Yes, and no. It was not the winning alone that made me a professional speaker. Although I continued to work at Bose, I had been building my speaking career since 1994. Every year I planned to quit Bose “in January.” And each January led to the next. Then one day a fellow employee, Brad Creamer, [...]

Darren, I want you to know that I bought your “Get Paid To Speak By Next Week®” program back in December of 2007 and I wanted to use it to learn more about the speaking industry. In the year following, I lost my home to foreclosure and had numerous financial challenges. In October 2007 I made a goal to [...]

As a professional speaker your image is crucial. As your fee increases your image and marketing materials get more and more important! Check out this video clip: Stage time, Darren LaCroix, 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking PS Remember: Only 4 days left! Get 25% off any of my educational tools ’til December 19th!! Just [...]

This past weekend, I was invited to speak at NSA NC. In the afternoon they had a great program about the best advice and tips from the national conference. Each person who attended got up and spoke for one to 2 minutes. I love their theme as well, “Use it on Monday.” There was some [...]

If you dream about being a paid professional speaker, or are serious about connecting with any audience, especially people from an industry you are not familiar with PLEASE watch this FREE VIDEO LESSON. This is a real look from behind the scenes on the road with me last week when I spoke for a client [...]

I love to open up my business and teach other speakers the crucial steps to developing income while helping the audience in the process. This is what my own mentors had done for me. I don’t understand why other “teachers” keep secrets to themselves. My very first educational tool was Learn How the Pros Make [...]