Certain 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,...
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How to Handle Bad Reviews
Luckily, 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...
Is Amanda Hocking the New Face of Publishing?
The 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...
What Your Public Speaking Business Can Learn From the Soup Nazi
The 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...
Become a Writer – Graciously
We'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....
Public Speaking Tips – the Columbo Technique
Who 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...
When a Bad Economy is Good for Your Speaking Business
As 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...
4 Reasons to Become an Independent Publisher
The 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...
The Magic of a Consulting Education
The 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...
Control the Publishing Process with CreateSpace
To writers, finishing a book is akin to the birth of a child, minus the screaming and filling of diapers, of course. It's a brand new life (sort of), that didn't exist before. Hopes and aspirations...