How to Utilize a Speakers Bureau with Shawn Hanks
The Speaker Lab Podcast
The Speaker Lab
4.8 • 575 Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2016
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
On episode 24 of The Speaker Lab I'm sitting down with Shawn Hanks, my friend and neighbor who runs Premiere Speakers Bureau.
Not sure what a speakers bureau can do for you or why you should join you one? That's why he's here: he will explain exactly what a speakers bureau does and how being a member of one can help your speaking career.
Shawn also shares his insights on how a speaker can become represented in his bureau, what is required of one of his bureau's speakers and much more. Listen in for all of the details on this episode of The Speaker Lab!
THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW
- What are specific ways a speakers bureau can enhance your speaking career?
- What is the difference between a celebrity speaker and a content speaker?
- The importance of having universal and valuable content.
- How much does a membership in a speakers bureau cost?
- The difference between being exclusive and non-exclusive with a bureau.
- What does Shawn looks for in a speaker?
- The right way to put together a demo video.
- What types of opportunities are in the market for speakers?
- And much, much more!
EPISODE RESOURCES
- Premiere Speakers Bureau
- International Association of Speakers Bureaus
- Premiere Speakers Bureau on Twitter
- Premiere Speakers Bureau on Facebook
- Shawn Hanks on Twitter
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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. |
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| 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. |
| 0:47.8 | What is up, my friends? Welcome back to the speaker lab podcast. My name is Grant Baldwin. Good to have you here with us today. |
| 0:55.4 | Got a great show for you. We're going to be talking with the president of a major speakers bureau. And we're going to be going into all kinds of depth about speakers bureaus, what they are, how they work, how they operate, what you need to know. if you can get in with them, all of that jazz. |
| 1:11.2 | This is going to be a lot of fun. |
| 1:12.2 | Before we get into that, let me quickly remind you. |
| 1:14.1 | We still have a couple seats left for the Speaker Lab Live. This is going to be an event in Nashville on May 21st. We're limiting it to just 30 people. It's going to be a lot of fun where we're going to be focusing specifically on your business. So this is going to be |
| 1:28.0 | a one-day mastermind event. This is a, again, a small intimate type of event where we can not |
| 1:33.3 | only work with each other or businesses and our speaking careers, but also I can personally work with |
| 1:38.1 | you. So if you're interested in that, go stop by the speakerlab.com slash live. Again, that is the speakerlap.com slash live. |
| 1:46.8 | Again, that's May 21st here in Nashville. |
| 1:49.5 | You don't want to miss it. |
| 1:51.3 | All right, today we're going to be talking to my buddy, Sean Hanks. |
| 1:53.9 | And Sean actually is the president of Premier Speakers Bureau. |
| 1:58.8 | It's a major speakers bureau here in Nashville |
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