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Making Money as a Public Speaker, Part I

I know what you're thinking - you don't have the time or money for this.

Plus, you're not even sure how to start, and besides, you're not good at public speaking and don't like it.

But, in this public speaking training article I'm going to prove to you that most of what you thought you knew about public speaking is dead wrong.

I'm also going to prove to you that doing public speaking beats all other forms of marketing combined.

And finally, I'm going to give you a "blueprint" showing you exactly how you can do public speaking for little or no money, generate highly qualified leads, and convert them into paying customers.

Most people think that doing public speaking is difficult, time-consuming, expensive - and even scary.

But in reality, doing public speaking is easy, takes very little time, and costs less than you'll pay for today's lunch.

And as for scary - let's get the issue of stage fright and fear of public speaking out of the way right up front.

Yes, many people say they're afraid to do any kind of public speaking, but stage fright actually lasts for less than three minutes once you start speaking.

Sure, you may feel some jitters at first, but the reality is simply this: once you get up and start speaking, your fear goes away in less than three minutes flat.

That's been my experience and the experience of the many hundreds of my students over the last nine years.

Once you do a public speaking engagement or two and discover this for yourself, you'll never be afraid of public speaking ever again, and in fact you'll actually become addicted to doing public speaking.

You won't be able to wait until your next public speaking engagement and you'll be looking around for more opportunities to get up and speak.

With stage fright and fear of public speaking out of the way, here's what you really need to be afraid of: the fallout due to the economic mess.

Everyone knows that the economy has already been hard-hit, and some experts are warning that the worst may be yet to come.

With less business to go around, what are you going to do to survive, much less thrive?

Unless you're one of the lucky few with more business than you can handle, you're going to have to scramble just to stay afloat.

Lucky for you, doing public speaking engagement is the fastest, easiest, least expensive and most effective form of marketing that exists.

Why is it so effective? Glad you asked. Go to Part II