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You’re interested in this Business of Speaking? Great! Congratulations, and welcome to a multi-billion dollar industry!

Whether you want to:

Financially supplement your current professional income
Learn strategies to help you sell yourself more effectively
Speak part time to augment your income
Speak full time

"Your path to speaking success starts right here! But you have questions. And at this point, you may not even know the right questions to ask!

So, let me help you. I get questions daily about professional speaking and how the industry works. Everything from: “How do I find a group I can speak to?” “How do I make money when I speak for free?” “What kind of marketing plan do I need to use so I can make speaking my full-time career?” “How do I know what to charge a fee?”

Below you’ll find your first list of tasks to get started. They will get you moving in the right direction.

Looking forward to helping you “grow” and “go” to the next level. Get started NOW!"

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Professional Speaking

The professional speaking industry is a collection of professionals, which include experts from a variety of industries and disciplines. They are educators, humorists, authors, administrative personnel, mothers, media personalities, entertainers, sports figures, etc.

The professional speaking business operates on several tracks: the celebrity track - immediately getting huge fees; the regular professional track - those who “build their clientele” by marketing, providing excellent service, outstanding content and delivering WOW presentations; and the hybrid speaker - a celebrity with content! That’s the emerging third track!

But, that second track, the regular professional, is the one most traveled, and can provide a lucrative career if you are willing to work hard.

The professional speaking industry is challenging to learn for speaking is an Art, a Business and a Science! It appears easy for successful professionals to have mastered all three (3) areas. Know that thousands of hours of preparation go into the end result the public sees!

No one strategy works for everyone. And there are many key elements needed to build a profitable speaking business. From…

Clarifying your core message (what problem you solve)
Identifying your primary audience (who will benefit from your message)
Branding yourself (what makes you different)
Developing your marketing approach
Funding your operation

Here are a few Speaking Success Tips to get you focused and started:

Join a Toastmasters Club.
It will give you the basics of crafting a speech and presenting in front of friendly audiences, who want you to succeed!
Purchase Dottie Walters’ book, Speak and Grow Rich.
This provides detail on the process of the speaking business.
Attend a Monthly Chapter Meeting of the National Speakers’ Association (NSA).
Toastmasters tells you how to speak. NSA teaches you how to make money at it! Visit www.nsaspeaker.org to find your local chapter.
Speak as often as you can…for free!
That’s the only way to build your speaking craft…so that eventually you’ll get paid.

Ready for more?

beginner level speaking

The Speaking Basics Program

Once you’ve mastered the list above and still are interested in speaking, I recommend my Speaking Basics Program.

In the Speaking Basics Program, you will learn how to:

Start your speaking business
Go from free to fee paid speaking
Set fees and how to gain access to networking circles
Avoid the common pitfalls of starting in the speaking industry

This digital audio is divided into three (3) sections. The program also includes a bonus Back Office Speaker Guide e-book. The e-book focuses on the operations, administration and finances of the speaking business.

Part 1

So You Want To Be A Speaker?
How Do You Become A Speaker?
Cultivating and Clarifying a Message
Marketing and Motivating Buyers
Developing Content with Confidence

Part 2

Developing Content with Confidence
Power of the Head Heart Connection
Developing and Sharing Expertise
Facts Tell But Stories Sell
Marketing Marketing Marketing
Promotion Positioning and Pricing
Selling your Speeches and Products

Part 3

Publishing and Promoting Your Book
Getting Paid: How To Go From Free to Fee
Questions and Answers (Pt. 1)
Questions and Answers (Pt. 2)
Additional Offers and Added Value
Closing Remarks

What our customers are saying...

"I credit Willie Jolley with much of the mindset I have used that has generated the six-figure success that I am blessed to enjoy in the speaking industry."

—Delatorro McNeal II, CSP, Peak Performance Expert, Bestselling Author, Certified Speaking Professional

"Your information was 100% on target and business changing. You provided so many tips, tools and techniques to grow my speaking business. Making the decision to download your seminar was one of the best decisions I made."

—Chris Gloss, Inspirational Speaker, Author, Trainer, Radio & TV Personality

Speaking Basics Digital Program: $197.00

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Intermediate level speaking

My T.I.P.S. (Tips, Ideas, Principles & Strategies) for Speaking Success Package is for you!

Learn how to: start, market and grow your speaking business, become a more effective presenter, operate a successful business.

(5 CDs, 1 DVD, 1 T.I.P.S. Success Guide)

DVD Content

"When you view the DVD, study the strategies I used to deliver a Memorable, Magical and Motivational keynote. This speech proved to be one of the most popular."

–Dr. Willie Jolley

CD Content

Learn marketing practices to propel you into the spotlight.
Learn why telling stories is crucial to your speaking success.
Develop your stage presence.
Manage your business for growth.
Get Back Office “how to” strategies for long-term success.

Guide - Back Office Blueprint Guide

This guide has operational, administration and finance ideas. It includes checklists, agreement and a questionnaire!

Own this powerful, practical and informative training program for only $397.
Listen to the materials as often as you want. Use the lists and systems to get organized.

This program will help you become a much more effective presenter, grow your speaking business and get a better organized business!

The T.I.P.S. for Speaking Success Package: $397.00

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Personalized Mentoring

The Jolley Inner Circle

Mentors are the secret to my success!

And that’s why I want to help others avoid the potholes and pits in the path to a successful speaking career. I’ve learned that the higher the level of success you attain, the more you need to seek wise counsel because the stakes are much higher!

If you’ve followed my career – whether in speaking, radio, television, publishing or entrepreneurial enterprises – you know I’ve earned my success in this business.

Remember…

Before you can teach you must know. Before you can lead you must go. And I have the battle scars to show for it!

Because of my success, many pursue me to ask for time: one-time advice, lunch meetings, mentoring, coaching, etc.

Every day, someone wants to talk to me about THEM…their future, their dreams, their goals!

And I want to help them! But it’s just not possible anymore due to my involvement in media, writing and publishing books, conducting my own seminars, not to mention my speaking schedule!

The Solution!

My team and I have worked out a structured approach to get access to me. If you are seriously committed and willing to do the work, you may want to consider my Jolley Inner Circle.

This is personal access to me:

Monthly one-on-one hour-long calls
Unlimited email access to me
Exclusive Jolley Inner Circle (JIC)
Private Facebook Group access

You have the opportunity to get the most guidance from me personally—and support from my team.

The Jolley Inner Circle is not for everyone.

I have very limited time due to my varied projects and must be very careful who is associated with my brand (that I’ve worked so hard to build).

I must work with focused, hard driving achievers!

After we receive your application, I will schedule a telephone interview with you.

If we agree we are a fit, (and that I and my team can bring value to you) and that you’re serious, we can start the Jolley Inner Circle relationship!

I will advise you, inspire you, connect you — but you have to do the hard work!

This is a program where you MUST be committed to doing the work. I am willing to give you the information to help you achieve your goals, but you MUST do the work to get the results!

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