| As co-owner of
Look Who’s Talking,
Mary represented an impressive group of authors, journalists,
celebrities, sales and management trainers, humorists,
psychologists and more. Their clients included such
internationally recognized figures as Dr. Wayne Dyer, Dr. Norman
Vincent Peale, Dr. Norman Cousins, Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross,
Capt. Gerald Coffee, Art Linkletter, Paul Harvey, Charles Kuralt,
Les Brown, Tom Sullivan, Dr. Jack Canfield and Tommy Lasorda.
Mary went on to serve one year as president of Mike
Ferry Productions, a real estate sales training organization. In
1987, she opened her own independent agency of selected speakers, Mary McKay Productions, Inc. She developed specialized
representation for speakers who addressed issues of primary
interest to the real estate industry.
Providing both exclusive and non-exclusive
representation for various speakers, she placed, among others,
Monica Reynolds, Clifford Baird, David Knox, Mark Victor Hansen,
Robert Kriegel, Chip Bell, Bill Barrett, Bobbie Gee, Pat Burns,
Roger Reitzel, Danny Cox, Steve Stewart, Jerry Hanson, Sheida
Hodge, Bill Hart, Terri Murphy, Guy Owen, Dave Jenx, Bob Murphy,
Connie Merritt and Jim Droz. Mary offered three types of services
for professional and prospective speakers: securing paid speaking
engagements, consultation with prospective and active speakers,
and securing California Department of Real Estate continuing
education credit approval for programs and courses.
Mary produced her first instructional audio album
in 1993 called, No Frills Booking:
Exactly What to Do to Get Paid Speaking Engagements. She published her first book in 1997 entitled,
How to Make $100,000 the First Year
Speaking in the Real Estate Industry- the 57 Things You Need to
Know.
Released in October 2004, Mary’s signature product
is a manual and 16 CD set entitled, Your Booking Agent: How to Hire, Interview, Pay, Train and Keep
Your Booking Agent. In November 2005, Mary
released a manual and 8 CD set for speakers who want to book
themselves entitled, How to Position,
Prospect and Profit from Teaching Others What You Know: The 60
Things You Need to Know.
In February 2002, Mary returned to represent Mark Victor Hansen exclusively as vice president sales. Resigning in July 2005 to focus on positioning her consulting service, Mary now exclusively represents one speaker and is a booking strategist for many prospective and active speakers.
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