Few items you should have to become a PAID keynote speaker

As we move into Black History Month, I'm seeing a lot of my colleagues get invited to speak at events.

To ensure you secure the 💰, here are a few items you should have to become a PAID keynote speaker:

✅ Professional headshot

✅ Speaker website - justinshaifer.com for example

✅ 1 pager/EPK (Electronic Press Kit)

✅ A clearly articulated expertise - What do you know? Why is your perspective unique?

✅ A clearly specified target audience & customer - Who wants to hear your message? Who will pay to hear it?

✅ A track record - How many speaking gigs have you done? What notable orgs have invited you to speak?

✅ Testimonials - How do people react to your engagements?

✅ Video Reel - Always record any speaking gigs you perform, they'll come in handy later.

Most of these items: Media, testimonials, track record, come from VOLUNTEER speaking.

After 3 years of volunteer speaking, over 50% of my revenue is generated from #STEM speaking engagements.

Last BIG point: People pay DOERs to speak, not #speakers.

If you do something notable, you're more likely to get paid to speak than someone who is extremely articulate. ✍🏽

Feel free to use my website as a template for all the above: justinshaifer.com

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For more details, please visit justinshaifer.com.

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