Speaking As A Way To Promote Your Writing
Mary Emma Allen of Home Biz Notes, is our guest blogger tomorrow at Grow Your Writing Business. She tells how you can make an income from speaking and promote your writing at the same time. Are you nervous about speaking in public? Speaking is a great way to increase your profile and to network, even if you are not a natural public speaker.
If you are a writer, somewhere along the way you will be asked to speak to a group. This may take you out of your comfort zone. Even if you don’t want to do it regularly, Mary Emma’s tips give you some great advice for any speaking engagement. She covers how to get started, where to get speaking invitations, plus lots of practical speaking tips.
Mary Emma is an accomplished speaker, author and journalist, and is a whizz at promotion. She has spoken to smaller local groups, as well as to groups of over 1000 people. Web promotion, virtual book tours and speaking are just a few of the strategies in Mary Emma’s writing business toolkit. Be sure to check out her guest post tomorrow.
A very nice introduction, Yvonne. Thanks. And I’m pleased you encouraged writers to step outside their comfort zone and learn more about speaking as a way to share their writing, as well as earning some extra income. When I was a beginning writer, I never would have imagined I’d be speaking in front of groups of all sizes…and enjoying it.
Mary Emma - You’re welcome. It’s always great to host you as a guest blogger at Grow Your Writing Business. Speaking to groups can be enjoyable.