Somewhere along the way traditional publishers got lazy. They realized it was a relatively easy matter to shove off the drudgery work of wading through piles of unsolicited manuscripts to literary agents. Make them the gatekeepers. Then, when an agent stumbled across a work of some merit, he would bring it to a publisher’s attention…
DetailsCertain qualities about becoming a consultant are immediately appealing, such as the ability to control your work environment and schedule. Before you take the leap into full time consulting, though, consider the reality of what your new daily life will be like and make sure you’re prepared to accept the good, the bad, and the…
DetailsLuckily, most public speakers don’t find their performance from the previous night parsed to pieces in the pages of the local newspaper like a movie or concert. In the public speaking field, bad reviews show up in odd ways and strange times, often through back door avenues or third hand gossip. Since no one likes…
DetailsThe curious case of writing wunderkind, Amanda Hocking, keeps unfolding. This is the woman who, over the past year or so, independently sold a truckload of e-books in her series of Young Adult Vampire Romances. Is that even a genre? It is now! With Ms. Hocking hinting on her blog that she has earned in…
DetailsThe television show “Seinfeld” had a recurring character known as the Soup Nazi, and for those unafraid to listen to truth, you might learn something about how to market your public speaking business from this guy. Here’s a little background. The Soup Nazi ran a cubbyhole of a store that sold hot soup so tasty…
DetailsWe’ve taken the occasional opportunity on the Speaking of Wealth blog to encourage those out there who wish to become successful public speakers to consider they should become a writer as well. Unfortunately we forgot to mention one of the most important things about writing a book. Our thanks to independent author, Jacqueline Howett, for…
DetailsWho would have thought that a technique from a rumpled television detective could be so effective for a high powered public speaker? Someone recently reminded us of how Peter Falk, as Detective Columbo, used to employ an sneaky conversational technique that tricked those nefarious evil-doers into thinking they had smooth gotten off the hook when,…
DetailsAs a professional public speaker, you can learn a lot from tropical troubadour, Jimmy Buffett, if you pay attention. We’re not joking. On his recent release, Buffett Hotel, he sings about refusing to participate in the recent economic downtown. Listen up, people, because there is gold in those words! We’ve spoken here in the past…
DetailsThe publishing industry is going through turmoil, to put it politely. Some might prefer to call it a death spasm instead. Regardless, authors no longer spend their nights dreaming of securing an agent, snaring the attention of a big publisher and landing a fat advance. Sure, we all still wish it would play out that…
DetailsThe real magic in becoming a consultant is that there are as many different paths to success as there are people who make the attempt and succeed. Successful consulting can come to a wet-behind-the-ears college graduate as well as it can to the twenty-year veteran business owner of a mom-and-pop flower shop. Your consulting education…
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