Speakers, is it time to get some revenue flowing into your company? Well, one of the best ways to do that is through Speaking Engagements. 

The team here at Virtually With You have put together three keys to speaker success when you are ready to secure speaking gigs for your company.

Key #1: Be ready to invest and invest wisely! This is a crucial part of your success. We recommend that you add an item to  your monthly budget and have the item on your budget for the next 90 days. We have found that it takes at least 90 days to begin to see results.  Do your research and educate  yourself on what a fair price is for this kind of service.

Key #2: Have a list of contacts ready. This can be a tricky part of the process. You may already have a list, but do you know how solid those leads are? Do you have the direct number to the person you are wanting to speak to? For example, you want to reach someone in the events department at a College.  Do you actually have the number to the events department, or do you have the main number to the college itself? Well, if you have the direct number to the events department, this will save you time and money. But, if the person who is calling has to weed through the main line prompts, in order to get the events department, then the process could take them any where from 5 to 10 minutes. Providing your assistant with the direct contact information can save time and money ... and we all know "time is money".

Key #3: Have weekly "check ins" with the person or team member who is conducting the calls. This will allow you to understand where the process  stands, how many interested leads you may have, the different kinds of feedback that may be coming from those leads. But, most importantly, it will give you a chance to "brain storm" a new approach, if the current one is not producing as you had desired.
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About Lisa Coffey:  Lisa is not your average bookkeeper. After the fall of our economy and being laid off from her corporate job in 2008, Lisa quickly realized that her true passion was to educate and inspire entrepreneurs who were striving to pave their own way in the business world. Lisa has made it her personal goal to teach each of her clients to have a deeper understanding and better relationship with their finances, resulting in smarter decisions and higher profits.  Other services that Lisa offers are her project management and event planning skills and, most recently, speaker engagement services.  You can read more about Lisa here.