Speaking Blog

This is a session from Sherry Prindle, current organizer of the Star Marketing Summit walking you through how to define yourself as a Trainer, Speaker, Coach, or Author – and get help from your peer professionals who also are part … Continued

Tim Gillette started a blog post with the above title. He had each participant in the 14th iteration of the event I organize twice a year. We were in Dallas, Texas January 3-4, 2020 and featured some very well-known speakers … Continued

Thank you for considering attendance at the event. The Star Marketing Summit is a peer-to-peer business-building event for speakers, coaches, authors, and other life-change professionals (we also have a lot of fun). It differentiates itself from other events by being … Continued

Defining Name, Tagline, Brand – Who are you (story, background, uniqueness)? Platform – Where, when, and how? Target – Whom do you serve? What problem do you solve? What result can you promise? Offer – What do you sell? (Products, … Continued

Doing a speaking gig once in awhile can be fun, lucrative, and beneficial to participants. But if you want your business to come 100% from your efforts, you need a structure that rivals that of the training companies’. To compete … Continued

With a 19-year corporate training background, I thought doing keynote speeches would be easy. After all, training seminars are six hours, and keynotes are often 20 minutes. I thought I could just isolate a specific teaching point, organize it tightly, … Continued

After an enjoyable airplane conversation where I revealed that I was a motivational speaker and executive coach, my seat mate told me, “We need a trainer to come in and present a series of five leadership modules over the course of … Continued

Marketing yourself requires exposure you can get through the Marketing Summit. We are putting on an optional Speaker Showcase where you can be observed by those who hire speakers. It will go from 8 a.m. to noon on Friday, January … Continued

We have just added at no extra cost the opportunity to get professional pictures at the July 2017 Marketing Summit. You will need to bring your own SD card to save the photos. You might also want a couple of … Continued

If you have done any sales training, you’ve heard that in order to buy from you, people have to Know, Like, and Trust you. In traditional marketing, this is achieved through gaining visibility, telling your story, and creating a fair … Continued