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How to be listed with Gold Stars Speakers Bureau^®

For speakers and trainers who wish to work with Gold Stars Speakers Bureau^®:

Gold Stars Speakers Bureau^® provides speakers, trainers, celebrities, facilitators, and entertainers for trade associations, government agencies, and corporations worldwide. Our clients expect top-notch service and top quality, experienced speakers and presenters to meet their varied and specific needs. We embrace accomplished speakers who have great platform skills and experience, with the ability to communicate information and emotion to move an audience to the next level or to a memorable experience.

How do I approach Gold Stars Speakers Bureau^®?

In order to establish a relationship with Gold Stars Speakers Bureau^®, a speaker must already be an established, proven speaker, presenter or trainer, and have a video demo and digital literature demonstrating the speaker’s expertise and services. If you are a beginning speaker or trainer, please approach us after you have some professional speaking experience.

The speaking industry has grown at a fast pace. We are constantly approached by a huge number of speakers, both by those already working in the industry and by those who aspire to a possible career in public speaking. To ensure that we give each speaker fair, quality and timely attention, we do offer material evaluations and speaker consultations.

We will accept unsolicited speaker material by email and mail, in the following format for a nominal fee of $25. The $25 fee covers our time to preview your material. Please include a check to Gold Stars Speakers Bureau with your demo video. You may also place a payment in our shopping cart by clicking here.

Consultations and Other Services: Click here

Email the following to info@goldstars.com:

Name
Contact information including: address, phone numbers, and email address
Fees
Talk titles
Biography
Photo (please limit to less than 1 megabyte)
Demo Video - Please mail you demo video in DVD format. (Please do not send your DVD in an MP4 or flash format. Also, do not send us a link to see your demo video)

Your marketing material will be reviewed by our staff. If it is rated as being acceptable, we will include your information in our database. Inclusion in our database is not a guarantee that you will be proposed or booked.

If You Need a Little Guidance

If you are not familiar with how to work with speakers bureaus, please consider our book (we wrote it to help speakers succeed) on the professional speaking industry, titled, The Business of Successful Speaking: Proven Secrets to Becoming a Million Dollar Speaker. It will not only give you the inside information on working with speakers bureaus, it will provide everything you need to know to succeed in the professional speaking business. For more information, click here.

If You Want Feedback on Our Evaluation

If you would like to know what we thought of your marketing material and your skills as a speaker, please consider one of the following evaluations.

FORMAL EVALUATIONS

Copper Evaluation:

Review of the video demo by entire sales team for up to 30 minutes maximum.
Provide experienced feedback on length, clips, content, layout, and platform skills, etc.
Speaker information will be entered into our database for potential marketing and sales purposes.
A written evaluation will be provided.

Silver Evaluation:

Review of the video demo by entire sales team for up to 30 minutes maximum.
Provide experienced feedback on length, clips, content, layout, and platform skills, etc.
Review of press kit and printed materials by entire sales team.
Speaker information will be entered into our database for potential marketing and sales purposes.
You will receive a printed copy of “The Business of Successful Speaking.”
A written evaluation will be provided.
You will receive a 30 minute telephone consultation with Andrea Gold, President of Gold Stars Speakers Bureau^®. Speaker may submit up to 5 questions by email in advance to maximize the consultation.

Gold Evaluation:

Review of the video demo by entire sales team for up to 30 minutes maximum.
Provide experienced feedback on length, clips, content, layout, and platform skills, etc.
Speaker information will be entered into our database for potential marketing and sales purposes.
Review of press kit and printed materials by entire sales team.
A written evaluation will be provided.
Suggestions for improvement, if any.
Speaker will receive a complimentary hardcover copy of:
- “The Business of Successful Speaking”
- “The Business of Successful Speaking Workbook”
- Click here to see description.
Speaker will receive a 2–hour telephone or in-person consultation in Tucson, Arizona with Andrea Gold, President of Gold Stars Speakers Bureau^®. Speaker may submit up to 15 questions by e-mail in advance, to maximize the consultation.

Evaluation Pricing:
To request pricing for the above evaluations or to obtain an evaluation, please email us.

The best way to learn about the speaking business and working with speakers bureaus is to invest in a book, The Business of Speaking: Proven Secrets to Becoming a Million Dollar Speaker. It was written by Andrea Gold, the President of Gold Stars and a veteran speaker with over 30 years of professional speaking experience. It is the most economical way to learn about what it takes to become a professional speaker and intelligently work with speakers.
To learn more of how you can become a million dollar speaker, click here.

Materials to send to Gold Stars Speakers Bureau^® for Evaluation or Consultation:

Business card or cover letter with contact information

Demo DVD

Press kit, literature, or One Sheet (bureau-friendly) that includes:

Bio
Photo
Talk titles
Topics
Industry experience (please list any niche markets, if any)
One or two recent references

Fee schedule, noting fees as net or commissionable:

Keynote fee
Half day fee, if applicable
Full day, if applicable
Additional fees
Travel requirements (coach, first class, flat fee, etc.)

Please note that submission of a speaker’s materials for review does not guarantee that Gold Stars Speakers Bureau^®will propose or book the speaker. We can guarantee that we will review the materials carefully with the Gold Stars sales team. As an added benefit, we will communicate the speaker’s potential with both Gold Stars and in the professional speaking industry.

CONSULTATIONS:
Self-Publishing Consultation
We only publish a few very limited titles. If you are having a problem having your book accepted by a publisher, self-publishing may be your best alternative. If you choose that option, we can help. If this interests you, email us.

Speaker Marketing Material Consultation
Developing your marketing material is critical for a professional speaker. We will guide you on what is required and critique your material to align it with acceptable industry practice and based on our 20+ years of experience. If this interests you, email us.

Professional Speaking Evaluation
Giving a presentation in front of an audience is difficult for most people. Preparation is the key to allowing you give a presentation that will not only help attendees, it will also entice people to purchase your books. If this interests you, email us.

Professional Speaking Career Development
This is an all encompassing program that will initially evaluate your books and how it can be used to market your speaking. You will be guided on all aspects of speaking and marketing. If this interests you, email us.

Andrea on the Radio
To listen to Andrea Gold, president of Gold Stars Speaker Bureau's interview by Jack Sims on speaking, click here.