
The Speaker Lab Podcast
Hosted by Dan Irvin and Dan · The Speaker Lab
4.8from 616 ratings
- 652
- Episodes
- 133
- Transcribed
- 616
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
About The Speaker Lab Podcast
Want to learn how to get booked and paid to speak — consistently? The Speaker Lab podcast features business tactics, speaking tips, and insider strategies from TSL CEO Dan Irvin, The Speaker Lab coaches, and some of the world's most successful speakers. You'll learn how to find speaking gigs, build relationships in your industry, negotiate higher speaker fees, and grow your speaking business. Every week, this podcast will give you key insights and practical advice from speakers who have been there and done that and can help you take the next step in your speaking journey. Whether you’re just getting started as a paid speaker or you’re a veteran speaker looking to build and grow your business, The Speaker Lab Podcast is here for you!
- Publisher
- The Speaker Lab
- Category
- business · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Jan 2016
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
133 of 652 episodes have a transcript.

13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Get Booked Without a Following

1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How to Make Decisions That Stick with Julian V. Taylor

22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
The 85% of Your Speaking Business Nobody Talks About
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How to Get Booked Without a Following
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I want to give you some time back because I think a lot of you. Are you waiting for permission that nobody is going to give you? Here it is, right? So event planners do not check your follower count. They check whether you can solve their problem. By the way, that's it. They are not scrolling your Instagram to see how many likes you got last Wednesday, right? They're not. They are trying to figure out one thing, though. Can I put this person in front of my people and will it go well? So picture this. You have a talk, a really good talk. And you have delivered it a handful of times. And every single time people come up to you afterwards and they say, you should be doing this like for real. […]
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- Julian V Taylor
- Carlos Hidalgo
- Bill Englehaupt
- Robin Blair
- Marcus Dove
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 556 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 60 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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- Quality
- 82
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts The Speaker Lab Podcast?
Dan Irvin and Dan host the show. Published by The Speaker Lab.
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