How To Get Noticed by a Speaker Bureau with Gail Davis

How To Get Noticed by a Speaker Bureau with Gail Davis is the topic of today’s show. For the first time in the show’s history, Judi has the CEO of a speaking bureau, the super passionate and always fun Gail Davis, on the show. Gail is the creator, founder, and owner of GDA Speakers, an impressionable, women-lead speaking bureau that caught Judi’s attention with its commitment to showing their clients honesty and kindness. In this episode, we hear from Gail about how the pandemic forever changed her business—and leadership style—and how to get ‘in’ with a top-notch speaking bureau like GDA.

Today on Yes, And:

• How Gail got into the business of launching keynote speakers
• The great reset: Positive and negative impacts of covid
• Letting go of control until people ask for your help
• Gail’s gripe with the assumption of familiarity from pitchers
• What and what not to do to get in with a bureau 
• The evolution of diversity within the speaking business  
• How To Get Noticed by a Speaker Bureau with Gail Davis

This show is supported by:

• AdvoCare® | Use Code FeelBetter15 

Resources:

• Get on the Speaker School Waitlist
• Get the Fearboss Boss Project Workbook
• Get the print edition goal-focused Possibility Planner OR download it digitally here for FREE

Connect with Gail:

• Instagram: @gdaspeakers
• Website: gdaspeakers.com

Connect with Judi:

• Book: Fear Is My Homeboy
• Judi on Instagram: @judiholler 
• Judi on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JudiHollerFanPage 
• Website: judiholler.com 
• Email: hello@judiholler.com
• Check out HAUS of Holler on Amazon for Judi’s favorite products!

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Top Quotes: 

1.  “People always look at me and are like, ‘You’ve changed’, but isn’t that the whole point? We’re supposed to evolve. In entrepreneurship, transformation is the name of the game.
2. “The pandemic impacted 245 of my events and, as sit here over three years later, I still have three events that have not been resolved. It’s like someone walked through the door and said, ‘Can I steal all of your contracts?’, then ripped them up, threw them in the air and said, ‘Good luck.’” 
3. “You’ve got to find an authentic connection to get into a speaking bureau. You can’t just blast everyone with, ‘Here’s my reel, I’m amazing and I need five minutes of your time.’ 
4. “Frustration is nothing more than unmet expectations.”