The Professional Speaker's Mastery
How to Succeed and Prosper in your Career as a Speaking Professional

— The Professional Speaker's Mastery — Locus 1 “The Power of Paperwork”

Every professional speaker knows that the true secret of a successful career does not occur on the platform — it takes place in the speaker's office. A successful speaking career is based on an efficiently-organized speaker's office.

This Locus of The Mastery — “The Power of Paperwork” — explores many aspects of running a successful speaker's office, including...

• A thorough exploration of speaker's contracts, including examples of two different speakers' contracts (a simple agreement for free or low-fee engagements, and a detailed contract for those engagements involving more complex financial arrangements), a services-for-hire contract, and a consultant's contract.

• How to design a fee schedule that generates more income.

• The paperwork — invoices, packing slips, expense reports — that every professional speaker needs... even in our "paperless" society!

• How to schedule your time and — more importantly — how (and why) to document your business activities.

“The Power of Paperwork” also answers vital questions like...

• What's the one word you should never use in your contracts? (Some speakers use it, mistakingly thinking it makes them look professional. They're wrong.)

• Sure, you know the importance of using a planner to better organize your time. But how can your weekly planner from three years ago help you the next time you're audited by the I.R.S.?

All this — and much, much more — is explored in The Mastery. Order your copy today!

Remember, your investment in The Mastery comes with a one-year guarantee of complete satisfaction. If you're not delighted with your investment, I'll promptly refund your full purchase price — no questions asked. (Here's my guarantee of complete satisfaction.)

In summary....

"It's a business. It's a business. It's a business."

It seems that no matter how many times I say it, some speakers just don't get it. They think that being a speaker is about giving speeches, and that just isn't true! It's a business!

Being organized doesn't guarantee success... but it sure helps! Getting it in writing with a solid speaking contract can't guarantee that you'll win a lawsuit... but it may just stop you from being sued in the first place! And I know from personal experience how a single sheet of paper can save you $10,000 when you're audited by the I.R.S.

Your career is too important to treat it as anything other than a highly-organized, highly-efficient business. If this locus can improve your business's efficiency by only a tiny fraction, it's well worth the investment, don't you think? Don't procrastinate — get it today!

And as always, I wish you organization and complete understanding in all things.

Jim Barber

PS — If you like this locus, you'll love the next one — in Locus 2 of The Mastery, you'll learn how to develop a business plan specifically for professional speakers.