Eps. #79 Creating Great Speaking Topic Descriptions That Event Planners Want to Book
Kathi and Michele talk about how to create speaking topics and how hard it can be to come up with the descriptions of your speaking topics. As Kathi says, "It's not supposed to be easy or everybody would be doing it." There are three key tips that Kathi and Michele...
Eps #78: 7 Ways to Boost Your Back-of-the-room Product Profits
Events are a great place to make extra profit with items that only you can provide to potential buyers. But what should you sell and what about getting all the merchandise to your events? Last week Michele and Kathi talked about back of room sales for your speaking...
Eps: #77 7 Items to Sell in the Back of the Room (Even before you get a book contract)
When you begin speaking, you often get paid in a hug and a mug. This is not the way to pay our bills. Kathi and Michele got creative early in their careers to generate income at their speaking events. And they still use these items to increase their profit at events...
Esp: #76 8 Best Practices For Hosting Guest Bloggers
Almost everything we do as communicators is a partnership, so learning to be a good partner is vital to sharing our message. It's as important to be a good host to a guest blogger as it is to be a good guest blogger. Join Kathi and Michele as they chat about how to...
Eps. #75: 3 Steps for Turning Everyday Experiences Into Usable Content
Last week we talked about how to capture illustrations from real life. This week we want to walk you through the process of how to use those illustrations to drive home the main points in our message and turn those illustrations into usable content. We want those...
Eps #74: 3 Strategies For Finding Powerful Speaking and Writing Illustrations
Life has a great way of handing us the perfect illustrations for speaking and writing. If we aren't paying attention we can miss the tie in to our own stories. How do we look for material in our everyday lives and in the world do we keep all these great moments in a...
Eps #73: 3 Insider Secrets to Responding to Endorsement Requests Part 2
Kathi and Michele meet up to talk endorsements. During this episode they cover 3 secrets to responding to endorsement requests. This can get sticky, especially when all your friends are authors! Kathi shares her tips on putting a cap on how many endorsements to commit...
Eps 72: 3 Insider Secrets to Securing the Endorsements You Need
In this episode, Michele Cushatt and Kathi Lipp get together to discuss how to secure a book endorsement. This can be a touchy subject especially for those of us that have a hard time asking for favors. Who do you ask? What timeline do you give them? Do you send them...
Eps #71: The Plusses and Pitfalls of Partnerships Part 2- with Cheri Gregory and Amy Carroll
Join us for the second installment of Kathi Lipp's conversation with invited fellow podcasters, authors and speakers Amy Carroll and Cheri Gregory where they discuss the pluses and pitfalls of partnerships. This week they discuss some of the red flags to...
Eps #70: The Plusses and Pitfalls of Partnerships – with Cheri Gregory and Amy Carroll
Kathi Lipp invited fellow podcasters, authors and speakers Amy Carroll and Cheri Gregory to the Communicator Academy Podcast to discuss the pluses and pitfalls of partnerships. As they teamed up to create their Grit 'n Grace podcast, they learned the good, the bad and...
Eps #69: How to Deal with Ministry Envy
Are you ready to get a little uncomfortable with us today? Have you ever had ministry envy? Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt have and they aren't afraid to admit. The comparison trap may have actually been invented by speakers and authors. After all we all have the...
Eps 68: The Need for Sabbatical, Part 2
In part 2 of our series on the need for sabbatical, Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt dig into their expectation and boundary setting when planning for sabbatical. They share great practical tips as well as insight on the mental and physical advantages of putting these...
Eps 67 The Need for Sabbatical, Part 1
Need rest, but don't know where to fit it in? Join authors and speakers Kathi Lipp and Michele Cushatt, as they discuss the role that rest has in our success and longevity in ministry. Rest is not optional and not for the weak. When you pull back a little bit, the...
#66 Best Practices for Writing a Guest Blog Post
Do you have a blog and want to expand your readership? Do you wish you could post on another's blog? In this episode, hosts Michele Cushatt and Kathi Lipp break down the 10 best practices for writing a guest blog post and the secrets for success. Guest posting can be...
Eps #65: Building a Post-Travel Recovery Plan
Travel is a vital part of a thriving speaking ministry. How does one recover from the output of energy, time, and resources spent on a speaking engagement? Jetlag is just the beginning of the drain on a communicator and hosts, Michele Cushatt and Kathi Lipp, provide...
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