Community Q&A: Social Media For Professional Speakers

By lawrencewatkins November 19th, 2012 in Blog, QnA | No Comments

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Great Pro Speakers Mentioned in TheGrio

By lawrencewatkins July 10th, 2012 in Blog, Branding | No Comments

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We’ve been working hard to update the content of the Great Pro Speakers course. This week, Great Pro Speakers received some spotlight on TheGrio.com with an article that I wrote about personal branding. The article is a summary of the Great Pro Speakers course and is a quick way to see what we are all about. Read More

The Periodic Table of Content

By lawrencewatkins April 6th, 2012 in Blog | No Comments

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I saw the infographic below and think that it is a great framework on how to think about content while growing your professional speaking career. Notice, how the author of the periodic table also puts an extreme importance on creating a book. Read More

Community Q&A: Creating A Great Demo, Consistently Strengthening Your Brand

By lawrencewatkins February 24th, 2012 in art of public speaking, Blog, Branding, QnA | No Comments

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Great Pro Speakers Community Q&A: Creating A Great Demo, Consistently Strengthening Your Brand from Lawrence Watkins on Vimeo.

Lawrence and Al answer questions from the Great Pro Speakers community. Topics include:

What goes into a great video demo?
How do you consistently strengthen your brand?

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Speakergram and the struggles of growing a speaking business.

By lawrencewatkins February 22nd, 2012 in Blog, Interviews | No Comments

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Andrew Warner from Mixergy.com conducted an awesome interview with Sam Rosen, Co-founder of Speakergram. This was a site that wanted to make the process easier for event planners to book speakers for their events. Earlier this month, Speakergram shut down after raising $250K. Listen to this 75-minute interview to figure out why. A lot of nuggets of wisdom can be drawn from Andrew and Sam’s conversation.

http://mixergy.com/rosen-speakergram-interview/

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The Importance of Content Marketing for Growing Your Speaking Career

By lawrencewatkins February 14th, 2012 in Blog | No Comments

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I ran across this awesome post as I was surfing the web today. Al and I often talk about the importance of content marketing as a tool to grow your speaking career. This infographic shows that many companies are implementing the same strategy and are getting great results. This process will continue to ramp up over time, so the more quality content that you create the faster your brand will spread. Read More

Community Q&A: CRM Software; Renting Meeting Space; Cold Calling – Yes or No?

By lawrencewatkins February 2nd, 2012 in Blog, TRAINING, Video | 3 Comments

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Lawrence and Al answer questions from the Great Pro Speakers community. Topics include:

I am looking for suggestions for software to help manage business/contacts/past-future clients, etc., what are you using?

I need to find a rental space for a workshop for teens. Please share your recommendation.

If you have to cold call, what’s are some tips for doing it well?

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Community Q&A: Website vs. Book, Writer’s Block, Speaking Style

By lawrencewatkins January 25th, 2012 in Blog, QnA | 1 Comment

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Lawrence and Al answer questions from the Great Pro Speakers community. Topics include:

Should I update website or start on book?
How do you get past writer’s block?
How do you find your speaking style?

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How To Start Your Talk or Speech – Community Q&A

By lawrencewatkins January 20th, 2012 in art of public speaking, Blog, QnA, TRAINING | 5 Comments

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Al Duncan talks about 5 great ways to start your talk or speech.

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Social Media Cheat Sheet

By alduncan January 12th, 2012 in Blog, Social Media | No Comments

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Are you still trying to figure out if you should focus your social media efforts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Google+? Here’s cool graphic that will give you a snapshot of the usefulness of each platform.

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