Creating a high-performing speaker website (it's simpler than you think!)


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Speaker Newsletter, Issue #3

September 16th

Creating a high-performing speaker website that drives your business and brand

(*mine only costs 5 cents/day)

[ read time: 3 minutes ] + 12-minute video

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[Video "how-to" at the bottom of this email]

I know I absolutely "nail" a few things in my life.

One is making a great chocolate chip cookie (that's actually healthy for you, btw).

Another is a masterful speaker website.

Seriously.

The number of times I've been told how great my website is — by clients, fellow speakers, anyone really — I've lost count.

It's simple. It's clean. It's 100% my brand.

It also looks expensive (but it's not).

And, best of all, it was easy to do.

So, who did I hire? How much did I spend?

The answer is, no one — I did it entirely myself.

And, it only costs the equivalent of about 3 Starbucks drinks to create and maintain over the year.

To help you achieve a high impact speaker website without breaking the bank, I've put together a 12-minute video giving a birds-eye view of how mine functions.

The intention behind the copywriting, consistent Calls-to-Action, easy contact options to book me, etc.

It is perhaps the single greatest asset I have (at least top 3) as a speaker who gets booked.

What should your website look like?

Perhaps a better question is, "what should your speaker website feel like?"

Your speaker website is what brings potential clients into your ecosystem — everything about it should reflect what it would be like to work with you.

Is it...

  • Organized?
  • Easy to navigate?
  • Clean?
  • Elegant in its simplicity?
  • Informative without being overloaded?

These are all intentional aspects of my own brand, so perhaps adjectives you'd use to describe yours might be somewhat different.

But regardless, at the very least your website should be organized and easy to navigate.

Without further ado, check out this video to get a "behind-the-scenes" look of my own speaker website. It's an incredible driver of my business, brand, and relationships.

P.S. In a future issue, perhaps I'll go further into the copywriting, design, organization principles, etc.

If those deep-dives sound helpful to you, simply reply to this email to let me know.


Lastly, if you want to use the same platform I do — Carrd — here's my referral/affiliate link.

There is a free version (which is great), and a paid version of $19/year.

(Yes, you read that right. Extraordinarily reasonable.)

While I may get a small commission if you sign-up with my link (thanks, by the way), I only promote products I've tried and believe in. Clearly, I'm using it. Regardless, the commission doesn't pay my mortgage, haha! :)


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