The Speaker Lab Podcast

The Most Expensive Sentence in the Speaking Business

"Let me think about it is not an answer. It's a placeholder. And there's almost always something that's real underneath that." Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! I

The Real Reason No One Replied to Your Emails

"And oftentimes you might have read that silence as an answer. Nobody wants this. I'm not good enough. The market's too crowded. But listen to me. The silence was not an

Is It Too Late to Start Speaking?

"So want to know what too late really looks like? It's not starting at 55 or 60 or 65. It is still saying someday, five years from now, about the same idea you have today

Why Your Next Booking Starts With People (And A Room In Atlanta)

"Because a plan that you make alone on the last night of the year is a wish. And a plan you build in a room with coaches looking at your numbers and speakers holding you

How to Get Booked Without a Following

"The audience first plan is not really a strategy. It's a hiding place. Because posting into the void is safe. Nobody tells you no." Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podc

How to Make Decisions That Stick with Julian V. Taylor

"I made a decision in my head, I'm going to America. I'm going to come here, build a business, live a life, get a green card, then get citizenship, do it all above board.

The 85% of Your Speaking Business Nobody Talks About

"The famine is not caused by the famine. The famine is caused by what you did not do during the feast." Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this episode, Dan Irv

Why Charging More Actually Gets You Booked More

"Undercharging is not humility. It is a positioning problem and oftentimes a confidence problem. And that confidence problem is wearing a humble costume." Welcome back t

How to Build the Speaking Business You Actually Want with Carlos Hidalgo

"And I realized I had bought into someone else's definition of what success looked like and even career path. And I find that so many people do that. And so we're living

How to Get Booked When You Don't Have a Track Record with Bill Englehaupt

“Constancy of purpose says we're in, we're locked, we're going until we get to a point where we have sufficient data or an understanding of what we're doing that we need

Finding the Audience That Actually Needs Your Message with Robin Blair

“You can't get through it if it's not real.” Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this alumni speaker connection episode, Dan sits down with Robin Blair — an orda

The No's Don't Get a Vote with Marcus Dove

"And so I'm sending out the emails, I'm doing the work, I'm following the process, and I'm not really getting any responses. And so by the end of the day, I'm like, well,

You Don't Need a Superpower, You Need a System with Amy LaBelle

"You do not need a superpower. You simply need a system that gets you one step at a time, one day at a time, toward your goal." Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast!

Navigating the Fog: Getting Clear on What You Actually Want with Scott Hacker

"We're always going a hundred miles an hour. So we never even realize that we're driving through fog all that time." Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! This week's

Why Loving the Process Beats Loving the Stage with Matthew Sharpe

“The better the foundation is, the more opportunities I'm getting to do exactly that.” Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! This week's episode is another alumni spo

The Question That Flips the Switch on Fear with Jennifer Ryan

"What if I didn't let it stop me? What if I just push past it?" Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this Alumni Spotlight episode, Dan Irvin sits down with Speak

Value Over Volume: Why the Best Speakers Lead by Giving with Michael Hidalgo

"When you're late, you tell people you don't care. I didn't agree with it at the moment. But then I started really just disciplining myself. And it is hard work for me ev

How to Turn Free Talks Into Paid Speaking Gigs with Dr. David Chastain

"I didn't get paid to go to Seattle, but I made a good connection there that I will be paid for." Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this Alumni Spotlight episo

The Ugly Start: Why Momentum Beats Perfection with Chris Jackson

"It's never gonna be right. It's gonna be good enough to get started. You have enough to get started — just get started." Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In thi

Why People Buy — and How Speakers Get It Backwards — with Kevin Sidebottom

"You have to have influence. That's the relational collateral that gets everything done. Think of it like a bank account — the more you put in, the more you can take out