MainStage Speaker Business Accelerator

From Breakout Rooms to Bulging Big Stage Pipeline — in 6 Months or Less

Michael Arnot & Marty Wilson, CSP
Now also with Awards Guru, Speaker Lauren Clemett and twice Hall of Fame Speaker, Tim Gard, CSP, CPAE

CLARITY

Absolute clarity on your expertise and the commercial value business audiences get from it.

STRATEGY

A focused marketing and sales strategy to attract your ideal clients at will

STRUCTURE

Structures, methods and techniques to deliver your message with impact.

Limited Spots in each Monthly Intake

You’ve got the stage skills. You’ve got the expertise. But let’s be honest — right now, your speaking career feels like a gorgeous sports car with no steering wheel.

You know you’re great on stage. You should be getting booked for big stages and bigger fees. But you’re stuck wondering what to do next, and in what order.

That’s where we come in.

The MainStage Speaker Business Accelerator is the multi-award-winning industry standard system for building a profitable, predictable, and scalable speaking business — distilled from 25+ years behind the curtain with the world’s most successful keynote speakers.

We don’t just dump ideas on you then wish you luck. We walk you through all 9 Stages of the MainStage Method step by step, show you exactly what to do, and stand in your corner until it’s working.

No fluff. No “hope marketing.” And definitely no “manifesting”.  Just a proven roadmap and the momentum to follow it.

THE MAINSTAGE ACCELERATOR MODEL

A 9 week step-by-step methodology to guide you through the process of taking your speaker business apart and rebuilding it in a way that is guaranteed to give you commercial success 

TESTIMONIAL with
SHANI DHANDA

Shani Dhanda is a LinkedIn Changemaker, Entrepreneur, Multi-Award Winning Disability Specialist & Speaker who - since doing the Speaker Business Accelerator - has worked with Google, Deloittes and Facebook, & has shared the stage with Michelle Obama, Hilary Clinton, L L CoolJ & John Legend

 

COURSE MODULES & OUTCOMES

Month 1 – Build a Keynote Product That Bookers Want To Buy

We start with the core product of your business: you on stage. But not some vague, “I can talk about anything” version.We coach you to create your Signature Keynote Product, positioning, and offer that bookers will happily pay for — again and again.

Stage 1. Find Your Uniqueness

We show you how to escape “The Beige Soup” — those generic, safe talks that blend in with a hundred other speakers.We help you find your money lane — the thing that makes you instantly stand out and matches what the market will pay top dollar for.

Stop being an option. You become the option.

Stage 2. Express Your Positioning

We sharpen your messaging until it slices through inbox clutter like a hot mic through butter.You’ll know exactly how to talk about your keynote so bookers and C-Suite clients get it in seconds — and say yes in minutes.

Stage 3. Find Your Target Market

We identify the people who actually sign the cheques (hint: it’s not your audience) and teach you to speak directly to their priorities.

Stop “building a brand”, “creating awareness” and pitching to fans.

Start selling to buyers.

Month 2 – Build a Booking Machine That Works While You Sleep

Now that you have a killer keynote product, it’s time to get it in front of the right people — consistently.

Stage 4. Craft Your Promotional Materials

Your One Page, speaker kit, and keynote description become a sales team that works 24/7. We build them so they attract high-fee gigs and repel tyre kickers and low-budget time-wasters.

Stage 5. Publish Your Video

Forget overproduced sizzle reels with slow-mo walks and drone shots. We show you how to create 8 types of videos in your speaker library – including our very own “Full Story Video™” — authentic, persuasive, and budget-friendly — that books gigs faster than any cold pitch.

Stage 6. Build Your Website for Bookings

We turn your site into a booking engine that speaks to decision-makers, not browsers. Every page will move potential clients closer to “send contract.”

Your website’s job isn’t to look clever. It’s to get you booked.

Month 3 – Escape the Speaker Feast and Famine Rollercoaster

 This is where we turn speaking from a hustle into a business — with systems that keep your calendar full and your fees high.

Stage 7. Drop the Mic

Using our MainStage Keynote Power Planner™, you’ll learn how to speak like a keynote speaker, not deliver a 50 minute workshop. We’ll show you how to use your time on stage to cement your authority and gets you invited back year after year.

Stage 8. Model the Best

We reveal the 3 R’s system the top 1% of speakers use to get 80% of their next year’s gigs from events they’ve already done.

Stage 9. Land the Big Gigs

You’ll learn the Agent’s Secret 5 Method™ — a bureau-level booking process that turns warm leads into high-fee gigs without scripts, sleaze, or spray-and-pray pitching.

WHAT YOU GET

  • 2 x Weekly live coaching calls with Michael, Marty & World Class Coaches Lauren Clemmett and Tim Gard, CSP
  • Full access to the MainStage Method™ curriculum
  • Private MainStage community for 24/7 feedback
  • Proven sales templates, scripts, and speaker pack designs
  • Personal feedback on your positioning, keynote, and campaigns
  • Hotseats, challenges, and in-the-moment strategy calls

 

INVESTMENT

  • US$2,995 per month for 3 months
  • Get $1,000 discount if you pay in full

6 Month Money Back Guarantee* — if you implement the way we tell you to, and you haven’t earnt the course fee back in speaker bookings within 6 months well refund your money.

We guarantee the gap between you and the speaker business of your dreams will no longer be a lack of knowledge. You will have the clearest plan, the strongest positioning, and the most supportive coaching team in the speaking world.

YOUR COACHES

Other speaker coaches teach their strategies and tactics, but they also teach you their weaknesses and blind spots. This is the only speaking course in the world delivered by an international speaker agent - Michael Arnot, AND three truly global professional speakers, Tim Gard CSP, CPAE, Lauren Clemett, and Marty Wilson, CSP. 

This means you get to learn the speaker business “from both sides of the stage”. With extensive knowledge of national and global markets, they are able to offer unique insights and tricks of the trade that will further complement the course content and help you achieve and hold you to account.

Michael Arnot

Michael Arnot is a globally recognized expert in the events and speaking industry, with over 25 years’ experience spanning the USA, Australia, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

He is the Principal and Owner of Encore Speakers and the co-founder of MainStage Speaker Business Academy, a transformative platform that has helped hundreds of speakers across the globe dramatically increase their commercial success.

Tim Gard CSP, CPAE

Tim’s speaking skills have earned him the elite status of enrollment in the National Speakers Association’s Speaker Hall of Fame. He not only knows how to give world-class presentations but can also guide you on the business of speaking.

His philosophy is that the best way to foster mutual respect, trust, empathy, and a shared sense of connection between a speaker and their audience is to use clean and universally appreciated humor.

Lauren Clemett

Lauren is Director of The Audacious Agency, a premier profile building and award writing specialist company. With over three decades of experience in brand management and a reputation as a sought-after keynote speaker, Lauren empowers entrepreneurs and business owners to build powerful personal brands.
As the brand navigator Lauren and her team help leaders to boldly stand out from the competition and be sought-after credible brand champions.

Marty Wilson, CSP

Marty was dared into doing stand up comedy over 20 years ago. Within 2 years of his first gig he was crowned Australian Comic of the Year, did the Edinburgh Comedy Festival and was invited to be a headliner on the UK comedy scene.
He returned home 2008 and is now a full time Global Speaker who works with large corporates who want their people to be more resilient through change, stress and disruption.
He is also the Co-Founder of the MainStage Speaker Business Academy.

MULTI AWARD-WINNING PROGRAM

The MainStage Speaker Business Accelerator is the only multi-award winning speaker program in the world. This year alone, its innovative, results-driven methodology has won two Asia-Pacific Business Awards, and one International Business Award. And we're just getting started...

THIS IS FOR YOU IF

  • You’ve already got stage skills and experience
  • You’re coachable, driven, and ready to implement
  • You want a proven plan instead of winging it
  • You’re done with low fees and want the business to match your talent

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Only 12 Speakers Per Intake

We don’t just help you get booked. We help you build a speaker business that gets you rebooked.