is a
collection of powerful
insights and practical
suggestions. The book,
The Business of
Successful Speaking:
Proven Secrets to
Becoming a Million
Dollar Speaker,
includes the knowledge
and wisdom of booking
hundreds of
professional
motivational speakers
for tens of millions of
dollars. Her clients
include major
corporations, trade
associations,
government agencies,
and schools.