Posts Tagged ‘Fees’

It’s one of the most common questions I’m asked by clients: how much should I charge to speak?

For those who are legitimate experts in their fields but don’t earn their living as a professional speaker, setting a fee for speaking outside their organization is understandably difficult.

Price too low and the perceived value of your expertise is diminished.

Price too high and your proposal might be declined.

If you know the amount that’s been budgeted for speaker fees, it’s simple. But speakers don’t usually have access to that information, so we need to account for some variables to arrive at a reasonable starting point for negotiating the fee. We’ll view this from two angles: the event side and the speaker side. 

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