6 Ways to Communicate with Impact using Social Media

June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Craig ValentineThe following excerpt by Craig Valentine is from Success Secrets of The Social Media Marketing Superstars.

Craig Valentine, 1999 World Champion of Public Speaking, has traveled the world and trained thousands of presenters on developing world class speaking skills. He continues to help entrepreneurs develop powerful presentations that quickly generate leads, customers and vast profits.

Craig and I are starting our next 12 week World Class Speaking Coach Certification Program on June 13. Get the full story here.

What is the number one reason people will do business with you over others? Is it price? Is it quality? Is it convenience? The answer might surprise you because it is none of these three.

In fact, the number one reason people will do business with you is confidence. They must have confidence that what you say is true and what you offer will help them reach or exceed their goals.

The six communication keys below will help you build a loyal following and earn the kind of confidence that can grow a lucrative business:

Key #1: Give a Glimpse into Your life

One of the biggest mistakes new social media users make is trying to take old-time marketing methods into this new social media world. Many of them look at social media as a place to market with sales letters and traditional “build your list” strategies. There is just one problem. They are not being [Read more...]

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25 Phrases to Guide You to Greatness in Speaking

September 6, 2010 By 2 Comments

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Every now and then it is important to remind ourselves of some of the principles that can lift us to great heights in speaking. World Champion speaker Craig Valentine compiled 25 keys to becoming a much better public speaker. I think you will find them very useful.

Craig and I are starting our next 12 week World Class Speaking Coach Certification Program September 20. Get the full story here.



• Speak to one but look to all

• When you lift yourself up you let your audience down

• What gets recorded gets rewarded

• Don’t add humor to a speech; uncover humor within it

• What’s loose is lost

• When you squeeze your information in, you squeeze your audience out (this one is not mine. It’s an old speaker proverb).

• You master what you measure

• Conflict is the hook and Dialogue is the heart

• Put the process, not the person, on a pedestal

• The phrase determines what stays

• To be a great speaker you must be a great tease

• Be a similar person with a special process

• Never sell a product, always sell a result [Read more...]

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Four Public Speaking Pitfalls

August 19, 2009 By 1 Comment

by Craig Valentine, 1999 World Champion Of Public Speaking. He is the co creator of the World Class Speaking book and Certification Program. Get Your Free World Class Speakers Audio Toolkit


If you want to drastically improve your very next presentation, it is important to understand 4 of the pitfalls that keep most speakers in a ditch out of which they can never seem to climb. If you see where these traps are, you can easily avoid them. As a result, you will clear your pathway to a powerful and persuasive speech.


Here are the 4 costly mistakes:

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