The Art of Speaking: How to Market Your Business From a Stage | Ep. #655

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In episode #655, Eric and Neil discuss how you can market your business at speaking engagements. Tune in to hear if it’s wise to use the hard sell while on stage.</span></p> <p><strong>TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:27] Today’s Topic:</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Art of Speaking: How to Market Your Business From a Stage</span></em></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:35] Neil has been speaking for over ten years.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[00:45] He never joined</span> <a href="https://www.toastmasters.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Toastmasters</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, he is just naturally outgoing.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:11] Neil creates his slides, but doesn’t rehearse, because he doesn’t want to sound robotic.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:55] You have to cater your approach to each audience.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:12] Anyone can read slides, it takes someone with public speaking abilities to keep an audience engaged.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:33] Eric and Neil never do a hard sell in their speeches.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[02:47] Russell Brunson makes a lot of money from his public speaking engagements.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:15] He spoke at the</span> <a href="https://10xgrowthcon.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">10X conference</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and made $3 Million because of that event.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[03:30] Russell is great at creating the “FOMO” feeling.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:00] Some conferences want speakers to sell their businesses.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[04:55] The hard sell has rubbed people the wrong way.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">[05:03]