Speaking

The Professional Speaker Show

Check out www.professionalspeakershow.com for some of the best video training on how to earn a substantial living as a professional speaker. Mike Stewart and I developed this video magazine to give speakers inside information on the art and business of professional speaking from a 7-figure per year perspective. As of July 2, 2009, we have...

The Bill Gove Advice that Catapulted my Speaking Career

Bill Gove, the legendary father of professional speaking, gave me a piece of advice back in 1996 that changed my life as a professional speaker. These are the two things most speakers miss, which opens the door for new speakers to enter the business and pass them. It’s part ego, part laziness, and part not...

Siebold Success Network Update: Speakers Audition Videos Due by June 5, 2009

If you want to speak at the Siebold Success Network meeting in Atlanta, July 11-12 listen to this audio post and upload your 2 minute video as soon as possible. We have speakers, trainers, coaches and consultants flying in from all Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, England, France, Mexico, Canada and across the United States. Thousands...

Public Speakers promoting books on Television

One of the best ways to promote your book is by doing TV interviews. TV gives you and your book added credibility, while showcasing your ability to communicate effectively in different mediums. Once you obtain a digital copy of each interview, you can post them on your website for additional promotion. Last week I was...

Siebold Success Network: How it works and why it may be the biggest break of your speaking career

Almost 800 speakers from 11 countries registered for the Siebold Success Network conference call last week. For those of you who couldn’t join us, I’ve recorded a 19 minute synopsis of the call on this post. Speakers from all over the world have already registered for the pre-launch event July 11-12, in Atlanta. As of...

Is Your Speech Good Enough To Survive The Great Correction of 2009?

Back in 2001-2002, post 9/11, over 1200 professional speakers went broke when corporate training and travel budgets were frozen after the terrorist attacks on New York City. This represented the professional speaking industry’s first major economic correction. The middle class of the speaking business went belly up, and almost everyone I knew in NSA thought...

Steve Siebold on Speaking to a Massive Audience

Speaking in an auditorium of thousands is a very different experience than speaking in a small room to a few hundred people. I just spoke in Los Angeles for 8,000 sales people, and while very exciting, these large halls always present a few challenges. Echo’s, lighting, projection screens, distance from the audience, sound, just to...

Brian Tracy and Steve Siebold LIVE in West Palm Beach!

I’m going to be speaking with Brian Tracy, Larry Wilson, and Paul Martinelli at the Thriving in 2009 Conference Saturday, February 28th, 2009 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Get your FREE tickets at www.thrivingin2009.com  Use my name to get as many tickets as you want. Listen to this post for more details. See you there!...

You Tube marries Professional Speaking

If you’re interested in promoting yourself as a fee-paid professional speaker visit www.publicspeakingshowcase.com  This free resource is You Tube for Professional Public Speakers.

The Real Secret of Public Speaking that John Edwards and Mitt Romney both missed

Like a lot of people, I used to think powerful public speaking was about dazzling the audience with my verbal skill. The standing ovation was always the goal. Then I attended the Bill Gove Speech Workshop and learned the real secret. Americans are getting a large dose of this concept in the 2008 political season. Some candidates...