chrisbrogan.com Home About Speaking Rockstars Newsletters Contact Best Of How to Start Speaking at Events December 8, 2008 · Comments One day, I wasn’t a speaker at conferences, and then I was. And then a little while later, I was a paid speaker. And now, I’m a decently paid speaker. Some day, I hope to be a really well-paid speaker.

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Sullivan Want to make the transition from respected industry expert to highly paid professional speaker? Maybe not. The transition from being an expert who speaks for visibility to being a highly paid professional speaker is not as glamorous as you may think. Because too many people believe that having great speaking skills is all it takes to be a professional speaker. An all-too-common );} else {document.write( );}return true;}LoadMenus(); NAME E-MAIL ZIP CODE

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You can be a really great platform speaker and still not get people to refer you for other speaking engagements. One way to encourage people to spread your name around is to offer them an incentive in the form of a referral fee. I offer up to 20 percent of my speaking fee as a commission/referral fee if someone calls up and says, "Joe, saw you speak and said we have to have you at our next convention. I don't know why that is. I