Journey To Paid Speaking Gigs with Charles Clark · 2023-02-25 · 25 min
Send a text Jay Baer is a 7th generation entrepreneur who speaks about business strategy. He has written six books on marketing the customer experience and has founded five multi-million dollar companies. He started paid speaking around 40, which was relatively late in his working career, but after eight years, he got into the Professional Speakers Hall of Fame. He now spends most of his time working on speaking programs around the world and does a lot of brand ambassador work for software companies. Jay is also the second most popular tequila influencer and educates people all around the world. Key Takeaways Jay didn't "need" to do speaking because he was a successful consultant, but he found that he really enjoyed giving presentations. Because of this, he decided to make a pivot: go from a consultant who does some speaking to a speaker who owns a consulting firm. Your experience in your given industry - whether that be consulting, technology, and more - can make you a great and highly sought after content-specific speaker. As a speaker, delivering great value is important, but you also have to be mindful about not overwhelming people.
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