SO, YOU'RE A PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER, HOW COME YOU'RE NOT RICH YET?

James A. Ziegler, CSP, HSG, OG, is a dynamic and flamboyant professional speaker, seminar producer, author, magazine columnist and conference organizer. Jim Ziegler is not what you would ordinarily think of as a speaking professional. Truthfully, he’s a super-performer.Whether you are just beginning your career or you’re already an experienced professional, this book will take your career to new levels as you become a seven-digit ‘Expert That Speaks’ enjoying multiple streams of income, beginning with the question on the book cover, “How Come You Aren’t You Rich Yet?”As Jim takes you on the journey to becoming a high-dollar professional, he’ll be the first to tell you it’s not all keynotes, glamor and standing ovations. With over thirty-five years of experience in the speaking industry, Jim has achieved remarkable success through keynote speeches, seminars, conferences, writing for national publications, and virtual presentations.Now, Jim presents his inaugural no-nonsense book, offering clear guidance on becoming a seven-digit public speaking expert. He provides detailed, specific examples of how he earned millions as a professional speaker. This book is not a 30,000-foot generalized overview but a comprehensive guide that unlocks high-dollar secrets, from mastering on-stage performance to organizing and producing seminars and conferences.Beginning with basics of stagecraft, how to speak to an audience, Jim transitions into how to get booked and paid as a professional speaker.Keynote speeches are the glamorous and exciting part of the profession, but that’s an elusive dream only few achieve. There are few ‘Celebrity Speakers’ earning millions performing keynotes, but there many more profit opportunities for ‘Experts that Speak’. In this book Jim outlines multi-dimensional profit centers and layers of income coming in from many directions as an expert that speaks.This book takes a deeper dive into how to produce seminars and conferences that usually pay much higher multiples than an occasional keynote speech. We’ll discuss how to market and select venues as well as how to get paid sponsors for your seminars, conferences, virtual podcasts and social media broadcasts.Jim explains how he is paid as a national magazine’s featured columnist which only adds to a speaker’s credibility and generates more paid appearances.There’s chapters on how to negotiate with the hotels and set up the events.There are many books on the subject, some are written by authors that haven't actually experienced what they're writing about, or their book is a set up to sell you something else.After you’ve read just a couple of pages, you’ll know Jim Ziegler is genuine and you’re holding the combination to the vault. Read more