Your site can be simple if you have the necessary elements to describe your expertise and your value to your target market(s). Third party endorsements – These can be under a “reviews” section or these can be integrated into the site or on flash pages, or using scrolling text 3.) Site map 12 essential Steps to Attract Your Ideal Customers With all due respect, love and admiration, why do you, some of our planet’s best teachers (professional speakers) think that all you have to do is throw up a website to get invitations to speak?

but for public audiences, that amount of qualification can divert attention by the time the point rolls around. To explain his "be bold" note, Frank pointed me to this blog post, Why You're Too Qualified and Respctful to Produce Great Content , by Pace Smith on the popular Copyblogger site. I can see this being a useful self-coaching process you can use before a conference call or meeting (akin to my recent post on 7 ways to interrupt effectively ), or as you are practicing a big presentation or a major speech. I'm so glad you all asked me to speak to you today, because I think I may have some insights you might find useful about my experiences as a woman in our industry. Being a woman in our industry is like being a vacuum cleaner: It sucks.

Speaking coach Mike Landrum , better known as "Coach Mike", shared some of his best presentation and speaking tips with Mark Ragan , CEO of Ragan Communications , including the biggest stumbling block of speakers, how video can improve their performance, In less than four minutes Coach Mike answers all three questions in a manner that anyone can understand. We've all heard/used the phrase, "I couldn't have said it better myself."  Well recently I came across a video with some speaking and presentation tips that I literally could not have said better myself.