The Speaker Lab Podcast
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Want to learn how to get booked and paid to speak — consistently? The Speaker Lab podcast features business tactics, speaking tips, and insider strategies from TSL CEO Dan Irvin, The Speaker Lab coaches, and some of the world's most successful speakers.
You'll learn how to find speaking gigs, build relationships in your industry, negotiate higher speaker fees, and grow your speaking business. Every week, this podcast will give you key insights and practical advice from speakers who have been there and done that and can help you take the next step in your speaking journey. Whether you’re just getting started as a paid speaker or you’re a veteran speaker looking to build and grow your business, The Speaker Lab Podcast is here for you!
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Recent Episodes
The Truth About Speaker Bureaus: 3 Things You Need to Hear
"I finally realized I was not paying for a service. I was paying for hope. And hope is not a business strategy."Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! Fair warning — host Dan Irvin is ruffling some…
Which Type of Stuck Speaker Are You?
"Preparation feels like progress. It's not."Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! After thousands of calls with speakers at every stage, host Dan Irvin has noticed something: it stops sounding…
Why Your Follower Count Isn't Filling Your Calendar
"A speaker with 200 followers and 30 conversations a month is going to out-earn a creator with tens of thousands of followers and zero conversations. Every single time."Welcome back to The Speaker…
The Gig After the Gig: How to Turn Every Event Into Your Next 3 Bookings
"Cold outreach is a great way to start — but it's not how you scale."Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this solo episode, host Dan Irvin makes the case that the most efficient gig you'll…
What Should I Charge to Speak? The 3 Things That Drive Your Fee
"If you don't know your number before the conversation, the buyer will pick the number for you."Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this solo episode, host Dan Irvin tackles one of the most…
The SPEAK Framework: How to Build a Speaking Business AI Can't Touch
"Your story told honestly is your edge."Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this solo episode, TSL CEO Dan Irvin opens with a story about a factory worker named Gary — a man who worked hard,…
10 Gigs in 10 Weeks: The 5 Mindset Shifts That Made It Happen with Dan Irvin
"Clarity feels slower in the beginning until confusion costs you months."Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this solo episode, host Dan Irvin gets candid about what it actually took to…
How Erick Rheam Booked A $900,000 Speaking Engagement
"If you can get one paid gig, you can build an empire off that."Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this episode, Dan Irvin (the newly minted TSL CEO and new host of the TSL podcast!) sits…
A New Chapter For TSL + The Future of the Speaking Industry with Dan Irvin
"So you can speak to it from a very professional level of here's what I'm seeing right now, grassroots, I'm in it, I'm doing the thing. And that's what makes this transition of you taking over and…
Building Your Off Ramp: From Corporate to Full-Time Speaking with Velera Wilson
“Sometimes in today’s society, there’s a pressure to do entrepreneurship the right way. Others have the Instagram businesses that everybody makes look good, but I think everyone has their own…
Forging a Path to Purpose-Driven Speaking with Shannon GaNun
“There’s a huge amount of progress that comes from pitching yourself and putting information out there and having discovery calls and doing events and speaking at events and fielding questions and…
Overcoming Speaker Slumps and Building Momentum: Live Coaching with Erick Rheam
“If you’re consistent, you may miss the event with that event planner this round, but you’re going to get it the next round, and you’re going to get the next round too because you’re going to stay on…
Avoiding Burnout in Speaking and Life with Arthur James
“One of the things that has helped me stay in ministry, and one of my keys that I share in my talk about burnout, is doing something new to refuel you. I’m still doing ministry thirty years later,…
Turning Fear into Fuel on Your Speaking Path with Melanie Curtis
“I’m a big believer in consuming what you sell and practicing what you preach…it’s a useful step on the path to understanding what’s possible and for growing in the skill set of standing on stage in…
Why Accountability Is the Key to Building Consistent Habits with Adam Gilbert
“Make sure you actually believe you can follow your plan. Because if you don’t feel hopeful, then you’re never going to feel motivated, you’re never going to feel committed, and you’re never going to…
How Speakers Can Book Association Opportunities with Erick Rheam
“When you go to these associations’ websites, they don’t have robust staff…it’s not hard to find them. You can directly engage with them and talk to them about an event that’s coming up. You can…
From Free Gigs to Paid Speaking with Dr. Yvette E. Pearson
“Everything [The Speaker Lab] does is very intentional drive, step driven, process driven, and it can fit whatever time that you can give it…So time is less relevant. Consistency is more…
Finding Your Message and Your Why with Marcy Grossman
“I’ve been a caterpillar. You know, what do caterpillars do? They collect, they eat, they stock up, they build up until they get a calling that says build yourself a chrysalis. And that [chrysalis],…
The Six-Step Roadmap to Growing Your Speaking Career with Josh Shipp
“Within an in demand topic, how are you going to differentiate? There are only X number of categories of movies out there, right? And so it’s not like you’re suddenly going to invent a new category…
Building Frameworks That Grow Your Speaking Brand with Melanie Deziel
“Once you have your go-to framework, your go-to model, and then as you innovate, few come up with new ideas, and instead of just doing away with the old one, it becomes a tool in your pocket. And you…
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The Speaker Lab Podcast has published 634 episodes since January 2016, covering topics in Business, Education.
The Speaker Lab Podcast is currently active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 37m.
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