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Overcoming the Challenges to Building a Sustainable Speaking Business with Arel Moodie - 311
- 2025/01/09
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The road to making speaking a sustainable business is littered with people who quit because the journey was so much tougher than they ever anticipated. There are lots of people dangling the golden carrot of gigs worth thousands, and becoming a six figure speaker … and it is absolutely possible, but those who make it are a fraction of those that start out. One of those few, is my guest today, Arel Moodie. Arel is a best-selling author and professional speaker who has spoken in 48 states and 5 countries to over 750,000 people. He is also a member of an exclusive group within the National Speakers Association, of those who have generated over seven figures of speaking business. Having started his speaking business whilst in college he has encountered the ups and downs of a speaking career, and he is here to share some ‘home truths’ about the industry, alongside giving you the strategies that have worked to get him where he is today. Arel is also the co-founder of Talkadot.com, the number one tool helping professional speakers land spinoff business by capturing speaking leads, testimonials and measuring the impact of their presentations with data reports from every audience they speak to. If you want to generate an income, or a more consistent income from speaking then listen up, because there is gold in this here interview! What you’ll discover: How Arel decided what to talk about when he first started speaking in colleges.What he did to get speaking gigs when he started out.Why he switched topics and how he knew it was time to make a change.The challenges Arel encountered with his speaking business and the different things he tried to increase the consistency in his gig pipeline. The epiphany that caused him to create ‘talkadot’What challenges he encountered getting his software business off the ground.How a speaker can use talkadot to get more paid talks without overtly‘selling.The ‘land and expand’ strategy for getting more speaking gigs. The unfiltered truth most speakers don’t face up to about a speaking business and what to do to have a sustainable speaking business. How Talkadot can help to create customers and clients from the audience.What other essentials you need to build a professional speaking career Enjoy! If you'd like to watch the video of the episode, you can do that here: All things Arel: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arelmoodie https://www.facebook.com/arelmoodie/ https://www.instagram.com/arelmoodie/?hl=en Talkadot Books & Resources*: The E-Myth by Michael E. Gerber Rich Dad Poor Dad by Napoleon Hill Kobe Bryant Motivation (on YouTube) Speaking Resources: Grab Your From Blank Page to Stage Guide and Nail the Topic for a Client Winning Talk Want to get better at finding and sharing your stories then check out our FREE Five Day Snackable Story Challenge Thanks for listening! To share your thoughts: Share this show on X, Facebook or LinkedIn. To help the show out: Leave an honest review at https://www.ratethispodcast.com/tsc Your ratings and reviews really help get the word out and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes. *(please note if you use my link I get a small commission, but this does not affect your payment)