by Lois Creamer | Grow Your Speaking Business: Sales and Marketing, Lois Creamer's Blog, The Business of Speaking: Get Paid to Speak, Working with a Speaker Bureau |
I remember an old joke about a woman who went to a seafood restaurant. She needed to “powder her face” (good lord, how old am I?), and went to find the women’s restroom. What she encountered were two doors. One labeled “Lobsters” another “Clams”. You can take it...
by Lois Creamer | Grow Your Speaking Business: Sales and Marketing, Lois Creamer's Blog, Successful Speakers Sell Products, The Business of Speaking: Get Paid to Speak |
Writing a book is something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time. When I started my business I created a manual. I pulled it a few years ago because it was out of date. I spoke at the NSA 2011 convention in Anaheim. Great group! Talked to lots of people after the...
by Lois Creamer | Grow Your Speaking Business: Sales and Marketing, Lois Creamer's Blog, Positioning Statements for Professional Speakers, The Business of Speaking: Get Paid to Speak, Working with a Speaker Bureau
In order for this post to be most meaningful, you need to read the previous post on speaking services. That post discussed how to approach, who to approach, what to say when you approach and more. I’m going to share my qualifying system in this post. In order to...
by Lois Creamer | Grow Your Speaking Business: Sales and Marketing, Lois Creamer's Blog |
In a previous post, I shared my qualifying system. Very easy. Based on the 3 M’s. Meeting, money, and motive. In order to find out whether a prospect has any or all of our 3 M’s, we need to ask a series of qualifying questions. I call them my “10...
by Lois Creamer | Lois Creamer's Blog, The Business of Speaking: Get Paid to Speak |
I spent much of my childhood growing up in Pennsylvania. I always assumed I’d go to Penn State. When you live in PA, it was almost as prestigious as Harvard. Note … was. Sad things happening there lately. You’ve heard the news. There are updates daily. And that...
by Lois Creamer | Grow Your Speaking Business: Sales and Marketing, Lois Creamer's Blog, Positioning Statements for Professional Speakers, The Business of Speaking: Get Paid to Speak |
I participate in #speakchat on twitter hosted by the multi-capable and multi-talented Michele Price (@prosperitygal). It is held on Monday evenings at 8 PM CST. Last chat we were discussing contracts/agreements, cancellation clauses, and other business materials. It...
