How to become a professional public speaker

303 – How to Become a Professional Public Speaker and Build Your Speaking Business

This episode the tables are turned. Previous guest Melissa Maker from Clean My Space interrogates me on how I started my speaking business and the real nuts and bolts on how to become a professional public speaker.

‘I don’t think I’m an expert, I just know a little bit more than my audience, that’s what I…

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In this episode we’ll dive deep on how to become a professional public speaker and build your speaking business, we cover:

How I started in marketing and in public speaking
The pro’s and cons of employing an agency (or a speaker’s bureau)
How I construct a keynote presentation
Why I employed two stand up comedians to help me hone my skills
How and why I’ve delivered the same keynote over 150 times
The technical AV gear I use and recommend.
What you need to spend money on if you’re serious about making money with public speaking
What is a showreel and why it’s so important
Some tips on building your showreel
Why I make friends with AV guys
How to find out what to charge for a speaking gig
How to prepare for a speaking gig
The ‘1 per centers’ that I have incorporated into my speaking business
We also discussed my most challenging gig and how to roll with the punches

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Also, some exciting news about Thankyou’s Chapter 1 Campaign and I’ll let you in on my experiences in getting some new headshots, let me say I have a whole new appreciation for models.

Yep, it’s a pretty big show, so pen and paper at the ready as you listen to this week’s episode of Australia’s top small business marketing show.

So let’s get stuck, right in.

EPISODE TIMELINE

00:28 Welcome & overview
02:40 Check-In
07:15 Guest introduction – Me! Tim Reid of timreid.com.au
08:18 Interview – Part 1
28:45 Insights into Netregistry & Key Person Of Influence
31:14 Interview – Part 2
01:12:49 Marketing Quote
01:13:30 Wrap-up & insights into next week’s guest

RESOURCES & LINKS MENTIONED

My official speaking website

Marketing speaker Tim Reid’s showreel

Clean My Space official website

Clean My Space official YouTube channel

My first interview with Melissa Maker back in episode 197 on creating helpful video marketing

My second interview on how to build a successful youtube channel in episode 295

Episode 300 with Thankyou founder Daniel Flynn on challenging industry conventions and industry giants

Buy Timbo’s new marketing text book The Boomerang Effect

MY TOP 3 THINGS TO DO TO START A SPEAKING BUSINESS

Craft your keynote – get that content down and find out how to deliver it in a really engaging way.
Start looking at other speakers to see how they are doing it. Pull out the good and the bad and figure out how to own your own space.
You’ve got to spend money, speaker’s website, showreel, stylist, graphic designer.