Grant Baldwin and Jane Atkinson (from Speaker Launcher) host a Facebook Live to talk about how speakers can deal with the current changes in the industry.
During the live stream, Grant and Jane discuss:
- Being aware your mindset
- Intentionally limiting your intake of the news and social media
- Balancing negative and positive influences
- Taking the opportunity to learn something new
- Importance of diversifying your booking strategies
- Asking bureaus to pay your compensation in advance
- High demand for meeting space and venues shifting to Fall 2020
- New opportunities in the marketplace
- Focusing on what you can control vs what you can’t
- Avoiding a scarcity mindset and look for opportunities
- The difference between speakers who weather the storm vs those who bailout
- What it means to be a #FocusedHustler
- Proactively check on your clients and ask how you can serve
- Use extra time to build on the basics of your speaking business (that you might be avoiding otherwise)
- Explore remote/virtual event options
