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The Wealthy Speaker: The Proven Formula for Building Your Successful Speaking Business [Paperback]

Jane Atkinson (Author)
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April 1, 2009
There are two things that most professional speakers want: more bookings at higher fees. Jane Atkinson unravels the mysteries of the speaking world to allow you to cut through all of the hoopla and get what you need: the straight goods on how to get more business. Why do some speakers earn a million dollars per year, while others struggle? Jane shows you a formula that has worked consistently over 15 years to help speakers move into the top 3 percent of the industry in revenues. Learn how to:
  • position yourself in the marketplace as an expert
  • clearly show your prospects the value of your message
  • understand the workings of speaker's bureaus and how to get them to book you
  • learn how to move your fees up the ladder quickly
  • develop marketing materials that close the deal
  • hire and train staff that are winners
  • and much, much more.
Praise for The Wealthy Speaker:

'Nobody understands the speaking business like Jane Atkinson. Any speaker wanting to light the fuse on his or her career has to read this book.'
--Joe Calloway, author of Becoming a Category of One

'Every speaker should have a dog-eared, highlighted copy in their library. There's no reason to waste time, energy and money when this tremendous book is available. My speaking business has tripled since tapping into the wellspring of Jane's knowledge!'
--Steven S. Little, author of The 7 Irrefutable Rules of Small Business Growth


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Every speaker should have a dog-eared, highlighted copy in their library. There's no reason to waste time, energy and money when this tremendous book is available. My speaking business has tripled since tapping into the wellspring of Jane's knowledge! --Steven S. Little "Author, The 7 Irrefutable Rules of Small Business Growth"

About the Author

Jane Atkinson has helped professional speakers catapult their careers for more than eighteen years. She currently runs Speaker Launcher, a coaching and consulting company dedicated to helping professional speakers position themselves properly in the market and book more business.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Speaker Launcher (April 1, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0978005953
  • ISBN-13: 978-0978005955
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #215,185 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jane Atkinson is the author of The Wealthy Speaker: A Proven Formula for Catapulting Your Speaking Business as well as The Frog Whisperer: A 3-Step Approach to Finding Lasting Love.

FROG BUSINESS:

Jane had it all, great career, travel, home, family and friends. But one thing was missing, a long term committed relationship. She set about finding true love using a formula that worked in her consulting business and voila, The Frog Whisperer was born!

SPEAKING BUSINESS:

Jane has been helping speakers catapult their businesses for nearly 20 years. As a former speaker's agent, she has represented numerous speakers who have vaulted to the top 3% of the industry including Vince Poscente, Peter Legge and Joe Calloway.

In Jane's role as an agent, she often took speakers from 0 to 80 engagements per year at very high fees. What was her secret? Her ability to choose speakers with high levels of talent (no amount of marketing can overcome a mediocre speech), combined with her marketing formula. Jane worked with them to develop focused and effective marketing materials and then implemented a consistent, long term sales and marketing strategy.

Being able to understand a client's needs is a key in the speaking industry and Jane spent over a decade on the front line selling to them and working through to speech completion.

Jane went on to work as Vice President for International Speakers Bureau in Dallas, TX managing their Exclusive Speakers Division. There she represented celebrities like boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard and President of Washington Wizards Basketball, Susan O'Malley. Also included in the ISB roster were bestselling authors like Gary Hoover of hoovers.com and the Swedish authors of Funky Business, Jonas Ridderstrale, and Kjell Nordstrom.

Spending a total of 6 years under the roof of a bureau gave Jane some keen insights into the industry. Not only did she see hundreds of speaker's marketing materials (the good, the bad and the ugly) but she learned the keys to building long term profitable relationships with bureaus.

Currently, Jane is a full time business coach and consultant dealing exclusively with professional speakers, celebrities and CEO's. Her clients are the who's who and the up-and-comers of the speaking world. She is often asked to speak at National Speakers Association and Canadian Association of Professional Speakers conferences and Chapter meetings.

Jane's book entitled The Wealthy Speaker: A Proven Formula for Building a Successful Speaking Business has been touted "the bible" of the speaking industry. It is available now.... (see bookstore for your copy).

Jane has been trained by the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) and combines coaching with consulting. The results are a combination of 20 years industry experience with actual coaching technique and structure.

Whether through her Wealthy Speaker materials, private coaching or group coaching, Jane's "Ready, Aim, Fire" process has helped thousands of speakers grow their business faster.

 

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bottom Line, May 28, 2009
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Rhett Laubach (Edmond, OK United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wealthy Speaker: The Proven Formula for Building Your Successful Speaking Business (Paperback)
I have been a full-time professional speaker since 1999, doing between 120 and 150 events per year. I only recommend two "how to build a great speaking business" books when people ask. This book is one of them. It is entirely worth the investment and so is Jane.

Rhett Laubach
www.YourNextSpeaker.com
www.AuthenticityRules.com
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Valuable content, May 28, 2009
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V. Cieri (Nashville, TN) - See all my reviews
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I disagree with previous assessment of The Wealthly Speaker. I work with a "non-celebrity" speaker that speaks 90 times a year. And I read and re-read the book many times. The value of this book is that it provides an "insiders guide" to the speaking business. It provides a road map to building a solid business plan as in any busiess. Writing a few books and having a website doesn't cut it; just ask any meeting planner. To build a profitable speaking business it's critical to understand where to spend your time, money and energy. WS helps you avoid going in the wrong direction.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the business of speaking, May 31, 2009
This review is from: The Wealthy Speaker: The Proven Formula for Building Your Successful Speaking Business (Paperback)
This has quickly become THE go-to resource for those interested in the business of speaking.
(I read in Jeff Lippincott's review the common perception from outside the MICE industry that only those who become famous through some other mechanism can make money speaking. While common, it is inaccurate).

For those who understand that the bulk of the fess paid to speakers around the world are paid to those who have made a career and a business of it, this is the ultimate insiders guide to how the most successful do it.

I don't know anyone amongst the 6,000 members of the various professional speakers associations scattered across 27 countries who would not agree that this is one of the most valuable resources in print for those wanting to participate successfully in this industry.

Warren Evans CSP and Hall of Fame
Founding Chairman
International Federation for Professional Speakers
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