When I woke this morning, I had 3 full-fee speaker date checks and calendar hold requests for my favorite speaker/brother that I represent. I also had another inquiry that… in my opinion… is disreputable. Coming from a representative of 22-years that is now CEO of her own speaker bureau, I’ll admit I was disappointed.
The email basically says she has a client in need of a speaker and provides their budget. It’s less than half our current fee and we were blind copied along with a whole bunch of other speakers, I’m sure. The email closed with, “Please let me know ASAP if you would like to be considered.“
What did you say?
Fee integrity and working with bureaus.
The way the industry works is if you want bureaus to recommend your speaking services, you can’t be cheaper for one than you are for another. If you’re a bureau and your client has $20K, you recommend speakers who command a fee of $20K. You don’t send out an email to speakers who command $30K, $40K, $50K and ask them to cut their fee just to be considered. That’s rude, y’all — and disreputable in my book.
So about my $10 bucks…
The action of this bureau is no different than me sending out an email to a bunch of licensed physicians telling them I have $10 to spend on a full physical with blood work, and ask them to let me know if they would like for me to consider their service for $10. 🙄
Now you know: An Indian farmer and activist was wrongfully declared dead. He attended his own funeral, tried to get arrested, tried to get elected and more. It took 19 years for him to be declared alive. (more on wikipedia)