Comments on: So You Want My Job: Public Speaker

By: Oben

Oben — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:19:05 +0000

I am already speaking very well in public and people are already appreciating it.

However, the way forward is what I am seeking.How do I get to look for jobs.
How do I get some documntation to allow me search jo: I need your help with my way forward.
It is a good site.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:38:25 +0000

I liked the tips on getting into public speaking and on engaging your audience but it always seems so hard to me. I’ve seen some amazing speakers like Tony Robbins and Dr. Gurner and they always seem to connect so naturally.
Do you have any tips for people who are more shy?

By: Nathan Thomas

Nathan Thomas — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 21:05:26 +0000

Good day Alex,

My name is Nathan Thomas! I loved your blog! I just returned from Brazil playing professional basketball and I have a passion for speaking to and empowering people! I have spoken at churches and charity events thus far and I am looking to get paid to speak also! I have a very strong following from people I have met around the world and I would like some help to get started! What agency would you recommend! I live here in Tampa, Florida!

By: Darren Poke

Darren Poke — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:28:16 +0000

Fantastic post Alex, thanks for sharing your insights. I’m looking at ramping up the public speaking component of my business in the next year or so and you definitely gave me some great ideas.

Thanks again.

By: DomenKert

DomenKert — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:41:46 +0000

Interesting read. Thank you.

By: John

John — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:24:56 +0000

Just a suggestion: “Cute” 404 pages on a website are really annoying, any they’re especially annoying when following the website’s own link to a 404 page that states somehow I screwed up by going to a bad link.

By: Chuck Rylant

Chuck Rylant — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:58:51 +0000

There is another compensation model that is often more profitable where speakers forgo a speakers fee and instead sell “books and tapes” at the back of the room. This model allows speakers to use their speeches as a way to obtain customers and then do less speaking gigs and continue to sell various products, services and coaching from the web.

By: Alex Hunter

Alex Hunter — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:44:09 +0000

@Aaron that’s great info and I agree about it being exhausting. Re: busy vs “busy”, 30 is “busy” for me because it’s all over the world and it’s only part of what I do for a living. I’m lucky though because it does pay incredibly well.

But yeah, there are definitely some occupational hazards involved!

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:19:30 +0000

I almost spat my coffee out when he said busy was 30 speaking engagements in one year. In my previous life I was a course counsellor for universities in Australia and performed over 100 speaking engagements a year weekly and some months daily from February to September speaking from any where from thirty minutes to an hour two or three times a day.

I absolutely loved it but the pay, regretably, was crap, and I had to move on. One thing he didn’t mention was that the work can be incredibly exhausting, you have to be ‘on’ all the time, keeping your articulate and interesting meter in the red constantly and getting sick, which you do often from meeting so many people, is disastrous. flu shots are a must.

By: JohnnyD

JohnnyD — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 18:39:05 +0000

I want to be a public speaker in the future, so this was a great article to read. Thanks :)