Speaking Your Brand: Public Speaking Tips and Strategies

Updated: 10 Nov 2025 • 470 episodes
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It's time to escape the expert trap and become an in-demand speaker and thought leader through compelling and memorable business presentations, keynotes, workshops, and TEDx talks. If you want to level up your public speaking to get more and better, including paid, speaking engagements, you've come to the right place! Thousands of entrepreneurs and leaders have learned from Speaking Your Brand and now you can too through our episodes that will help you with storytelling, audience engagement, building confidence, handling nerves, pitching to speak, getting paid, and more. Hosted by Carol Cox, entrepreneur, speaker, and TV political analyst. This is your place to learn how to persuasively communicate your message to your audience.

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Have you ever had one of those moments when all eyes are on you… and your brain suddenly decides to take a vacation? Whether it’s during a big presentation, a media interview, or an unexpected question in a meeting, how we communicate under pressure shapes how we’re seen as leaders. That’s why I’m so excited for you to

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Do you feel like your presentations are good, but maybe not yet great? The kind that gets people talking, taking action, and reaching out long after the event? That’s exactly what happened for my guest, Karen Cochran, founder of Philanthropy Innovators.  Karen has led teams that have raised over $1 billion (yes, billio

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Most of us have been told that if we want referrals, we should just ask for them. But, that approach can feel awkward. What if, instead of asking, you could design an experience that makes you naturally referable? That’s exactly what my guest, Stacey Brown Randall, teaches. Stacey is the author of her new book The Refe

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Are you the kind of speaker who loves to have everything prepared in advance? Perhaps you even have your entire presentation scripted out nearly word for word and you have detailed notes for every slide that you rely on? Well, I have a challenge for you: getting more comfortable with impromptu speaking. As a speaker an

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Have you noticed how much harder it feels to stand out online lately? Between podcasts, YouTube, newsletters, and the never-ending scroll of social content, it’s easy to feel like your voice is getting lost in the noise. That’s why I invited my friend and fellow connector, Julie Fry, founder of Your Expert Guest, to jo

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Here’s what you don’t want the audience to say after you deliver your keynote: “I learned a lot.” That’s you being stuck in the expert trap.  As a keynote speaker, you’re there to provide an experience for the audience; to help them see something differently about themselves or their industry or their world; and to hav

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