Confessions of a Professional Speaker Dealing With COVID Featuring Phil Jones - a podcast by Grant Baldwin

from 2020-04-09T07:00

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Grant Baldwin and Phil Jones hosted a Facebook Live to talk about the true confessions of a professional speaker dealing with the impact of COVID-19.

During the live stream, Grant and Phil discuss:

Rescheduling or canceling 27 events
Where do new event scheduling start coming from
How does the market react and build on the other side of this crisis
Using new technology and trying new things
Taking advantage of the opportunity to serve past clients
Finding joy in the gift of time to refocus priorities and spend time with family
Leaning into new revenue streams and discovering new ways to distribute value
Navigating schedule conflicts for Fall events with postponed Spring events
Creating custom programming for events now instead of rescheduling
Helping clients address the needs and fears of their customers
Showing up in the moment and modeling generosity
Maintaining the integrity of your speaking business long-term
What speakers have in common with 5-star Michelin chefs
Building a speaking business so that you’re not living month-to-month
How speakers are actually running two different businesses simultaneously
Discovering gifts and opportunity amidst the crisis
What you have permission to do now that you didn’t before
Inventing a new business model the creates recurring income
The Cupcake analogy
Redefining what success looks like now and thinking about your business in a different way
Why you need “resume points” on the other side of this crisis
And more

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