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There is no magic to it. “Who you know” gets you ONE paid gig per year It’s the relentless follow up, chasing, showing value, showing up, learning, growing, improving that builds your speaking business. @Christina Daves had a great question. How do you actually get high paid gigs? (See image) Every speaker I’ve met making $15,000+ per event is a savage at meeting people. Quick story. A few years back, I was at a marketing conference and the speaker (who wasn’t that great) shared how he got on the stage. He found the event planner’s image online and created a comic strip featuring that person and built an entirely custom website around it featuring that person. They ate it up. That’s the lengths you need to go to get on your dream stage. Btw. 3 people signed up for the new booking agency service. 2 more spots are probably gone today. My team and I will handle all the grunt work: finding conferences, leads, email setup, outreach, follow up so all YOU have to do is show up. DM me if you want more details on the program. Only 7 slots left

You stare at the menu for 15 minutes. You ask everyone else what they think. You second-guess your own instincts. Not because you don’t know what you want— But because your emotions are crowding out your clarity. You’re carrying old regrets. Past failures. The fear of choosing wrong… again. So your nervous system hits the brakes before you even begin. You freeze. You overthink. You shut down. It’s not that you can’t decide. It’s that no one ever taught you how to clear your emotional channel before making a decision. That changed for me when I started asking: 🧘‍♀️ “What am I feeling right now that’s hijacking my clarity?” I don’t force decisions anymore. I clear before I choose. I write it out. Move my body. Breathe until my brain feels like mine again. And suddenly, the choice becomes obvious. Effortless. Peaceful. If you’ve been calling yourself indecisive, when really you’re just emotionally backed up—this is your moment. You are not the confusion. You’re the calm underneath it. Comment “CLEAR ME” if this feels like something you’ve needed to hear for a long time. Say “SEND IT” if you want my Emotional Clarity Map. 🗺️🧠

Let’s be honest: If you’re charging $5K–$15K per talk (or want to)… and you’re still not booking consistently… It’s not your talent. It’s how you’re running your business. After working behind the scenes with 50+ speakers and spending almost 2 years obsessing over the industry, these are the biggest patterns I see—over and over again: STRATEGY & POSITIONING - 🎯 No clear niche—they try to be everything to everyone - 🔄 Focusing on multiple audiences at once - 🧩 Messaging is vague and hard to remember - 🧪 Building offers before validating demand - 🧠 Trying to solve every problem for every audience - ✨ Shiny object syndrome—chasing trends instead of establishing authority - 📊 No repeatable system for outreach or visibility SALES & STRUCTURE - 😬 Fear of raising prices—still saying yes to $500 gigs that require travel and lodging - 🧾 Not charging for the real time, prep, and emotional energy it takes to deliver - 📅 Assuming a gig is locked in before the contract is signed - 🔒 Not focused on securing recurring corporate deals or longer-term training opportunities - 📋 No clear offer = no urgency = no action - 💼 Doing free gigs without collecting social proof assets (logo, video, testimonial) -If you’re speaking for free, cool. Just don’t do it empty-handed. MARKETING & COMMUNICATION - 📣 Talking about themselves instead of the audience’s problem - 📺 Overwhelming planners with long reels, cluttered websites, too many options - 🧠 Leading with technicalities instead of transformation - 📢 Saying too much instead of making the message land - ❌ No urgency in their positioning—no reason to act now - ⚡ Spending money on branding/tools before securing clients (I know $10K speakers still running off Google Sheets!) BRAND & ASSET GAPS - 👻 Ghosting social proof—no fresh content, no testimonials, no logos - 🧱 Weak online presence: no clarity, no consistency, no authority - 🗂️ Relying only on referrals with no strategy for growth - 🧭 No clear destination for decision-makers: “What am I hiring you for again?”