How to Book Paid Speaking Engagements in 2023
A course for those with graduate degrees
Description
This course is taught by Dr. Sheena C. Howard, a Professor of Communication and Founder of Power Your Research. In this course you will learn how to consistently book paid speaking engagements. We cover things you can immediately to start landing paid gigs, the importance of creating an LLC for your speaking engagements when offers start rolling in, setting your speaking fee, setting your speaking fee for virtual events, if you need to do free speaking engagements, how you can increase your speaking fee with a simple formula and more. You will also get 2 bonus modules at the end of the course.
What does this course give you? A step-by-step guide to consistently and reliably book paid speaking engagements that is proven to work.
Outside of video lessons, this course comes with a quiz review after each module to help you retain key points, PDF’s of email pitches and information sheets as well as sample emails that you will use to pitch your cold, warm and hot audiences. Don’t know what cold, warm and hot audiences are? Don’t worry I cover that in the very first module.
I look forward to helping you 1) increase your monthly income by booking paid gigs on a regular basis, 2) share your knowledge with the world and 3) reach your visibility goals.
What You Will Learn!
- How to book paid speaking engagements on a consistent basis (even during COVID)
- How to set your speaking fee
- How to use warm/ hot audiences to land paid speaking gigs
- How to find the right targets to pitch (cold audiences)
- Pitching targets around a specific product or asset
- Creating criteria for when you do "free" speaking gigs
- Basics of creating a press kit and pricelist
- Why an LLC is important when doing paid speaking gigs
- BONUS MODULES: How/ when to increase your speaking fee
- BONUS MODULES: How to land a Ted Talk (which leads to the ability to increase your speaking fee)
Who Should Attend!
- Those with Masters degrees or equivalent or higher