Wilkerson doubled her $2,000 keynote fee through back-of-room product sales.
Carrie Wilkerson · Mom of 4 Teaches How To Land First Paid Speaking Gig with Carrie Wilkerson of The Barefoot Executive · Feb 27, 2016 · at 7:00
Author and speaker Carrie Wilkerson describes the revenue generated from her first paid speaking engagement.
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“I sold probably double in CDs and materials that I created myself. This same way with a microphone and talking into a recorder, I created more than double the cash from my product sales than I did from the keynote.”
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