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Free Teleseminar for Speakers - November 19th

Dear Friend:

Would you like to change people’s lives with your message and have a lot of fun while getting paid handsomely to do it?

Then join Steve Harrison and James Malinchak on Thursday, November 19th as they discuss proven strategies for getting started in the lucrative world of paid public speaking. James has delivered more than 2,200 paid talks to colleges, corporations and associations. Whether you’re new to this field or an experienced pro, this free 90-minute teleseminar will propel you to a whole new level of influence and income. Here’s just some of you what you’ll discover:

• How to find companies and organizations who already have a budget to pay speakers like you quite handsomely – even if you’re not famous or well-known in your field.
• Why you should never accept less than $2,500.00 to give a speech – even if you’re a complete unknown with an ‘ordinary topic’ – and what to do to get it easily
• Five critical steps for landing speaking engagements when you don’t have a lot of time to spend marketing yourself
• Why you don’t need a demo tape or a fancy speakers kit to land speaking gigs, but what you DO need to give them instead
• How can experienced speakers can raise their fee and get it.
• Proven ways to brand yourself and your message in a way that will prompt a flood of requests for speaking engagements
• Four actual case histories of speakers who have gone from not knowing anything about the speaking business to making a six-figure income as paid professional speakers
• How to put on your own “sold out” seminars and workshops
• Five other ways you can make money beyond the speaking fee you receive
• Three critical things to ask for when negotiating with the meeting planner to make the most of the opportunity
• What topics colleges and corporations are most interested in having speakers address (AND MUCH MORE!!!)

http://www.speakertrainingteleseminar.com/

Jan King - Publishing Expert in Bellevue November 19th & 20th

Jan B. King, Author & Publishing Expert will be speaking at the eWomenNetwork event on November 19th at Maggiano's in Bellevue from 10:45AM to 1:45PM.

Get Published in 2010: The New Decade, New Media, & Abundant Opportunities for Authors

If you are trying to decide whether 2010 is the year you become a published author, you will be happy to know that it is easier than ever to get published and write a book worth reading. There has never been a better time to publish a book and develop your own creative ideas.

At this powerful event you'll learn:

• The job of the author
• How to find your own writing process
• The formula for nonfiction book success
• How to make the right publishing decisions
• Getting beyond the book with new technology

Jan B. King, is a publisher-turned-coach, a founder of and the Editorial Director of eWomenPublishingNetwork, devoted to transforming women experts with important contributions in their fields into successfully published authors. She was the President and CEO of Merritt Publishing, a recognized brand for financial information to professionals and consumers. Ms. King is the author of three books: Business Plans to Game Plans, Smart Women Publish and Authorsmarts. Her views on business and on publishing have been widely quoted in Investor’s Business Daily, Fortune Small Business, Working Woman Magazine, Small Business USA, Business Finance, and the Los Angeles Business Journal.

eWN Members - $42.95 Non-members - $42.95 special (usually $55.00)

To learn more or to register go to the following link:

https://events.ewomennetwork.com/event/details.php?eid=9522

Jan B. King - Publishing Workshops - November 20th

10:30AM to Noon: Book Publishing 101 - The Opportunities and Challenges of Becoming an Author Today - $49.00

1:30PM to 3PM: How to Get Started (and Finished) Writing Your Book in 2010 - $49.00

3:30PM to 5PM: How to Get Your Book Successfully Published - $49.00

Or attend all 3 sessions for only $99.00

To learn more or to register:

http://www.thesavvynetworker.com/publishing_wkshp.html

Slightly Famous in Seattle - Survey - Results

The Slightly Famous in Seattle Survey has received 18 responses so far. If you would like to see what the current ratio of responses are, you can visit this link at Box.net which has the survey results in a PDF file.

http://www.box.net/shared/7jt2k6fi5m

If you haven't taken the survey yet and would like your voice to be heard, please go to http://bit.ly/FNduk and fill out the survey.

Thanks and I'll keep you posted on the ongoing results.

Zita Gustin

8 slots left at Head Shot Sessions on 3-30-09

Tara Gimmer is doing a special event for Members on 3-30-09 so that you can get your headshot done for your profile(s) around the internet.

This is at The Village Bellevue and she has 8 slots left in the afternoon.

To learn more and to register for your time slot click here

Top 10 Tips - Article by David Meerman Scott

Here's another great article on speaker tips. I especially like his tip about the use of Power Point slides ... I actually agree with one of the commenters who said "don't use Power Point slides during your presentation." I also thought it was interesting that David says to not provide handouts when you speak. He suggests, instead, that you have a ebook on your website that folks can download. Smart move. It is a way for you to grow your list with people who are eager to give you their contact info in exchange for the information that you have created a hunger for. Let me know your thoughts. Here's the link to his article.

Top 10 Tips by David Meerman Scott

Tips for Speakers from a Photographer

I read an article tonight that was written by a photographer. I thought it was a very good article written from the perspective of the audience and I hope you enjoy reading the article as well.

Here is a link to the article

Vision for this Group

Thank you for joining this group!

My great desire for us here is that we have a place to let each other know what kind of speaking opportunities we are looking for. This will be a place where we can share ideas and tips for improving our speaking skills. This will also be a place to share resources.

Eventually, I would like this group to create enough interest that event planners will find their way here to use this group as a resource to find speakers for their events.

As an event planner with 2 events each month in need of speakers on a business topic, I know first hand that finding good speakers with relevant and timely information can sometimes be daunting.

I hope you'll join me here in writing articles and creating discussions that will help us all improve our ability to gain more visibility and enhance our expert status as we grow from being "slightly famous" in Seattle to wildly famous right here in our own backyards ... and beyond!

Strategic Business Introduction at Seattle Mariners 4-8-09

We have an exciting and fun SBI coming up on the 8th of April that I think many of you will enjoy. This SBI is going to be held at Safeco Field in the Executive Conference room of the Mariner's office.

We'll also get to enjoy a tour of the Suites prior to the start of the SBI.

This SBI is listed on the eWomenNetwork site at the link below SBI 4-8-09

It is $50.00 for members to attend and when you pay for yourself to attend, you can bring a guest at no charge. To learn more, contact Zita or Deb for more details.

Events - a third option please?

Right now there are 2 options - the event is free or the event is paid. I would like to be able to post up the eWN events so that the members can let other members know that they are attending the event. As I understand it, if I set the event up as an announcement on our group page, I can choose it as a free event ... or as a paid event. Neither of those options work because the event is not free but the site that they would pay to attend the event is at the eWN main site and not here on Biznik.

It would be great for the local members of eWN to be able to connect with each other through our Group page here on Biznik to say that yes, I'm coming to the event so that they can plan their face to face networking time when they are at the event.

Could there be a 3rd way to post an event? If I choose the free option as it stands now, people will get confused.

Perhaps a third way to post up an event is a meet me there kind of event. The key thing that I am looking for is that there would be no mention of the price to attend the event. That would be handled in the comments section on the event.

Welcome!

This is a place where our members can come while they are on the Biznik site to connect with each other.

Since it is relatively new, I am learning the ins and outs of the group section here on Biznik.

You can post articles and events here and create discusssions.

Since I am not currently linked to all the members of eWN that are on Biznik, if you know of someone who would want to be included and they are on Biznik, please pass that info on to me.

Have fun here and continue to grow the connections that you are creating during our events!

Thanks for coming in!

Zita