I’ve been speaking, training, consulting, and sharing practical business knowledge since the 1990s. My talks are built for real people dealing with real decisions, including freelancers, solo business owners, small business owners, agencies, marketing teams, and company leaders.
I offer keynote talks, conference sessions, private workshops, training sessions, and custom presentations. Some are big-picture and strategic. Others are tactical, with ideas attendees can use as soon as they leave the room.
I’m also not a boring speaker. I work hard to make my talks useful, funny, direct, and easy to understand. If you want your audience to walk away educated instead of spending the time checking their phones, we should talk.
Note: All of these are available as talks and some are available as hands-on workshops.
1. Pricing Strategies for Freelancers, Agencies, and Service Providers
Pricing is one of the biggest challenges for freelancers, small agencies, consultants, creatives, and service providers. Charge too little and you create stress, resentment, and cash flow problems. Charge the wrong way and you can end up building a business that keeps you busy but not nearly profitable enough. Based on ideas from my book on pricing, this talk helps service providers think more clearly about how they charge, package, position, and explain their work. It can cover hourly pricing, project pricing, retainers, relative-value pricing, recurring revenue, service packages, client expectations, and the common pricing mistakes that hold small businesses back. You won’t get abstract pointless theory. Rather, it’s full of practical advice for people who sell expertise, time, creative work, technical services, strategy, or professional help.
Who is this for? This talk is ideal for freelancers, solo business owners, consultants, web designers, developers, marketers, SEO consultants, copywriters, photographers, coaches, creative professionals, and small agency owners. If you sell services, expertise, or advice, this talk can help you. It is especially useful for people who know they need to charge more, price better, or stop making pricing decisions from a place of fear.
2. Better Clients, Better Pricing, Better Business
Not every client is a good client. That can be a hard lesson to learn, especially during slow periods when it feels tempting to say yes to almost anyone with a budget. This talk focuses on how freelancers, solo business owners, small agencies, and service providers can make better client decisions, protect their time, build confidence, and avoid relationships that drain energy and profit. Attendees learn how to spot warning signs, ask better questions, set clearer expectations, and stop treating every inquiry as an opportunity they must chase.
The goal is simple: better clients, healthier boundaries, stronger pricing, and a more sustainable business.
Who is this for? This talk is for freelancers, agencies, consultants, creatives, and small business owners who work directly with clients.
It is especially useful for service providers who have dealt with difficult clients, scope creep, low-budget leads, unclear expectations, weak boundaries, or the pressure to say yes when they should probably say no.
3. You Might Be the Problem: Self-Awareness for Business Owners
Sometimes the problem is the client. Sometimes it’s the market. Sometimes it’s the economy. And sometimes, whether we like it or not, we are part of the problem. Based on my upcoming book, this talk looks at the role self-awareness plays in business success. It is designed for people whose personality, communication style, habits, reactions, or leadership style affect their work. This talk can cover difficult client relationships, poor boundaries, overpromising, conflict avoidance, perfectionism, leadership issues, communication mistakes, and the gap between how we see ourselves and how others experience us. It’s direct, practical, and surprisingly entertaining because, let’s be honest, business gets a lot easier when people stop pretending they are never the problem.
Who is this for? This talk is for freelancers, entrepreneurs, business owners, managers, consultants, team leaders, and professionals who want to improve how they work with clients, teams, vendors, collaborators, and themselves. It’s especially useful for people who want to grow their business without dragging the same old habits, reactions, and blind spots into every new opportunity.
4. Search Visibility and AI for Business Leaders
Search has changed. Google still matters, but it isn’t the whole story anymore. AI tools, answer engines, reviews, forums, comparison pages, social platforms, third-party articles, and other public signals can all shape what people see, believe, and decide before they ever visit your website. Based on my book, Search Visibility and AI for Business Leaders, this talk helps decision-makers understand what has changed, why it matters, and what they should do next. This is a practical session for decision makers, company owners, business leaders, marketing managers, executives, founders, and organizations that need to understand the risks, priorities, and opportunities created by AI-driven search. It is an overview of the key changes you’re going to face now and in the near future. If you know there’s a lot going on now that AI has permeated the SEO scene but you don’t know where to begin, you need this talk. It is not a technical SEO lecture. Topics can include AI summaries, zero-click search, brand visibility, content credibility, buyer research, online reputation, third-party mentions, SEO strategy, and how companies can make smarter decisions in a search environment that keeps getting more complex.
Who is this for? This talk is for business owners, executives, decision-makers, marketing managers, founders, associations, chambers of commerce, professional groups, and company leaders who need to understand how search, AI, and online visibility are changing. It’s especially useful for decision-makers who don’t need a technical SEO tutorial, but do need to know what questions to ask, what risks to watch for, and where to focus their attention.
5. Grow Your Business With Modern Content Marketing
Content marketing has changed. Blog posts, videos, newsletters, podcasts, short-form video, social media, search, AI tools, and audience-building all play a role in how people discover, trust, and remember a business. I literally wrote a book on content marketing, and this talk updates those ideas for the way people consume content now. It can cover content strategy, idea generation, promotion, SEO, TikTok-style short-form content, YouTube, newsletters, social platforms, evergreen content, and how to create useful material without drowning in pointless content production. It’s part overview and part tactical. This talk is funny, practical, and realistic. The point is not to tell everyone they need to be everywhere all the time. The point is to help people understand how content can support visibility, credibility, trust, and business growth.
Who is this for? This talk is for small businesses, entrepreneurs, marketers, freelancers, creators, associations, and organizations that want practical ways to attract attention, build trust, and stay visible. It’s especially useful for people who know they should be creating content, but aren’t sure what to create, where to put it, how to promote it, or how it fits into the bigger picture.
Keynotes, Panels, and Custom Talks
I’m available for keynotes, panel discussions, conference sessions, private training, and custom talks. I’ve spoken at conferences, business events, educational institutions, corporate sessions, and industry gatherings, and I’m comfortable adapting my material to different audiences. Custom talks can combine topics such as business growth, SEO, AI search, content marketing, pricing, freelancing, entrepreneurship, psychology, personal development, and key trends in online visibility. I can also serve as a panelist, moderator, host, or MC. I enjoy unscripted discussions and can speak comfortably about online marketing, small business issues, freelance challenges, search visibility, AI, content, pricing, and related business topics.
Workshops and Training
I have been giving custom workshops and private training sessions since the late 1990s. Workshops can be designed for companies, agencies, associations, teams, entrepreneurs, or professional groups. Popular workshop areas include:
- Pricing for freelancers, agencies, and service providers
- Search visibility and AI
- SEO and website visibility
- Content marketing and idea generation
- Client selection and business growth
- Self-awareness, communication, and business relationships
Workshops can be strategic, tactical, or a mix of both, depending on the audience and goals.
Am I right for your event?
I speak to audiences and organizations of different sizes, from freelancers and small business owners to associations, educational institutions, agencies, and corporate teams. My talks are especially useful for audiences interested in business growth, pricing, freelancing, entrepreneurship, SEO, AI search, content marketing, digital strategy, communication, practical professional development, and personal growth. If your audience wants useful ideas, honest insight, and a speaker who refuses to deliver lifeless fluff, I may be a good fit.
