{"id":839,"date":"2013-03-18T15:58:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T20:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theshef.com\/wordpress\/?p=839"},"modified":"2013-07-15T06:52:41","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T11:52:41","slug":"3-tips-stick-speaking-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Tips to Un-Stick Your Speaking Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The speaking business is awesome&#8230;except for when it&#8217;s not.<\/h3>\n<p>I can&#8217;t count how many speakers who I&#8217;ve met who have possessed amazing talent, great passion, and a sincere desire to help people with their message<em>&#8230;until they give up!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-840\" alt=\"business is stuck, grow speaking business\" src=\"http:\/\/theshef.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stuck-dog.jpg\" width=\"331\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stuck-dog.jpg 331w, https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stuck-dog-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stuck-dog-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 331px) 100vw, 331px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Most speakers give up when the &#8220;newness&#8221; of their business loses it&#8217;s luster and it becomes a\u00a0<em>business<\/em>, complete with the normal ups and downs of any business.<\/p>\n<p>Here are 3 tips that help hundreds of speakers going when they are ready to quit:<\/p>\n<h4><strong>1. Stay motivated no matter how tough things get\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The right Podcasts and audio books will feed your mind with &#8220;can do&#8221; when the world keeps throwing &#8220;doo-doo&#8221; at your dream. When I began speaking, I owned a janitorial business. I was literally listening to inspirational tracks from Les Brown, Jeffrey Gitomer, Zig Ziglar, and Tony Robbins while I was cleaning bathrooms!<br \/>\n<strong>2. Attend a multi-day personal growth seminar<\/strong><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Surrounding yourself with success-minded people provides you with amazing tools and connections that you won&#8217;t find anywhere else.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theshef.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=f9df93dd62bf6d938d47e1803&amp;id=5583d12cb8&amp;e=12d05846e6\" target=\"_blank\">The Think and Grow Rich Summit on April 25-27 is guaranteed to rock your socks off, and is a steal at only $177!\u00a0<\/a>You will see amazing speakers like Jeffrey Gitomer, Bob Burg, and a host of others (including yours truly). Get there!<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Pick up the 300 lb. phone!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry about being perfect on the phone, simply connect with people you know and let them know that you would like to speak to their business or civic club.\u00a0<em>&#8220;How can we make that happen?&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0is a magic phrase that will fill your calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you do, don&#8217;t let your message die inside of you. If God gave you a dream, He also gave you the means to make it come true. What do you do to keep moving forward?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The speaking business is awesome&#8230;except for when it&#8217;s not. I can&#8217;t count how many speakers who I&#8217;ve met who have possessed amazing talent, great passion, and a sincere desire to help people with their message&#8230;until they give up!\u00a0 Most speakers give up when the &#8220;newness&#8221; of their business loses it&#8217;s luster and it becomes a\u00a0business, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[218],"tags":[57,461,473,476,472,474,471,25,475],"class_list":["post-839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building-a-speaking-business","tag-dave-sheffield","tag-how-to-build-a-speaking-business","tag-keeping-business-moving","tag-making-prospecting-calls","tag-motivational-speaking-advice","tag-napoleon-hill-summit","tag-speakermatch-speaking-advice","tag-the-shef","tag-think-and-grow-rich-summit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>3 Ways to Un-Stick Your Speaking Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many people can speak for a living, very few actually do. Discover 3 simple strategies that will help keep your business from getting stuck\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"3 Ways to Un-Stick Your Speaking Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many people can speak for a living, very few actually do. Discover 3 simple strategies that will help keep your business from getting stuck\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Shef Motivational Speaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/businessmotivationalspeaker?ref=hl\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/businessmotivationalspeaker\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-18T20:58:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-07-15T11:52:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/theshef.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stuck-dog.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Shef\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheShef\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheShef\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Shef\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Shef\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e5c8a2d061a00a0b1d589788d66c0ab5\"},\"headline\":\"3 Tips to Un-Stick Your Speaking Business\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-18T20:58:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-15T11:52:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":309,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/03\\\/stuck-dog.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Dave Sheffield\",\"how to build a speaking business\",\"Keeping business moving\",\"making prospecting calls\",\"motivational speaking advice\",\"Napoleon Hill Summit\",\"Speakermatch speaking advice\",\"the shef\",\"Think and Grow Rich Summit\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Building a Speaking Business\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/\",\"name\":\"3 Ways to Un-Stick Your Speaking Business\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/03\\\/stuck-dog.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-18T20:58:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-15T11:52:41+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e5c8a2d061a00a0b1d589788d66c0ab5\"},\"description\":\"Many people can speak for a living, very few actually do. Discover 3 simple strategies that will help keep your business from getting stuck\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/03\\\/stuck-dog.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/03\\\/stuck-dog.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"3 Tips to Un-Stick Your Speaking Business\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Shef Motivational Speaker\",\"description\":\"Motivation, Leadership, and Sales Success\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theshef.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e5c8a2d061a00a0b1d589788d66c0ab5\",\"name\":\"The Shef\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2820b7ba235d2f8296fa3a11248fd04fb7549874a55aef179c8d2a475d01039c?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2820b7ba235d2f8296fa3a11248fd04fb7549874a55aef179c8d2a475d01039c?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2820b7ba235d2f8296fa3a11248fd04fb7549874a55aef179c8d2a475d01039c?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"The Shef\"},\"description\":\"I deliver motivating keynote speeches and workshops at conventions and meetings in the United States, Canada, and Worldwide. I'm based in Illinois, and love helping small business owners and sales teams revolutionize their revenue by helping them discover their Success Recipes. Whether your audience is 15 people, or 15,000; my custom-tailored, high energy motivational programs will leave your audience wanting more. Top speaking clients of include: John Deere, TD Ameritrade, Quest Software, Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Modern Woodmen of America, RE\\\/MAX, American Family Insurance, NAIFA, Coldwell Banker, Blue Cross Healthcare, Terrostar Interactive Media, and countless others rave about my programs which are engaging, motivating, and packed with great value. For booking and availability, please email us at dave@theshef.com or call 563-343-5412.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.theshef.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/businessmotivationalspeaker\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/TheShef\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"3 Ways to Un-Stick Your Speaking Business","description":"Many people can speak for a living, very few actually do. Discover 3 simple strategies that will help keep your business from getting stuck","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"3 Ways to Un-Stick Your Speaking Business","og_description":"Many people can speak for a living, very few actually do. Discover 3 simple strategies that will help keep your business from getting stuck","og_url":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/","og_site_name":"The Shef Motivational Speaker","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/businessmotivationalspeaker?ref=hl","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/businessmotivationalspeaker","article_published_time":"2013-03-18T20:58:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-07-15T11:52:41+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/theshef.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stuck-dog.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"The Shef","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TheShef","twitter_site":"@TheShef","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Shef","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/"},"author":{"name":"The Shef","@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e5c8a2d061a00a0b1d589788d66c0ab5"},"headline":"3 Tips to Un-Stick Your Speaking Business","datePublished":"2013-03-18T20:58:12+00:00","dateModified":"2013-07-15T11:52:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/"},"wordCount":309,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/theshef.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stuck-dog.jpg","keywords":["Dave Sheffield","how to build a speaking business","Keeping business moving","making prospecting calls","motivational speaking advice","Napoleon Hill Summit","Speakermatch speaking advice","the shef","Think and Grow Rich Summit"],"articleSection":["Building a Speaking Business"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/","url":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/","name":"3 Ways to Un-Stick Your Speaking Business","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/theshef.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stuck-dog.jpg","datePublished":"2013-03-18T20:58:12+00:00","dateModified":"2013-07-15T11:52:41+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e5c8a2d061a00a0b1d589788d66c0ab5"},"description":"Many people can speak for a living, very few actually do. Discover 3 simple strategies that will help keep your business from getting stuck","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/theshef.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stuck-dog.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/theshef.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/stuck-dog.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/3-tips-stick-speaking-business\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"3 Tips to Un-Stick Your Speaking Business"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/","name":"The Shef Motivational Speaker","description":"Motivation, Leadership, and Sales Success","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/e5c8a2d061a00a0b1d589788d66c0ab5","name":"The Shef","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2820b7ba235d2f8296fa3a11248fd04fb7549874a55aef179c8d2a475d01039c?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2820b7ba235d2f8296fa3a11248fd04fb7549874a55aef179c8d2a475d01039c?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2820b7ba235d2f8296fa3a11248fd04fb7549874a55aef179c8d2a475d01039c?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"The Shef"},"description":"I deliver motivating keynote speeches and workshops at conventions and meetings in the United States, Canada, and Worldwide. I'm based in Illinois, and love helping small business owners and sales teams revolutionize their revenue by helping them discover their Success Recipes. Whether your audience is 15 people, or 15,000; my custom-tailored, high energy motivational programs will leave your audience wanting more. Top speaking clients of include: John Deere, TD Ameritrade, Quest Software, Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Modern Woodmen of America, RE\/MAX, American Family Insurance, NAIFA, Coldwell Banker, Blue Cross Healthcare, Terrostar Interactive Media, and countless others rave about my programs which are engaging, motivating, and packed with great value. For booking and availability, please email us at dave@theshef.com or call 563-343-5412.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.theshef.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/businessmotivationalspeaker","https:\/\/x.com\/TheShef"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839\/revisions\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theshef.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}