How Public Speaking & Seminars Can Generate New Business & Make You Money:

If you're not using seminars as a major part of your marketing strategy, you might as well start ripping up $100 bills right now.

I know what you're thinking-you don't have the time or money for this. Plus, you're not even sure how to start and besides, you're not good at public speaking and don't like it.

However, I'm going to prove to you that most of what you thought you knew about seminars and public speaking is dead wrong.

If seminars are done properly, then can generate highly qualified leads and convert them into paying customers.

Most people think that doing seminars is difficult, time-consuming, expensive and even scary. But in reality, doing seminars is easy, takes very little time and costs less than you'll pay for today's lunch.

And as for scary-let's get the issue of stage fright and fear of public speaking out of the way right up front. Many people say they're afraid to do any kind of public speaking.

Sure, you may feel some jitters at first, but the reality is simply this: Once you get up and start speaking, your fear goes away in less than three minutes flat.

That's been my experience and the experience of the many hundreds of my students over the last nine years.

Once you do a seminar or two and discover this for yourself, you'll never be afraid of public speaking ever again, and in fact, you'll actually become addicted to doing seminars.

With stage fright and fear of public speaking out of the way, here's what you really need to be afraid of: The economy and your competition.

Everyone knows that the economy has already been hard-hit, and some experts are warning that the worst may be yet to come. With less business to go around, what are you going to do to survive, much less thrive?

Unless you're one of the lucky few with more business than you can handle, you're going to have to scramble just to stay afloat. Lucky for you, doing seminars is the fastest, easiest, least expensive and most effective form of marketing that exists.

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