The Speaking Business Blueprint
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Course Overview
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Module 1
Career & Lifestyle Design -
Niche Selection
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The Niche Viability Cruncher
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Understanding Meeting Planners
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Critical Business Tools
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Preparing for Leads
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Lead Generation 101
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Career Foundations Recap
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Module 1 Webinar
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Your First Marketing Email Script
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4 Pro Speaking Freedoms
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20 Profitable Niches
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Joe Heaps from eSpeakers
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Finding Meeting Planners
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Niche Viability Hotseat
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M2: Locating & Appealing to Decision MakersIntro to Module 2
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Your Brand & Speaking Hook
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Create Compelling Solutions
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Bringing It All Together
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Your Lead Generation System
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Using Evercontact + Zapier
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Using Email Sourcer + Insightly
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Passive Lead Sources
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Module 2 Recap
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M2: Webinar
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M2: Hotseat - Lead Finding
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Reddit AMAs for Branding & Content
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M3: How to Romance Meeting PlannersIntro to Module 3
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Relationship Marketing Campaigns
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Your Marketing Arsenal
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Marketing With Activity Series
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Opportunities, Contacts, & Pipelines
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Your Jackpot Marketing Campaign
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Handling Speaking Requests
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Module 3 Recap
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M3: Webinar
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Tags, Categories, & CRM Setup
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Benji Bruce Interview
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M3: Hotseat
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M4: Creating High-Quality Marketing MaterialsIntro to Module 4
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Your Copywriting Skills
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Your Graphic Design Process
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Your Logo, Email, Business Card
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Your Social Media Presence
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Your eSpeakers Profile
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Your Website & Demo Video
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Your Email Campaigns
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Your Postcards
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Your Speaker 1-Sheet
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Your Speaking Brochure
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Your Wikipedia Page
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Your Bulky Direct Mail
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Your Book
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Module 4 Recap
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M4: Hotseat
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M4: Webinar
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M5: Booking Gigs and Awesome NegotiatingIntro to Module 5
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The Client Activation Sequence
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Forcing Investment Using Interest
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Your Irresistible Offer
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Pricing Strategy & Quoting Fees
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Scripts for Securing the Booking
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The ‘Save the Gig’ Sequence
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Opportunity State Reasons
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Your Contract
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Your Contract Packet
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Booking Gigs Recap
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M6: Pre-Event Maximization & CommunicationIntro to Module 6
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Delighting Clients with Pipelines
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Pre-Event Communication Sequence
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Publicity & Profit Maximizer
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Efficient Travel Arrangements
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Bling Your Travel Experience
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Module 6 Recap
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M7: At-Event & Post-Event MaximizationIntro to Module 7
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At-Event Optimization Checklist
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Looking and Acting Like a Pro
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BOR Setup & Sales Maximization
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Engineering Celebrity
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Post-Event Awesomeness & 2-Step Thanks
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Securing Repeat Business
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At-Event & Post-Event Recap
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M8: Next-Level AwesomenessIntro to Module 8
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The 3xAnnual Bucket
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Generating Frequent Passive Leads
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Building Your Product Empire
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Email Marketing Systems
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Automating Business, Hiring Help
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Staying Human, Humble, & Happy
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Module Recap & Course Conclusion
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Launch VideosLaunch Video #1
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Launch Video #2
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Launch Video #3
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Sales Video
Participants 1
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Tags, Categories, & CRM Setup
Tags, Categories, & CRM Setup
Article giving definitions and overview of tags, categories, and custom fields:
Tags vs. Categories vs. Custom Fields
List of the tags I use in my CRM
Association
Corporate
Canadian Event
College
Corporate
Education
Highly Desired
International
Las Vegas Event
Multiple Events
Digital Campaign – No Address
No budget
Past client
Speaking Colleague
Thematic Fit
Client
Youth Conference
School
Custom Fields
List of the custom fields I use in Insightly (for leads)
Group: Social Media
Twitter Url Field
LinkedIn Url Field
Facebook Url Field
Group: Event Details
Event Title Text Field
Event Month(s) Text Field
Event Start Date Date Field
Event City, State Text Field
Group: Contact Information
Photo URL Text Field
Contact Form URL Url Field
Opportunity States
Complete this checklist prior to moving forward to the next lesson.
Abandoned
Turned down, not good fit
Abandoned
Turned down, no budget
Abandoned
Turned down, date unavailable
Lost
Unknown/Lost Contact
Lost
Chose other speaker
Lost
Doesn’t have budget
Won
Passive Source
Won
1st prong
Won
2nd prong
Won
3rd prong
Won
4th prong
Won
5th prong
Won
6th prong
Won
7th prong
(*Prong denotes which step of the 7-step marketing campaign the client came from)