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The Business of Speaking with Warren Knight - 021
The Business of Speaking with Warren Knight - 021
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Length:
55 minutes
Released:
Feb 8, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Former Hip Hop dancer, Professional Speaker and Entreprenur, Warren Knight has a vision is to help 100,000 global businesses successfully sell more products and services by 2020. To achieve this, he uses speaking, and writing to show organisations how to use technology to build brand awareness and new revenue streams. At 22, Warren got a grant from the Prince’s Trust and started a successful European music and clothing distribution company, before shifting gears to become the director of a global stationery and accessory business working with Disney and Nickelodeon, where he grew the business from a $5 million to $30 million company in a 5-year period, selling to over 30 countries, and achieving $1 million sales in one month. With industry awards behind him, he then co-founded two IT companies and got the first to £1m value within two years. Today, he alongside his other channels he teaches people how to setup and use social networks for their business through online coaching. What you’ll learn Three tips for avoiding failure in your business How speaking can form the centrepiece of your business How you can source material for your presentations. How Warren uses ‘pillars’ to keep the audience engaged The difference between how you approach platform speaking vs keynote speaking The difference between webinars and straight public speaking Why LinkedIn is a great tool for speakers and how you should use it to get more speaking gigs. Why and how you should optimise your LinkedIn profile. Why you should have a business model on the back end of your speaking. Resources: All things Warren: http://warren-knight.com http://www.thinkdigitalfirst.com Twitter @WarrenKnight LinkedIn/en/warrenknight Titter Online Comedy Course for Public Speakers Thanks for listening! To share your thoughts: leave a comment below. Share this show on Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn. To help the show out: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and review really help get the word out and I read each one. Subscribe on iTunes.
Released:
Feb 8, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
No Negative Thought Puts You in the Corner! - 001: Intro to Show, and Tips on Increasing Your Public Speaking Confidence by The Speaking Club: Mastering the Art of Public Speaking