Mark Victor Hansen

Co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul and The One Minute Millionaire

"I am excited to share some ideas with you about great friend, Mary McKay.  When I began my speaking career back in 1974, it was long before the Internet, even before fax machines.  Like most speakers, I had to create a system of checks and balances - absolute necessity.  I like selling so much in the early years and I spent most of my time selling and then speaking.  So obviously, I booked myself in the beginning.  Today, I have the advantage of internet tools, e-mail, acquisition campaigns, product conversion tools and tactics.  But back in 1982, I had Mary.  She worked with everyone from my hottest leads to my spheres of influence to the champions of industry.  I had a system of consistent daily prospecting with Mary McKay on the phone I have always had one person in place to prospect.  Mary went on and opened an agency of selected speakers and added to her expertise.  Whether you have the latest technology driving inquiries to your website or not, do what it takes to build an enduring relationship with someone who knows your core competencies and can interface well with meeting planners and your champions in your target market.  There are only two parts of business.  Find keep the work.  There is no one else who has booked speakers for over 20 years who has written a guide for speakers on that subject.  I mean, wouldn’t you want to learn from somebody who has booked almost 2,000 professional paid speaking engagements?  She is the best of the best.  In all the interviews on the CDs, you will find there are different twists and turns on the subject but they will be underscoring the importance of having consistent representation each and everyday because if you are consistent in putting out, the money is consistently coming in.  Mary’ series is a fundamental element of this process.  Listen, enjoy, savor, absorb and utilize this information and I hope you too will build an information empire that is endless, makes you a fortune during life and makes your estate and your charities a legacy and a fortune after you are gone.  Enjoy listening to my friend, Mary McKay."

Greg Link

Co-founder and CDO (Chief Dealmaking Officer) of CoveyLink.com. Link is lead publishing and marketing advisor to Stephen R. Covey, Sean Covey, Roger & Rebecca Merrill, Hyrum Smith and other FranklinCovey authors.

"CoveyLink is a boutique consultancy committed to influencing influencers to grow their careers and their organizations at The SPEED of TRUST. I am probably best known for leading the marketing efforts towards speaking and publicity and promotion of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People for the last 15 years.  I have known Mary McKay for a number of years and she is a master of the craft.  The ability to supplement your speakers’ bureaus and control your own destiny by having your own focused booking agent inside your organization is second to none in creating the momentum and value to your speaking career.  We have built this into a several million dollar enterprise around Stephen Covey and the Seven Habits and Mary has been instrumental in the success of Mark Victor Hansen in his speaking career in corporate America.  It is an art not only to acquire the engagements by knowing who to contact but also knowing how to contact them, how to speak to them and how to persuade and how to help them understand that your particular speaker is the ideal answer to their meeting needs.  Mary is a master of that.  She can teach you how to do it.  Your Booking Agent is a product that she has developed.  It is extraordinary.  I am using it myself and recommending it to on-line clients." 

Alex Mandossian

Co-founder of AccessToLeaders.com

"Having interviewed the top business leaders in the world, public speakers and information marketers, I have learned from them that the speakers who get the most bookings are the speakers with the most consistent representation.  A booking agent is like the fuel that you put into a car and when you run out of gas typically it is because you do not have a booking agent that is consistently getting you speaking gigs.  When it comes to teaching you how to hire or fire or find or keep a booking agent, I turn to Mary McKay.  I mean, why not?  Twenty plus years of experience and she has booked over 1,800 speaking gigs herself.  She has a program that I think you ought to take a close look at.  There are 16 CDs and a manual.  Fifteen of those 16 CDs are live interviews with some of the top speakers, agents, and management companies but the one CD that I think is worth 10 times what you for the course is the CD that has all the forms, checklists, hiring documents, daily tasks, appearance documents and lists that you will need to customize for your personal booking agent.  I think that CD alone is like gold.  She will teach you whether or not you should hire a booking agent.  She will teach you how to find your booking agent.  She will teach how to interview your booking agent or how to pay your booking agent.  You will know how to train your booking agent and keep your booking agent.  Public speaking is a very tough business sometimes and sometimes emotions flare up and booking agents are on the tail end of that flare up.  With this product, you will understand why it is so important to deal with booking agents in a certain way and Mary McKay will teach you how to do that.  So I hope you will run, not walk to get it. It is worth many, many times what you will invest in it.  Good luck and I hope our paths cross often."

Pat Burns 

International Consultant and Author
www.grandparentsrock.com

"I imagine most of you would love to hear the sound of a roaring applause, screaming and applauding you for the gift that you bring to the platform.  Guess what?  It can happen once you get the booking.  Aha!  There lies the big word.  Get the booking.  That is what Mary McKay is about.  There is no one and I mean no one finer in the industry that I had ever interfaced with than Mary McKay.  One of the greatest speakers of all time, the late Cavett Robert, founder of the National Speakers Association, believed in OPE – Other People’s Experience.  I know now we hear a lot today about the value of using other people’s money but I’m referring to OPE and when it comes to securing bookings, there is none finer than Mary McKay.  Mary was my booking agent and my business grew exponentially with her under my wing We grew a business to where I have spoken literally in every capital in North America including Canada and out of the United States as well, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico.  How can you do this?  You start out on your own.  You are it.  You are on the phone and you are making your promotional package.  You are going out speaking.  Then one day you realize you are doing $10 an hour work and you need somebody to help you get out of that wreck.  Mary McKay’s product will do that.  It will teach you and coach you how to get a booking agent on board to help you.  I personally had referred 4 or 5 excellent, top notch speakers to Mary McKay and just after being with her they got better.  She worked with their staff to help them increase their bookings.  I am pleased to say that Mary McKay is one of those rare human beings that does not know when to stop giving.  The material you are going to receive is so full of not only her knowledge and experience but her heart.  She put her heart into making this which will help you in knowing that you are making the right decision.  You were making a decision about your livelihood, your future and all of those lives you are about to touch, because you have the tool to get you there. "

Cynthia Kersey

Speaker and best selling author of UNSTOPPABLE
Unstoppable Enterprises, Inc.
www.unstoppable.net

"I want to take a moment to encourage each of you to run -- do not walk -- and take advantage of the product that Mary McKay has called Your Booking Agent.  As a speaker there is nothing more important to my business than finding someone who knows how to sell me to my audience.  If you do not have somebody who can get you in front of the right audience,  your message will not be heard.  There are very specific skills and strategies and positioning - depending on your market - that your representative will need to be able to sell you effectively.  Mary has the extensive experience.  She has been in the business for over 20 years.  She has booked over 2,000 paid speaking engagements.  Why waste thousands and thousands of dollars trying to recreate this information yourself?  Instead, take advantage of Mary’s wisdom and insight and everything that she has learned over the last 20 years and put it to work immediately with the person that you have either just hired or someone who has been in your business for quite some time who wants to take your business to the next level.  I cannot recommend her highly enough.  She is awesome.  I respect her.  She is mentoring my booking person and I am very excited about this new program.  Thanks a lot."

Trudy Bourgeois

Sales and marketing executive, author of Her Corner Office, and professional speaker.
www.TrudyPresents.com

"I am a leadership strategist who works with managers and leaders who want to illicit the greatest contribution from each and every employee.  Working with Mary McKay is one of the best things that I have done to advance my speaking career.  With her products and process I now have the total clarity of my unique selling proposition, a critical component to launching my business.  I am more confident than ever about the value that I can bring to any audience when I speak.  And even though we have just recently started the prospecting process we are already seeing extremely positive results.  I am excited about the future and I have Mary McKay to thank."

Randall Blaum

Hollywood Marketing Mogul
Marketing Experts International

"Mary, your 20 years of experience and insight in the speaking industry has probably saved me 20 years of trouble and headaches. The consultation I had with you cut through all the crap, got down to the nitty-gritty and put me on the right track.  You are absolutely phenomenal and anytime someone wants to hear about how great you are, all they have to do is call me.  Mary, you are an absolute wonder.  Thank you so much." 

Jackie Lay

Director of Corporate Programs
Cynthia Kersey & Associates

"I wish I had taken your class when I first started booking.  I cannot tell you how much it has helped me.  You and Your Booking Agent helped to get to the essence of my core message and communication so that I come across as someone that people want to call back.  I have been more successful at getting through people.  Thank you to your materials and your heart and your knowledge and experience.  The phone is no longer a scary task for me.  You and I have gone through my obstacles and you helped me get through those.  And for me to say that is a big one.  Now, I am excited to make calls for my speaker and really I appreciate it.  I was able to e-mail you some of my scripts and  you were right there for me and your intention and belief and willingness to work with people is amazing.  I love you.  I just would love to let other people know as well that having someone who has been in the business as long as you have who has the history of booking and the knowledge in the business is so vital and necessary for anyone who is currently booking or for those people who are thinking about becoming an agent.  I think one has to  learn from someone like Mary who cares about how you learn.  She will help you get through your obstacles.  Thank you so much."

Orrin Hudson

Chess champion, community leader, motivational speaker and Founder of www.BeSomeone.org

"I am a life coach teaching children how to make all of the right moves using chess as a metaphor for life.  I just want to say Mary McKay has really been a blessing to me.  She takes speakers to the next level.  I went from no speaking engagements to a handful and I am very thankful for her.  Mary, keep up the good work.  You are the best at what you do.  Your skills and abilities are unmatched.  I think her product and her passion to reach out and make a difference is second to none."