[TSE 55] Master the Art of Being a Professional Speaker and Author with Hugh Culver

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If you’ve been exploring the professional speaking path as a small business owner, you know that it’s not an easy route to take.

Hugh Culver, professional keynote speaker and author, has built his entire life around being an incredible speaker by mastering the art of storytelling, timing, and getting a clear message through to an audience.

He’s done over 2,000 keynote speeches and currently takes on forty-five engagements a year (after realising that 110 a year just wasn’t sustainable).

So what steps did Hugh take to go from giving seminars attended by just 3 people to creating a profitable career where he regularly keynotes for over 2,000 people?

Here is what you will learn in this podcast:

• The art of being an effective speaker

• What two tasks you should start doing to become a professional speaker right away

• How to enter the highly competitive ‘expert community’ of speakers and authors

• How he uses his speaking career to maximise his income (not in the way that you expect!)

• How to find the right kind of speaking gigs for you in front of the right audience

• What speaker bureaus are really looking for and what they need to see from you first

• The exact words you should use to establish yourself as a speaker

• How to craft your message for your speech so your audience never misses the point

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