Did you know that giving a speech is one of the best strategies to scale your small business? 

Keynote speeches can provide small business owners and entrepreneurs with a powerful platform for sharing their ideas, establishing thought leadership and raising brand awareness. You’ll network, share best practices, and boost morale, which can help your business succeed in the long term. Giving a TED talk or keynote is perfect for:

1. Establishing thought leadership: Keynote speeches help small business owners establish themselves as experts and thought leaders in their industry. By sharing your experiences, insights, and ideas, you’ll demonstrate your knowledge and expertise, which builds credibility and trust with your audience.
2. Networking opportunities: Keynote speeches provide you with an opportunity to network with other business owners, investors, and potential customers. You can use these opportunities to make new connections and build relationships that scale business.
3. Raising brand awareness: Raise awareness of your brand and reach a wider audience by speaking at conferences, events, and other public forums. You’ll reach people who may not have heard of your business before and generate new leads and customers.
4. Sharing best practices: Giving a speech is the perfect way to share best practices and lessons learned from your experiences. You’ll help others in the industry learn from your successes and failures and avoid common mistakes.
5. Boosting morale and motivation: This is your chance to boost morale and motivation among employees and stakeholders. By sharing your vision and goals, you can inspire and motivate your team to work towards a common goal.

Now before you go racing to the stage, here are a few tips to follow:

1. Brevity and clarity: Keep it short and sweet. TED talks are limited to 18 minutes or less, which forces speakers to distill their ideas into concise, clear, and accessible messages. This makes it easier for the audience to understand and remember the main points.
2. Diverse topics: Keep it interesting. TED talks cover a wide range of topics, from science and technology to art and design, and everything in between. This diversity of subjects attracts a diverse audience and makes the talks appealing to a broad range of people.
3. Inspiring content: Avoid the zzzzzz’s. Your keynotes and TED talks should be designed to inspire and motivate. They should feature stories of personal transformation, innovation, and creativity in order to have a profound impact on the audience and help spark new ideas and perspectives.

If you want some examples of my keynotes, you can watch them here. These speeches have been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, and it’s such an honor to be able to serve in this forum.

Wishing you health and wealth always.

-Mike

• If you’re entertaining the idea of giving keynote speeches, or even if you’re a seasoned speaker, consider joining John Bates and I to learn how to give the best darn speech ever and increase your revenue.  Click here to learn more now.
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