getting paid to be an expert

Dream of making an impact with your message?

Whether you’re a seasoned speaker or have a message in your heart you know the world needs to hear, your voice is the most powerful tool in your toolbox to reach the people you want to serve. 

By sharing your ideas and experiences it’s possible to profoundly impact your audience's lives. In fact, I’ll step up onto my soapbox and say if you have the ability to help others it’s your duty to do just that. 

Often people with a desire to help people feel conflicted about muddying their mission by trying to make money, but to effectively be a catalyst for change, you’ll need to confidently sell your ideas without guilt. And having a passion for helping others doesn’t need to equal pennilessness, friends. If you want to keep sharing your gifts with the world, you’ll need to make money too. 

In this episode, you’ll hear…

• Why honoring your audience is the cornerstone of driving real change
• One shift that elevates how you serve others with your message
• The relationship between money and mission
• How competence leads to confidence on stage
• The real deal on feeling weird about your calling
• A tough love pep talk on speaking with purpose
• What it means to sell your ideas

EPISODE  SHOW NOTES👇

https://heathersager.com/episode211

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Every opportunity to speak on someone else’s stage is a privilege because they’re trusting you with their audience..

But where is the line between it being a great opportunity to grow your business and selling yourself short?

Yes, free speaking can be a powerful tool in your marketing strategy…however without a purposeful plan in place you can end up adding another to-do item to your task list without any real payoff for all your hard work.
 
A worthwhile trade-off for speaking on stage for free can and should be something that’s aligned with your bigger business goals.

Before you commit to your next unpaid talk, let’s dissect the nuances of free speaking—understanding the real costs it requires, how to filter opportunities that come your way, and if you have to say no, how you can decline gracefully without slamming shut doors to future collaborations.

This episode is a gold mine of insights to help you navigate and make smart decisions for leveraging free speaking gigs as the massive marketing opportunity they can be for your business.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• What essentially is free speaking and the intangible cost it requires 
• Understanding the Law of Reciprocity—the balance between what you’re giving vs what you’re getting
• The Pros and Cons of speaking for free— is it right move for you to market and grow your business
• Clarifying questions to help you filter if an opportunity is going to be worth your time
• How to gracefully say no to opportunities that aren’t great fit for you (without feeling like a total jerk)
• Plus some examples and tactics to use free speaking opportunities to grow your business and monetize your time off stage

EPISODE  SHOW NOTES👇

https://heathersager.com/episode209/

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Liz Wilcox is the Fresh Princess of Email and a keynote speaker, a former client of mine who built her signature talk in my program.

She’s got a big vision in mind, but she’s flexible about how she’s going to get there. Right now, Liz focuses on building towards that future one talk at a time. Because each talk she gives is an opportunity to connect with another person, build a new relationship and share her expertise to people who need it.

Over the last 12 months, Liz has spoken on over 100 stages, and as she says, “Baby, I’m taking over the internet!”. 

It’s true. 

Liz has used her talks to share her framework for making email marketing fun (and profitable) and as a result has added hundreds of people to her email marketing membership.

So, if you’ve ever wondered what speaking can do for your business, or you’ve had doubts that a signature talk can be used over and over again…this is the episode for you.

In this episode, Liz shares: 

• The atypical launch results that illuminated her gift for email marketing and made her realize she had a message people needed to hear
• Why she decided speaking was the best way to make a bigger impact 
• How her personal circumstances gave her no choice but to push past ‘head junk’ and speak even when though she still breaks out in a rash
• Her thoughts on why talent will only get you so far and how Michael Jordan inspired her to get disciplined with her speaking practice
• The simple ways she tweaks her signature talk and 
• Why her signature talk is still relevant over three years later 

EPISODE  SHOW NOTES👇

https://heathersager.com/episode188/

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Feel like you have too much on your plate to focus on visibility? I get it— pitching podcasts or finding stages that get your message in front of more people is an important, yet non-urgent task.

But I don’t have to tell you that if you want to grow your audience, you have to make it a priority.

So today I’m sharing my five ways you can simplify your efforts, save time and get more bang for your viability buck!

 EPISODE  SHOW NOTES👇

➡️ https://heathersager.com/episode146/

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Are webinars still relevant? Do they actually work in today's environment? What’s the balance between teaching without over delivering, while also selling without pitching your face off? Can you host webinars without the schmucky tactics?

If you're curious about the answers to these questions (and you have plans to host webinars within the next year), get your entrepreneurial heart ready, because we're tackling these head on over the next 3 weeks on the podcast in a 3 part series...  all about WEBINARS.

In p𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟭 𝗜'𝗺 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮.

❌ It’s no longer about plugging your content into templated slide decks and fill in the blank scripts (if you want sales AND your audience to feel good about it).

✅  Those who flourish on these virtual stages are the ones who UNDERSTAND HOW to connect, serve and lead their audience to the next step.

Be sure you’re subscribed to the show so that you’ll be notified when parts 2 and 3 drop, I'll teach you how to craft  effective webinars that feel good, give valuable takeaways to your audience AND convert.

EPISODE  SHOW NOTES👇

➡️  https://heathersager.com/episode122/

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