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Want to Make Up to $10,000 a Month as A Speaker? Follow These 5 Steps, According to a Successful Speaking Agent. Discover what it really takes to stand out and succeed as a professional speaker.

By Jason Feifer Edited by Mark Klekas

Speaking can be lucrative. An experienced speaker can easily command $10,000 or more per talk. But how do you actually get those gigs? Speaking agent Katrina Mitchell has advice:

"One of the biggest mistakes new speakers make is wanting to be all things to everyone," she says. They'll offer to speak about anything for anyone — but that often makes them uninteresting to everyone.

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