Speaking Bookings: How to Get More With a Better Reel

Speaking Bookings: How to Get More of Them With a Better Reel Most speakers looking for more speaking bookings focus on the wrong things. They rewrite their bio. They update their website. They send more cold emails. All of that can help — but none of it fixes the real problem if your speaker reel […]

Speaker Reel Length: How Long Should a Reel Be?

Speaker Reel Length: How Long Should a Reel Be? The most common advice you’ll find online about speaker reel length is wrong. “Keep it under 60 seconds” sounds clean and confident — but it’s an oversimplification that leads speakers to rush their best material into a reel that feels frantic, incomplete, and forgettable. The truth […]

DIY Speaker Reel vs. Professional: The Real Cost Breakdown

Speaker Reel Cost: DIY vs Professional — The Real Breakdown Most speakers never calculate the true speaker reel cost — and it has nothing to do with software. The real cost is what a bad reel quietly takes from you every month it represents you to event organisers who watch it and move on. This […]

How to Script Your Speaker Reel (3-Part Formula)

How to Script Your Speaker Reel (The Simple 3-Part Formula) Most speakers freeze when someone tells them to script their speaker reel. The word “script” sounds formal, stiff — like something that needs to be performed word-for-word. But scripting your speaker reel doesn’t mean writing every sentence you’ll say. It means giving your footage a […]

5 Speaker Reel Mistakes That Cost You Bookings

You spent time collecting footage. Maybe you even hired someone to put it together. You’ve got a speaker reel — and yet the bookings aren’t coming in the way you expected. The truth is, most speaker reel mistakes have nothing to do with your speaking ability. In this post, I’m breaking down the 5 most […]