Hey, friend, are you looking for ways to book more paid speaking gigs?

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If you're not doing a post-event call, you've got to add this to your process, period.

A lot of people think, like, oh, I did the gig, it's over.

The way I look at it is that I just did the gig, the relationship just started.

Hey, excited for today's conversation. We're going to be talking with one of our team members here, Mr. Dan Irvin. It's actually been with the company for four years now. In addition, the guy is killing it on his own as a speaker does a ton of gigs on the outside of this, but also works with a lot of our speakers. So excited to chat with him. We had him on back in episode 454. So if you're interested in that,

go check out that episode. But Dan, welcome back. How are you, man? I'm doing really well. I'm happy to be here. As I said, last time, I'll say it again. Anytime I can get some time with you, Grant, it's a good day. So I'm excited to be here with you. No pressure. I know we just hung out a couple months ago, you're down in the Dallas area. I'm in the Nashville area, but came down to spend some time with you and some other people in the area. Yeah, the feeling is mutual. So anytime we get to hang out together, it's a win for both of us, hopefully. So let's talk about this. So you went through our booked and paid to speak program several years ago. You were interested in speaking. And one of the things that's been really impressive is you are someone who has really broke through that ceiling of going from, hey, I'm booking a few gigs here and there to know, I'm consistently doing this, you know, kind of week in, week out. I have different gigs that are happening. So first of all, maybe kind of paint the picture of like, what does your speaking business look like now?

Like maybe get some context of how many gigs you're speaking at, who are you typically speaking to, and what are you speaking about? Sure. Yeah, I love to do that because it's pretty exciting and I'm enjoying every second of it. And so I'll share with you last year. I talked about this quite often. In 2023, I did just over 60 paid gigs. and a lot of people are like, man, that's a lot per month.

It doesn't work out that way, as you know. There's a heavier season and a lighter season,

but there's certainly seasons and months that I'm busier than others. This year, I'm going to do

probably half that, but I've doubled the fee, right? And so, uh, revenues are saying similar, uh,

but I'm actually, I feel like not only am I just intentionally kind of doing less gigs,

but I'm actually narrowing in on, uh, organizations, companies, associations that are just

a better fit for me. And so when I show up, not only am I connecting, I think,

at a much deeper level with these audiences, but I'm actually getting longer-term relationships

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