Industry

How speakers bureaus and managers book gigs, what they charge, and how professional speakers can set keynote fees from $1,000 up to top-tier rates.

Chris Widener on the seven character traits that make people follow a leader: integrity, optimism, embracing change, risk taking, tenacity, and more.

How a crowded book market, millions of new titles and flat industry revenues affect authors, and how Made for Success responds to each problem.

Ross Shafer explains why nerves are invisible to your audience and shares practical advice on introductions, jokes, notes, slides and closing a speech.

A guide to the main types of bestsellers, from Amazon category lists to the New York Times, and why the title matters for an author's career.

Three practical ways to get your point across in conversation: adapt your style, match how the listener sees, hears or feels, and ask pointed questions.

David Dusek’s Rough Cut Men reached #1 in Amazon’s Men’s Christian Living category in 2015, climbing from a Kindle rank above 150,000.

Bryan Heathman shows keynote speakers how Creative Repetition and consistent branding help a message stick with audiences long after the event.

A practical guide to public speaking as a side gig: typical speaker fees, landing paid talks through Vistage, building a demo reel, and speaker bureaus.

When readers ask an AI what to read next, the books it names share engineerable traits. Answer engine optimization is how your book becomes one of them.