You're listening to the Creating a Brand podcast where we deliver weekly masterclass

interviews on topics to help you make your first or next step in business the right one.

I'm your host, Alex San Felipe.

Today we're going to talk about the most requested topic here on creating a brand,

which is how to land speaking engagements and also how to get paid to speak. My guest is Grant Baldwin.

He is a full-time paid public speaker. One of the things that made Grant stand out to me so much as

his background, what he did before he became a full-time public speaker. I think that many of us

are going to be able to relate to this story,

and he'll share it during the episode.

Grant is the author of the book titled The Successful Speaker,

which contains five steps for landing speaking gigs and getting paid to speak.

If you've been wanting to get into speaking,

this episode is really going to help you figure out how to make that happen.

So let's not wait any longer. Here is my conversation with Grant Baldwin about how to land speaking engagements.

Grant, thank you so much for being a guest on the Creating a Brand podcast today.

Alex, thanks, man.

Your book, The Successful Speaker, covers five steps for booking, speaking gigs,

getting paid to speak, and also building your platform.

I have to say, and we talked about this offline a little bit, I am very impressed by

this book.

It reads more like a storytelling map.

As someone who reads 52 books a year, I believe I have an understanding of what a good

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