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SEO Checklist for Professional Speaker Websites in 2020

Posted on January 9, 2020 By Marty Dickinson

The purpose of this post is to provide an evolving (but streamlined) SEO checklist for professional speakers over the coming years. This first edition is current as of January 2020. What is SEO? Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the term used to define specific actions a person takes to dress a we...

Internet Marketing Tips

3 SEO Tips for Your Speaking Business

Posted on January 9, 2020 By Marty Dickinson

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for your professional speaker business is a bit different than SEO for traditional businesses because of the order in which speakers are hired in relation to any particular Google search. When someone searches online for a specific product or service, for example, a ...

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Speaking Tips

Speech Introduction Template for Professional Speakers

Posted on January 1, 2020 By Marty Dickinson

When you are properly introduced for your speech as a professional speaker, you feel energized and excited like you want to RUN to the speaking area like you were just announced onto the floor for the big game! Anything less and your speech begins with you feeling like something is missing. The Curs...

Video Tips

Live Video Presentation Skills Best Practices for 2020

Posted on December 30, 2019 By Marty Dickinson

Use this checklist of live video presentation skills best practices to produce awesome live videos. These best practices were acquired over a five month period where a small group of 14 met each week for one hour in a private online Zoom meeting room to practice their video presentation skills. Each...

Business Tips

Business Networking with Live Video

Posted on December 29, 2019 By Marty Dickinson

If you think business networking doesn’t work and you are just wasting your time attending networking events and passing out business cards, try using LIVE video in your networking efforts. Here are 7 benefits of business networking using live video due to the rise of popularity of using video and...

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Coaching Tips

Why Internet Marketing Coaching Doesn’t Work

Posted on December 10, 2019 By Marty Dickinson

Since the beginning of modern civilization, life and business coaches have had a positive impact on peoples’ lives and businesses, including my own. Several of my long-time friends, advisors, influencers, referrers and clients are coaches. So, why would I make such generalized claim that inter...

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Business Tips

How to Start a Business

Posted on December 1, 2019 By Marty Dickinson

Starting a new services business in 2020 is a lot like using a plastic shovel on a beach to build a house. You can, technically, accomplish the goal. But, if you’re going to be so tied to a shoestring budget that you have to use primitive tools, your journey will be even longer than if […]...

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Website Tips

Why WordPress Websites are Better than Traditional Websites in 2020

Posted on November 11, 2019 By Marty Dickinson

Why WordPress in 2020? Because WordPress is much different than when this post was originally published 10+ years ago. Back then, the benefits of WordPress as a website CMS (Content Management System) were overshadowed by its stigma as being only “blog” software. Fortunately, times have changed ...

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Blogging Tips

Blog Posts Tips and Best Practices for 2020

Posted on October 12, 2019 By Marty Dickinson

After all these years, there are so many people who still post questions on forums and social media asking for advice about how to create a good blog post. The questions are usually about whether writing blogging is a waste of time, if blog posts are even relevant anymore, how to find hot topics, po...

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Speaking Opportunities

Great Speaking Opportunity for New Speakers at Ignite Boulder

Posted on September 23, 2019 By Marty Dickinson

I attended my first Ignite Boulder in Fall 2019 to see how it all works. More than 1,000 packed into the barn-like structure at the Colorado Chatauqua to hear 12 presentations by a dozen new and young speakers covering multiple topics in 5-minute increments in front of a supportive audience. What is...

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