1. Achieving Success as a professional speaker
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   Attaining success as a professional speaker is no easy matter! Talent and hard work are absolute musts. And, another absolute is EXPOSURE # success as a professional speaker depends on promoting yourself and becoming known to the people who are the gatekeepers to your audience.
2. The Benefits of Professional Speaking
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   No matter how good you are, you'll still have something to learn or some new set of skills to acquire.
3. Building on the Emotional Experience of the Brand
   Linking Individual Brands With the Brand of a Convention or Event
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   As professional speakers, we each seek to create our own brand. However, in today's marketplace, aligning everything we do with the brand of the convention or event will assist us in fulfilling the expectations of those who hire us.
4. Email scam which targets professional speakers
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2009
   An email scam targetting professional speakers is making the rounds. The NSA, a British speakers' association reports that the scam has been aimed at its members. Speakers listed with SOURCES - www.sources.com - have also reported being targetted.
5. Gain Clients (and Earn Money) By Speaking Engagements
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   One of the best way to get new clients is by speaking to organizations. There's something about the immediacy of being in front of people that has great spin-off benefits. So whether you do it for the fees or for the contacts or both, you really can't lose.
6. Alan K'necht, SEO, Internet Trends & Innovations Expert
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
7. Professional Speakers: Create Brilliant Marketing Material
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   Speakers really find it difficult to talk about themselves in glowing terms but that's exactly what you need to do. Put your words on paper in a way that really reflects your brilliance.
8. Professional Speakers: To Market, To Market!
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   Your positioning defines your market. Once you've decided on exactly what you stand for, you are now clear about who wants to hear you speak.
9. Professional Speakers: What#s on Your Menu of Services?
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2010
   As a professional speaker, you need to offer more than simply a keynote or two to your clients. But you don't want to offer so many different things in different forms that you confuse your client.
10. 6 Keys to Becoming a Six Figure Speaker
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2008
    Rather than ask what the hot topics are, ask yourself what you want to say and then find the fit you're looking for.
11. Sources Select Speakers
    Resource Type: Internet WWW site
    Published: 2009
    Speakers available to take media calls about their area of expertise, and available for speaking engagements.
12. Why Buyers Don't Choose You
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 2010
    Positioning is basically how you differentiate yourself in the marketplace. The most powerful positioning addresses your prospects' (often unspoken) needs. It appeals to the emotions first, then the intellect.

Experts on Professional Speakers in the Sources Directory

1. Marilyn Barnicke Belleghem, M.Ed.
2. Canadian Association of Professional Speakers
3. Dollars & Sense
4. Eli Bay's Relaxation Response Institute
5. Alan K'necht, SEO, Internet Trends & Innovations Expert
6. Randy Park, Author and Speaker -- "Decision Advancement"
7. Speakers Gold
8. Joshua Zuchter, International Life Coach and Business Coach