How to Get Speaking Referrals with Michael Port and Andrew Davis

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The Speaker Lab

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🗓️ 17 August 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Joining us to explain the process of becoming a referable speaker is the dynamite duo of Michael Port and Andrew Davis.

On today's The Speaker Lab, we talk about their latest book, The Referable Speaker. We also discuss what a referable speaker is and how to become one before diving into how they test out new speech material and the biggest mistake speakers make when starting out.

You'll hear those topics and more when you tune in for the 355th edition of The Speaker Lab.

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

What are stage-side leads and how do you get them?
Why you need to work on your speech first.
What are the two things you need to get stage-side leads?
Is there a time frame for building momentum?
What are the three main factors that generate referrals?
This is one of the biggest myths in the industry: what is it?
What are the top three ways meeting planners find speakers to book?
Which category of speakers do meeting planners love to book?
And so much more!

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0:00.0	Hey, friend, are you looking for ways to book more paid speaking gigs?
0:03.7	Well, of course you are.
0:04.4	Maybe you're just starting out as a speaker. You're trying to figure out what to prioritize in order to get booked and paid as quickly as possible. Listen, if that's you, I want you to join us for a free live training where you're going to learn how to create the number one marketing asset that you need to consistently book more paid gigs. This is a tool that one speaker on our team used to book over $36,000 in paid gigs before he even had a website.
0:27.2	This training is free.
0:28.1	It's live and we offered a few times a week so you can find a time that works best for you.
0:32.5	All you got to do is head over to thespeakerlab.com slash get booked.
0:36.3	That's all one word.
0:37.2	Thespeakelab.com slash get booked. That's all one word, the speakerlap.com slash get booked
0:39.3	and register right now. We look forward to seeing you on the live training.
0:47.5	Hey, what's up, friends? Grambolden here. Welcome back to the speaker lab podcast. Good to have you here with us today for episode 355. We've got a great show for you today that is going to be double the fun as we're going to be welcoming Andrew Davis and Mr. Michael Port, both are a repeat guest that we've had on the show. Excited to have them back with us today. So today we're going to be chatting with Andrew and Michael about what it means to be a referral speaker. They have a brand new
1:15.6	book out called the Referable Speaker where unpacks the steps to creating a long lasting speaking
1:20.9	career. And both of these guys really have a ton of experience with that, knows what it takes
1:24.5	to build momentum, generate referrals in the speaking business. And they're going to show you how you can do this as well. So during our conversation today, we're also going to be unpacking why you need to focus on your content and some of the biggest mistakes that speakers make when they are first starting out. Also, we're going to be talking about how to score stage side leads. And Michael and Andrew are going to explain not only what that is,
1:44.3	how to do this, and also what today's meeting planners are looking for in speakers.
1:48.8	There's a lot of great content here for everyone. I'm positive. You're going to get a ton
1:52.8	out of the episode. So let's get right into it. Here's my conversation on how to become a
1:57.0	referable speaker with Andrew Davis and Michael Port. Enjoy.
2:03.6	Hey, what's our friends. Grant Baldwin here. Welcome back to the Speaker Lab podcast. Good to have
2:07.1	you here with us today. This may be one of the few times we've done this. We actually have
2:10.9	two lovely gentlemen on the show today, two friends of the program who've been on individual in the
2:16.0	past, I think multiple times for both of you
2:18.1	coming back on together to tag team today. We're talking with Michael Port from Heroic Public
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