Using Facebook Effectively to Grow Your Speaking Ministry

Last week I talked about how the only social media strategy that works is to think about your target audience and then post stuff that would interest them–rather than just posting stuff about you or that you find interesting. It has to start with the people that you are trying to reach. Today I want [...]

The Only Social Media Strategy that Works

Let me tell you about a woman I know who is an aspiring speaker. She also is quite involved in ministry to teens and the hurting. I follow her on Twitter and Facebook, and occasionally look at her blog. And this professional woman, who is listed as “in a relationship” on Facebook, with no other [...]

Use Your Words: When Your Speaking Ministry Stresses You Out

Today on Use Your Words we talked stress. Usually I give  you some pep talk about marketing, or planning a talk, but I thought it was important to touch on something all of us deal with, but rarely talk about: how draining ministry is. And speaking ministry has its own unique stresses! Every Tuesday I [...]

How to Stop Nervousness When You Speak

Today on Use Your Words BlogTalkRadio, I talked about how to end nervousness! And you’ll be happy to know I didn’t say anything about picturing people in their underwear. Listen in to the show here for great tips! It’s thirty minutes long, and well worth your time. But here are a few highlights: 1. Practice [...]

Doing One Thing Well…

When we start speaking, we’re desperate for work. We feel a little overwhelmed by the whole process–does God really want to use me? Do I really have something to say? And the more we get into speaking, the more excited we get. Maybe I really can do this! The problem is that that excitement often [...]