Dental speakers/consultants are in the thick of a busy travel and meetings schedule. Sometimes with multiple trips/engagements in one week. It is certainly common to be traveling for speaking and consulting every week in the months between the New Year and summer break. And even if many of our engagements are now offered virtually, we can still be run ragged trying to get it all in and done.
Wondering if Speaking & Consulting is for You?
Speaking in the dental industry can be a personally and professionally satisfying and financially rewarding career choice. However, it does take time, work and a financial investment to develop the essential skills and marketing materials to get your business started and help it grow.
When Things Don’t Go As Planned
Sometimes, in business and in life, no matter how much we prepare and plan… things just don’t go as expected.
Vanessa shares a technique with mantras and frequent check-ins to condition our mindsets to lean into possibility… even in challenging times.
It’s Time to Take Action!
Often times, aspiring and developing speakers are unclear how to grow their businesses. They have mastered their topic, but not the BUSINESS of speaking/consulting. In this 3-part series, learn a strategy for launching and growing a speaking and consulting business: It all comes down to VISION, STRATEGY and TAKING ACTION.
The Sales Cycle and Your Strategic Action Plan
Often times, aspiring and developing speakers are unclear how to grow their businesses. They have mastered their topic, but not the BUSINESS of speaking/consulting. In this 3-part series, learn a strategy for launching and growing a speaking and consulting business: It all comes down to VISION, STRATEGY and TAKING ACTION.
Align Your Business Strategy with Your LIFE Vision
Often times, aspiring and developing speakers are unclear how to grow their businesses. They have mastered their topic, but not the BUSINESS of speaking/consulting. In this 3-part series, learn a strategy for launching and growing a speaking and consulting business: It all comes down to VISION, STRATEGY and TAKING ACTION.
The Cornerstones of a Successful Speaking & Consulting Business
Have you ever found yourself sitting in an audience at a dental meeting, taking in the speaker and the content and wondering… “Could I do that? HOW would I go about becoming a speaker or consultant?”
Over the past two decades supporting dental speakers and consultants and working one-on-one with 100’s of speaking clients, my experience has been that the most common question new and aspiring dental speakers ask is this: How can I grow my dental speaking and consulting business?
Inside the Meeting Planner’s Experience with Elijah Desmond
Listen in to the newest episode of Just Ask V for a candid discussion with dental speaker, event planner, author, hygienist, and entrepreneur extraordinaire Elijah Desmond.
As event planners in the industry, we shine a light on the top strategies for dental speakers to most effectively work with meeting planners, how to make a great impression, and actions to take which increase the likelihood you’ll be asked back. (Spoiler Alert: It all starts with being easy to work with!)
I want you each to write a book!
My hope is that every speaker and consultant writes a book.
If you speak or train on a topic….. ain’t no good reason not to!
And the lists of ways that a book can help you grow your business are endless.
Ready? Set? Market! It’s THAT time of year again!
It’s the time of year where meeting planners ramp up their efforts to find speakers for their meetings and build out their curriculums.
What are you doing to market your speaking programs?
Have you created that all-important speaker marketing packet?
Do you know what a speaker packet IS?