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#609: Why Charging More Actually Gets You Booked More

“Undercharging is not humility. It is a positioning problem and oftentimes a confidence problem. And that confidence problem is wearing a humble costume.” Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this episode, Dan Irvin digs into one of the most common — and most expensive — mistakes speakers make: undercharging for their talks. And not just because it shrinks your paycheck. Dan makes...

#609: Why Charging More Actually Gets You Booked More

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#579: From Free Gigs to Paid Speaking with Dr. Yvette E. Pearson

“Everything [The Speaker Lab] does is very intentional drive, step driven, process driven, and it can fit whatever time that you can give it…So time is less relevant. Consistency is more relevant.” Welcome...

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#578: Finding Your Message and Your Why with Marcy Grossman

“I’ve been a caterpillar. You know, what do caterpillars do? They collect, they eat, they stock up, they build up until they get a calling that says build yourself a chrysalis. And that [chrysalis], for...

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#577: The Six-Step Roadmap to Growing Your Speaking Career with Josh Shipp

“Within an in demand topic, how are you going to differentiate? There are only X number of categories of movies out there, right? And so it’s not like you’re suddenly going to invent a new category of...

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#576: Building Frameworks That Grow Your Speaking Brand with Melanie Deziel

“Once you have your go-to framework, your go-to model, and then as you innovate, few come up with new ideas, and instead of just doing away with the old one, it becomes a tool in your pocket. And you can...

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#575: Storytelling, Identity, and Growth in Speaking with Harris III

“I started pursuing meaning instead of money. And I made way more money focusing on meaning and not thinking about money as much as I did when I was laser focused on making more money but living a life...

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#574: Moving from Moments to Meaning: Mastering Stage Storytelling with Katie Quesada

“All those little intangibles that are so nuanced, the great storytellers can put themselves physically and emotionally back in the story and bring you with them, and then somehow bring it back to...

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