SpeakersU Podcast with James Taylor

How to create a 7 figure Speaking Business - #147 Ford Saeks has redefined a formula for business success. His efforts have helped companies generate a total of over a billion dollars in sales worldwide from startups to Fortune five hundred six is widely recognized as a business growth innovator with over 20 years of experience ranging from retail to wholesale, authored several books awarded three US patents and received numerous industry awards. tenacity and innovation are what fuel this revenue-generating powerhouse from grassroots to Google Ford provides its clients with fresh perspectives and doable tactics to resolve marketing operations and growth challenges. As President and CEO of prime concepts group Incorporated, Ford specializes in helping businesses attract loyally and repeat customers, monetize social media, and ignite creativity. We’re happy to have him here with us today. So please give a warm welcome to Ford Saeks Questions: What are the most important key factors of a 7-figure speaking business?How did you get started in this business and why?How do you stand out in such a competitive industry?What are the landmines to avoid that will kill a speaking career? With so many options, what are the top 3 secrets of success in this business?

James Taylor brings you weekly speaker training, interviews and public speaking tips. You'll learn strategies on how to launch and grow your professional speaking business. The SpeakersU Podcast will teach you how to become a better public speaker and ways to get booked to travel the world as a highly-paid keynote speaker. You’ll go behind-the-scenes as innovation keynote speaker, creativity expert and speaking business coach James Taylor travels the world speaking at global conferences and interviewing top leadership speakers, business speakers and speaker bureaus. Subjects covered in the SpeakersU Podcast include how to become a top keynote speaker, motivational speaker or public speaker, working with speaking bureaus, how to make money speaking, speaker marketing automation, selling your speaking, joining speakers associations, improving your communication skills, presentation training basics, and how to become a successful professional speaker.

Working With Big Audiences And Big Stages – #145 Our guest this week is a Leadership Speaker, Best-selling author, Award-winning Businesswoman, an advisor to US Presidents and their task forces as well as Fortune 500 executives to be effective at engaging their people and stakeholders. She educates leaders and businesswomen on influencing, impacting, and inspiring others to increase profits productivity, and positivity. She coaches women CEOs, Admirals and Generals, College Presidents, and entrepreneurs on influence, impact, and presentation skills. Her expertise is on women leaders and women in business. She is the founder of Power Women Worldwide. Her newest book is “Called to Lead: Success Strategies for Women”. AVON and Real Leaders Magazine called Pegine one of the world’s top leadership motivational speakers. Questions: Who have you spoken to?What was the biggest size audience you spoke toWhat was the scariest moment when speaking to a big audience. (hint falling from the stage and breaking my foot) Today she will share advice about working with big audiences and on big stages. How to keep the energy up, how to keep everyone engaged and how to use the stage. Everything you need to know about the big stage.

Tony Morris: How To Get Instant Results For Your Speaking Business This episode is with my co-host, Maria Franzoni. Enjoy the episode. Our guest today is a conversation strategist and author of five books, and who works organizations and leaders to ask better questions and get better results. His first book coffee for closers was the number one best-selling book for telesales on Amazon. He brings actionable practical real-life techniques that can be implemented now and get instant results. We will warn that welcome Tony Morris.

How I got my parents out of Ukraine with Kay Korsh – #143 I’m James Taylor and you’re listening to the speakers you podcast a show for aspiring and professional speakers. This episode is with my co-host, Maria Franzoni. Enjoy the episode. This week we’re going to do something different with the show. We’d like to introduce you to an inspiring story of someone who has helped her family and those supporting the civilians who are suffering through these very difficult times. In Ukraine. Now many of you know, our go-to Silas coach, but what you may not know is key is Ukrainian. He is going to share her firsthand experiences of getting her parents out of Ukraine to safety in the UK. And we’re also going to talk about what we can all do to help the people of Ukraine just now. So Kay has been helping people refine this style for nearly two decades and work with some amazing personalities along the way like actors. Lily Allen, sweet Lily Lily James Elizabeth Debakey, rezar met Ben Whishaw, we’re the one racing driver, Jenson Button and musician will, she founded mind over fashion in 2019. And her main priority is to tune into a client’s needs and to gently elevate their existing Style to make them feel comfortable and presentable. According to their brand and lifestyle. Her approach is candid and compassionate as we’re going to find out now please welcome Kay Korsh.

How to Make Your Livestream And Video Look More Professional – #140 Adrian Salisbury helps entrepreneurs and business owners around the world stand out (by looking more professional) on video. With a focus on Livestreaming, Adrian runs the official Ecamm Live training which has seen more than 1500 attend his highly popular boot camps in the past 2 years Questions: What Is Ecamm Live?What makes it different from other Live Streaming tools?How hard is it to use?Why should people be live streaming?What can someone expect from your Ecamm Live Academy?

Push the Limits of Your Speaking Business – #139 Entertaining and unreservedly direct, our guest isn’t just a motivational speaker – he is a company turnaround specialist driving everyone from CEOs to schoolchildren to ignite excitement and action in their life. For more than 20 years, he has been on his quest to make you the best by sharing his techniques and tools to break through the boundaries we put up around us. His always animated and interactive presentations have inspired thousands of FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 delegates, school children, charities, and prison inmates, in groups of five to 5000 and all over the world, into taking positive strides in their work and personal life. No longer living the dress rehearsal of their life, his words whip up listeners into action; energized and passionate. Questions: How long have you been speaking?What is your speaking biz model?How did you become speaker of the year from Vistage Ace Footdown and YPO?Why do you specialize in CEO groups?How many books have you written?Why books can be a massive income producerWhy speakers are more concerned with testimonials than re-bookingsHow to get rebooked even before the first event

Our guest this week started in the speaking industry in 2012 and began as an agent handling the speaking for a range of motivational speakers from the world of sport, adventure, and military. In 2014, he relocated to Hong Kong to start the Chartwell Asia office. The majority of clients there were financial services firms sourcing experts to speak at their regional conferences. During his time in Asia, he got a lot of experience in “co-broking” with US-Based Agencies. In 2016 he returned to London and took over as Managing Director of Chartwell at that time. His role now mainly consists of handling “exclusive speakers” and managing the corporate speaking engagements for a range of high-profile economists, politicians, technology entrepreneurs & academics. Questions: Tell us about Chartwell and what makes them USPsHow did you get into the Speaking Industry? What’s your background? What’s going on in the market? What type of speaker would work with you / Chartwell? What advice would you give to a speaker looking to get booked by an agency like Chartwell?

Jessica Killingley: How Writing A Book Can Help Your Speaking Career – #136 Jessica Killingley is a Literary Agent, Publishing Consultant & Life Coach. An accidental serial entrepreneur, she runs a business that supports founders, consultants, and coaches who want to write & self-publish books that grow their business and their profile. Her podcast, The AUTHORity Show, gives aspiring non-fiction authors the inside track into what it really takes to get a book out there that turns readers into clients. After working for over 20 years in the publishing industry, she also co-founded The BKS Agency – a literary management Agency based in London – with two friends. They currently represent around 75 authors globally, across a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. Their authors are Sunday Times bestsellers, Olympic athletes, gifted storytellers, international speakers, entrepreneurs, journalists, consultants, and experts in their field. Jessica’s interests lie in business, personal development & smart thinking projects and she is looking for authors who have strong brands in their fields to be the thought leaders of tomorrow.  Questions: Writing a book is hard work – why should someone bother? How can having a book support your speaking career? What is the best way of getting my book published? (See also Do I need an agent? How do you get a book deal?) How do I make a book work hard for me once it’s out?

Graham Allcott: How to be a Productivity Ninja In Your Speaking Business – #135 How to be a Productivity Ninja Our guest is the author of the global best-seller, “How to be a Productivity Ninja“. He is the founder of Think Productive, one of the world’s leading providers of personal productivity training and consultancy. His podcast “Beyond Busy” explores the issues of productivity, work/life balance, and how people define happiness in their lives. Previous roles include Chief Executive of Student Volunteering England, Head of Volunteering at the University of Birmingham, and an advisor to the UK Government on youth volunteering policy. Welcome Graham Allcott Questions: •What stops people from being productive? •What are the ways to ensure a good work-life balance? •How do you switch off? •How do you ensure that a keynote delivery always feels tailored for the specific audience?

Behind The Scenes Of A Successful Speaking Business  I’m James Taylor, and you’re listening to the speakers you podcast, a show for aspiring and professional speakers. This episode is with my co-host, Maria Franzoni. Enjoy the episode. Today, I’m outnumbered. I’m the only one. I’m the only stranieri here. I’m the only non-Italian on this call on this event, so 100 million new businesses start every year, and 99% of them actually fail within three years. So really our businesses, we’re kind of a little bit unusual here. So how do we create these sustainable businesses, businesses, businesses that could survive and thrive in the toughest market conditions? That is what our guests will help us discover today. Simone Gen Z is a multi-award-winning serial entrepreneur and author who has helped people to launch more than 500 profitable businesses before he reached the age of 30. He writes for Forbes Entrepreneur Magazine and regularly features on TV and radio, please welcome to speaking business TV Simone Vincenzi

What differentiates high performers from good performers? What helps one person to achieve in 3 months what others do in 12? These are the questions that have inspired our guest for the last 20 years and have led to his #IAM10 methodology for high performance. The world is changing faster than ever. There is more competition than ever before. The global economy, AI, automation all mean that you and your people need to work with conviction, embrace change, maximise productivity and add more value to every situation. Good enough is not good enough anymore. You need to be the best. You need to be a 10.  We are delighted to have Gavin Ingham as our guest this week. Questions: How did you get into speaking? What do you think makes a bookable speaker? And how has this changed over the last couple of years? Why do only such a small percentage of speakers succeed? What is it that speakers do/ don’t do that would make the difference? Where do most of your business come from?  • What three things would you recommend to a speaker wanting more business?

For the last decade, our guest has worked with Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, MD’s & Investors in order to help them stand out when they are delivering talks and speeches, pitching or looking to win business through delivering speaking. His unique and effective structures, impactful delivery training, and teaching “language that lands” has helped to hone their messaging, perfect their stories, and thus enable them to win more business. He has spoken globally at conferences, events, in front of teams, leaders, and managers on how to pitch and win new business. As well as speaking he has worked with some of the leading companies and corporations and entrepreneurs on customer service, how to get into the media and how to successfully pitch on top-rated television programs such as “Dragons Den” and “MasterChef the Professionals”.  Welcome Elliot Kay   Questions: What does it mean to be more giraffe?How can someone apply this to their speaking?Tell us about the 8 principles – could you share a couple.Biz modelWhy is it important to stand out as a speaker?How do you help people be more giraffe?

We have a phenomenal guest today we have a very, very, very special guest today, her name is Maria Franzoni. You may have heard of her because the day we’re talking about speaker bureaus, and when it comes to this topic of speaker bureaus working with Speaker bureaus, there are no finer experts to bring in than Maria. So as a speaker, at some point, you’re going to consider working with Speaker bureaus just to help you grow your fees, and your business. Speaker bureaus can not only get you higher fees, but they can also get you booked by the right type of clients and take all that horrible admin stuff off of your shoulders. When the relationship works, your business is going to fly to the stars. Sounds great. How do we make it happen? Today’s guest has spent 23 years amazing working in running international speaker bureaus. She’ll be sharing some insights into what it takes to get listed and work with bureaus. Yes, Maria Franzoni is in the hot seat this week.

Geoff Burch is a leading authority on sales, leadership, customers, and change and has been voted Business Communicator of the Year by the Speechwriters’ Guild. He is a regular contributor and presenter on TV and Radio and was the star of BBC television’s hit business show ‘All over the Shop’. Currently, Geoff is regularly seen as a business correspondent and presenter for BBC televisions Inside Out program. Due to his love of riding huge motorbikes, the Sunday Times referred to him as the Hells Angel of Management and where once he might have been thought of as a disruptive influence he has now been rehabilitated as an agent for change. Geoff is the author of many highly successful business books with six currently in print and has some powerful business messages to bring, but most of all he would like you to sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. Welcome Geoff Burch Questions: • How did you get started in the speaking game? • How do you prepare for each job? • How do you set your fee level? • How do you find most of your work?

Resilience For Your Speaking Business Our guest this week is Dr. Marie-Helene Pelletier, better known to her colleagues as ‘MH’ or ‘Dr. P’ (which is a lot easier for me to pronounce!). Dr. P holds both a PhD and an MBA from the University of British Columbia and teaches leadership resilience in the UBC School of Business. Dr. P is a leadership resilience and workplace mental health expert. She is an award-winning work psychologist who has led workplace mental health strategy in senior leadership roles at various organizations including Sun Life Financial. She’s a past Director on the boards of the Canadian Psychological Association and the International Association of Applied Psychology and an active member of the Global Clinical Practice Network of the World Health Organization. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Pelletier!” Questions: • Given your combined background in business and psychology and expertise in Resilience, how is resilience particularly important for Speakers now in their business? • Even if many Speakers are the main, often the only person in their business, how should they think about Workplace Mental Health? • What would be the top strategies for Speakers to implement to increase and protect their resilience and mental health? • Many have used the past year to review our values and goals – how can this positively influence how Speakers take their next steps in their business?

Our guest this week is Roger Fisk. He is a global communications expert widely credited with key behind-the-scenes roles in Barack Obama's two presidential campaigns. He served in both Administrations leading trade and diplomatic missions all over the world and more recently has been putting those experiences to work for Fortune 100 companies, causes, brands, and NGOs through his firm New Day Strategy. Roger provides analysis and commentary to Fox News, the BBC, Times of India, China Daily, SKY News, Bloomberg, and others. Questions: • The Obama brand seems bigger than ever, any CEO/Speaker would love to know how do you sustain and continue to building popularity after 15 years? • You speak about the importance of culture in communicating your message, how did the Obama campaigns use culture in order to create the change that they wanted? • How do you get your people and your advocates singing from the same hymn sheet? (message discipline and control v leadership) • Do you continue to work with the Obama’s (Michelle story) • They called Judy Garland the triple threat because she could dance, sing and act. Obama was a triple threat- amazing on stage, on tv, and on social media. Any advice you can give speakers on how to translate their message across these v different media. • What’s happening in terms of events and conferences in the US currently? https://speakersu.com/how-to-engage-millions-of-people-129

Today we have on the show a LinkedIn profile expert who has helped companies big and small to demystify the platform and take them from being anonymous to being highly engaged. Regularly ranked by LinkedIn search in the top 5 profilers in the world he is also a speaker, workshop facilitator, and author. He spreads the LinkedIn word near and far, I would like to introduce you to Tony K Silver. Questions: • When did you first get involved with LinkedIn • When did you set up your business • What is currently going on with Linked In • What are your top tips • I heard on the FB whistleblower expose on 60 minutes about although there might be 5000 pieces of content you ‘could’ see, you only get to see 100 pieces based on engagement. Your world gets smaller and smaller. I wonder if LI algo heading the same route as FB? https://speakersu.com/demystifying-linkedin-for-speakers-128

Better business relationships with video messaging Our guest this week is Ethan Beute. Ethan is Chief Evangelist at BombBomb, a platform to build better business relationships with video messaging. He is also the host of The Customer Experience Podcast, and co-author of Rehumanize Your Business and Human-Centered Communication. Questions: · What is “digital pollution” and how does it affect today’s business professionals? · Why is the goal of getting attention not enough? · What does it mean to be “human-centered” in our daily, digital communication? · What is the role of a video message in the day-to-day? https://speakersu.com/build-strong-business-relationship-with-video-messaging-127

Rachel Maunder helps people tell their story in a way they’ve not told it before, working with them on finding and crafting their stories for greater engagement, greater impact, and ultimately more business. As speaking became a more and more significant part of her business model and challenged her to share more of her story, Rachel found herself held back by a belief that she didn’t have a story to share. This set her on a path to see the value in her own stories and to find a way to bring ordinary everyday stories to her speaking. An experienced coach and trainer, she has developed her unique and simple StoryCRAFT process to help others do the same. She is an active member of the London branch of the PSA (Professional Speaking Association). In 2022 she will become Regional President. Questions: your own speaking career started in the courtroom. What relevance does that have for what you’re doing now?Why would an experienced speaker need help to tell their story?What are the three stories business owners, business leaders and speakers should be tellingThe value of telling the bigger stories of achievement, adversity, etc is obvious, but is there really a value in sharing everyday stories? https://speakersu.com/using-stories-to…ore-business-126/ ‎