TURN PUBLIC SPEAKING INTO A REPEATABLE CLIENT ATTRACTION SYSTEM
Get Speaking Gigs Now
Learn The Secrets To Booking 500+ Speaking Gigs
by LEISA REID
Page Count: 76 pages
Dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"
ISBN-13: 978-1676914341
I believe everyone has a story to tell. We all have experiences, memories, expertise and lessons we have learned that can benefit other people. I LOVE the experience of when a “talk” comes to me. It’s as if a seed was planted and it starts to grow. It can even wake me up in the middle of the night! You’ve probably had a similar experience of having a “talk” come to you and start to grow within you.
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
Leisa’s book walks readers through the entire cycle: prepare the talk → find opportunities → get booked → monetize the engagement → perform professionally → leverage the gig → get referred → get invited back → repeat. That seven-part structure is literally how the book is organized.
How to get your talk truly “ready to rock.”
You’ll learn how to shape your expertise into a clear, engaging presentation with strong learning points, a compelling title, a focused description, and a clear call-to-action—without sounding overly salesy.How to stop “winging it” and start speaking with confidence.
Leisa stresses that preparation and practice dramatically improve your credibility, reduce anxiety, and help you stay in flow with your audience.How to build a real speaking-gig pipeline.
You’ll understand how to identify ideal audiences, create a prospect list, start with warm contacts, research speaking opportunities, and treat speaking opportunities like a sales pipeline that must be managed consistently.How to create a monetization plan before you ever step on stage.
You’ll learn to track your numbers, estimate how many clients or sales each talk may generate, understand what each client is worth, and calculate how many talks you may need to reach your financial goals.How to monetize speaking engagements instead of just collecting applause.
Readers learn multiple ways to generate business from speaking—offers from stage, list building, product or service sales, referrals, appointments, webinars, workshops, podcasts, and more.
Why consistency is the real secret to staying booked.
A great talk alone isn’t enough. Leisa teaches that consistent prospecting, follow-up, scheduling, and systems are what keep your speaking calendar from going empty.How to become the kind of speaker meeting planners want back.
Leisa emphasizes consideration and collaboration: be reliable, honest, early, prepared, easy to work with, and focused on creating a win-win relationship with the event organizer.How to prepare professionally for the actual speaking gig.
You’ll walk away knowing the value of booking checklists, day-of checklists, technology backups, sales materials, AV preparation, payment systems, and being prepared to deliver even when technology fails.How to create and use a professional speaker one-sheet.
The book teaches what a speaker sheet is, why meeting planners expect one, how it builds credibility, and what materials you need to assemble to create one that helps you get booked.How to get booked—and stay booked—using natural speaking scripts.
You’ll learn how to create booking scripts that sound like YOU, use them as guidelines rather than canned pitches, ask the right questions, follow up after engagements, stay in touch, and suggest future topics that lead to repeat bookings.
BOOK CONTENTS
Take a quick glance at the contents of the table of contents for this book:
❑ Message From The Author
❑ Forward
PART 1
Get Your Talk Ready to Rock
PART 2
Create Your Ideal Speaking Gig Pipeline
PART 3
Monetize Your Speaking Engagements
PART 4
Systems To Getting Asked Back Again & Again
PART 5
Speaker Sheet Development You’ll Need
PART 6
Keeping Your Speaking Gig Pipeline FULL
PART 7
Scripts For Getting Booked & Staying Booked
❑ Summary / Wrap-Up
❑ Back Pages
RAVE REVIEWS
"Everything about Leisa screams LEADER! Speaking is one of the most important ways to step into the spotlight and Leisa shares all her golden nuggets and secrets throughout the book. If you are wanting to get your speaking tour started and have companies hire you, this book gives you the roadmap forward. It is a MUST-READ for all the details from creating the best speech to getting on stages." --
Colleen Biggs, Professional Speaker
“Leisa makes the speaking business feel doable. She breaks down the entire process—from developing a strong talk to finding opportunities, getting booked, monetizing your message and staying in front of the right audiences. This book is packed with practical ideas you can actually use. If you’re serious about using speaking to grow your visibility, attract clients and build momentum, Get Speaking Gigs Now is a terrific place to start.” -- Jordan Blake, Professional Speaker & Business Coach
AUTHOR MESSAGE
I wrote Get Speaking Gigs Now because I truly believe that everyone has something valuable to share. We all have experiences, expertise, lessons and stories that can make a difference in someone else’s life. For many business owners, entrepreneurs, coaches and professionals, speaking is one of the most powerful ways to get that message out into the world while also creating opportunities to grow your business and connect with the people you are meant to serve.
This book is for the person who knows they want to speak but may not know where to begin, as well as the experienced speaker who wants to get booked more consistently, strengthen their systems and make more of every speaking opportunity. I walk you through the practical pieces—from getting your talk ready, building a speaking-gig pipeline and developing your speaker materials to monetizing your presentations, following up and getting invited back again and again.
One of the biggest things I want you to understand is that getting speaking gigs is not just about being great on stage. It takes preparation, consistency, follow-up, relationship building and a system you can actually use. The more intentional you become about those areas, the easier it becomes to create momentum, attract ideal clients and turn speaking into a meaningful part of your business.
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Leisa Reid is known as The Speaking Strategy Mentor and is the Founder of Get Speaking Gigs Now™ and the CEO of the International Speaker Network™. Having delivered over 600 talks and authored 10 books, Leisa has helped business owners scale their impact beyond 1:1- through the power of speaking. She believes speaking isn’t just about giving a talk; it’s about creating a consistent strategy to get booked, stay booked, and attract clients for the lifetime of your business. Leisa is passionate about showing experts how to use speaking as a serious revenue pathway, without the pressure of being perfect or “salesy.” Her down-to-earth approach and proven system empower business owners to confidently share their message, grow their business, and make the impact they were born to create. When she’s not mentoring speakers, you’ll find Leisa enjoying 80’s music, live concerts, and her life in Southern California with her family.