Networking with Other Speakers

If you really want to be a professional speaker one of the areas you must learn is networking with other speakers. Why network? Simply put, this critical step will save you time, money, and build up your speaking business faster and more easily than by working alone. Let’s look at a scenario that will help clarify why networking is critical for your business. You’re in the fitness industry and are well versed in cardio exercises. A client, who happens to be a physician, wants you to think about conducting a seminar on the healthy benefits of cardio workouts. As you are talking together, he also mentions Pilates, strength training, yoga, and even begins talking about dieting. Before you know it, you have a whole range of subjects to cover. Would you know who else to call to help with this type of speaking engagement? Everyone needs to bring something to the table when you are collaborating on a project. Joint venture with three or four other speakers that are of the same caliber as you. Their criteria are: • They have a list of customersrn• They have a list of past clients from other speaking engagementsrn• They know how to generate leadsrn• They have some advertising capability: via newspaper, radio, television, or internet in order to reach their target audience. • That you are all relevant with the general topic of your event. When sharing contact information, always make sure that you have all your information on your business cards. And don’t make the mistake of throwing away a contact just because they’re in a different field. You may be able to connect them with another speaker in the future that can use their services. What’s in that for you? Good will. Promoting good will is a cornerstone of great networking. Networking with others will allow you to: • Reduce your costs by sharing the cost of the event with the other speakersrn• Increase your audience through the customers/client lists of the other speakersrn• Enlarge your database of customers and clients by getting the contact information of your combined audience at the event. • Garner more sales of your product by sharing a market with your other speakers Alex is a Sydney based professional speaker who has developed a unique “speaking strategy” little used in the speaking industry to generate massive amounts of income (sometimes several millions of dollars) working as a part time speaker. These strategies are based on real-life shortcuts professional speakers use to improve the impact of their speaking and hold audiences spellbound. Some of these shortcuts are so simple and easy, but the impact is enormous. To gain instant access to a free 10 part video training on getting started in the speaking industry, how to turn what you already know into a powerful course or workshop and how to develop products and generate additional income streams visit us at http://www.SpeakerTrainingVideos.com