I try to travel smart. Sometimes, it’s more like survival. This past week, I missed one flight, booked a flight to the wrong city, humped two 40 lb (20kg) boxes of books across the country, and had the pleasure of 5 keynotes, 7 cab rides, 3 hotels, 600 delegates, 120 book sales, and 1 bad movie. All in all, it was a good week. When it comes to travel, it’s bad enough… Continue reading
EE031 – Engagement with Danny Iny
In this episode you will meet Danny Iny, aka the "Freddy Krueger of Blogging", who is the proud founder of Firepole Marketing and a Amazon best selling author! His books include Engagement from Scratch!, the Naked Marketing Manifesto and the… Continue reading
EE025 – Rory Vaden and becoming a NYT best selling author
In this episode you will meet Rory Vaden, best selling author of Take the stairs and a very bright guy. I first met Rory at an NSA (National Speakers Association) conference and was blown away by his energy and matter-of-fact… Continue reading
EE023 – Terry Brock on technology that works (and some that doesn’t)
In this episode I dig in deep with Terry Brock about technology for your expert enterprise. You are going to want to take notes for this one (heck, take notes for all of them). Follow Terry and get loads… Continue reading
20 proven ways to get paid more as a speaker.
I had fun with this list making exercise. I wanted to create a short list (maybe 5 or 6 things) that I do to grow my speaking business. Sure, I also make money from book sales and on-line courses, but… Continue reading
Sell your story and save the world
I got my start in the speaking industry with a story. And you know what? When I think about the last 18 years of speaking, teaching, writing, and coaching, nothing has changed. It’s still about the story. Stories are the… Continue reading
The biggest mistake I ever made
It’s hard to write an article about avoiding mistakes in business when you’ve made thousands of them. It’s like sitting down to write “Everything I know about love” when everyday you are painfully reminded you really don’t know much. All… Continue reading
