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Hey, what's up, my friend? Graham Baldwin here. Welcome back to the speaker lab podcast. We are here

on episode 196. Hope you're doing well. Glad you are joining us, whether this is your first time listening or you've been listening for nearly 200 episodes, which you want to stay tuned for that. We've got some great stuff coming for episode 200 in just a couple of weeks. Either way, we are glad that you're here, glad that you're joining us. We've got a lot of stuff that we're going to be covering today, a lot of great information, helping you build and grow your speaking business. So today, we've got a special guest for you. Before we get to that, let me remind you about the free training that we offer that you can check out over at freespeakerworkshop.com. Again, you can find that over at free speakerworkshop.com. If you're looking for a step by step game plan, a system, a blueprint to find and book paid speaking gigs, wherever you're out in your journey, whether you're brand new, you've been doing this for a while, you need to check out free speakerworkshop.com. Again, that's free speakerworkshop. All right, so let's get to today's guest. Today we are talking with my friend Chris Hogan, who has arguably one of the best speaking voices all around.

You're going to find that out here and just a saying, it just draws you in, just that silky smoothness of the voice pulls you in for more. So Chris has a professional speaker's been at it for many, many years. I'm going to talk about his process for how he creates and delivers presentations. We're talking about why first person stories are so important to him. Talk about how important it's been to build an overall platform for his brand. So having a podcast, having a book. We talk about how he speaks on a variety of different topics, but make sure that he doesn't go too general, too vague or too broad. That's one of the things you've heard us talk a lot about. And then finally, Chris is a husband. He's a father. So we talk about how he stays balanced with his family with all of his various responsibilities. So a lot to get in here today. So let's jump right into it. Here's my conversation with Chris Hogan. Enjoy. Hey, what's all up, my friends?

Graham Bolden here today. We are joined by Chris Hogan, who has one of the smoothest, silkiest voices that you will find in all of the land. How are you, man? I am fantastic, man. It's good to be with you. How much of an asset is it having a voice like that? Well, you know what? I can't hide anywhere. And it definitely allows me to get people's attention and hopefully keep it for a little while. So it's an asset. Good, good, good, good. So we met recently and then realized, actually, we live, I guess, within a couple miles of each other. And we're going to have to cross past at some point here and make that happen. So I appreciate you taking the time to hang out with us today. So for people who are familiar with you, want you give us a quick snapshot of your business and especially the

speaking side of how speaking fits into everything. Sure, sure. Well, I'm one of the Ramsey personalities

here at Ramsey Solutions. That's a big Ramsey's company. I've been a part of Dave's team for

13 years now. And so when I started out, I was coaching pro athletes,

entertainers, and musicians. So I would sit with them one-on-one and coach them. And then I started

doing some training seminars for sports teams, their wives, helping people on money, primarily

was the focus. And then it evolved where I started doing leadership events and then

money events. And then it really went full on about eight years ago. So I travel all across the

country doing corporate events for Fortune 100, 500 companies, walking them through the topics of

money or leadership or just other areas that they have a need for.

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