The Wealthy Speaker: The Proven Formula for Building Your Successful Speaking Business

By Jane Atkinson

Book Overview

From evaluating whether professional speaking is an appropriate career and setting up an office to creating a dynamic marketing platform and designing the perfect website, this text takes readers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0978005953
• ISBN13: 9780978005955
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Speaker Launcher
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

An Angle that Most Speakers Know Nothing About

Jane comes from a unique background. She does not write from the perspective of a speaker who has "made it". She writes from the perspective of someone who helped a speaker "make it" Her insight is priceless!

Great for Beginning Speakers

This is a great book for speakers who are starting out in their career and want to know the best approach for marketing. I found it very helpful in terms of targeting and plans of action. There are other details in terms of online marketing and working with bureaus that helped, along with info on writing your own book. This book gave me the courage to pursue my own book (I'm Not Broken: You Don't Need Arms to Be Happy). I highly recommend this book for any speaker starting out in the industry! Jane Atkinson makes this book a fun read, and instills confidence in the reader that you can achieve your dreams!

Outstanding Information

Full of information and ideas from someone who's very clearly been there. This is not a fluff make-tons-of-money-and-get-rich-quick book. It's a practical, hands on guide to the business (emphasis on business) of speaking. The book covers a huge amount of material, from choosing your topic, to dealing with speakers bureaus. This is one of those books to get if you are serious about a career in speaking, because it will save you a ton of time and get you to making money that much faster.

If you are a speaker you NEED Jane's book.

"The Wealthy Speaker" is on the top of my list of books on the speaking business. I got her books, workbook and audio book too. It's an easy read and doesn't add a lot of fluff like other books do. The Flash Points are great, her information is priceless, she knows that she's talking about. I know you'll be thrilled if you get her book and take the time to read it. Thanks for writing a WONDERFUL book Jane. Look forward to being one of your "wealthy speaker" examples in your next book.

Kick your speaking business into gear!

The 'Wealthy Speaker' makes a great deal of sense and with the 'Ready, Aim, Fire' strategy makes it possible for the reader to design practical objectives for their speaking business. I think Jane Atkinson has managed to produce a book that has value for the new and experienced speaker. If you want to achieve more focus in the speaking industry this is a great place to start. I have many books on the topic - this is my favorite by a long chalk and pound for pound the best value on the market.