E145 - Guests: Maria Franzoni, Former International Speaker Bureau Owner & Agent, Author of "The Bookability Formula"

I'd love to hear from you; feel free to send me a Text MessageBefore you do anything else, please hit the subscribe / follow button in your podcast platform to ensure you get immediate notification of future episodes, and to help boost this show within the algorithms.This episode is also available as a video podcast on my YouTube channel here:https://youtu.be/5tWESWMJkRcIt was a real delight to interview Maria Franzoni for the show.  Charismatic and lively, Maria is full of great ideas and thoughts that made this a really interesting episode.  She has been in the speaking industry for much of her working life but she has prior experience as well and she draws on that extensively during our discussion.  Within the speaking world, Maria has worked with many household names, initially as a booking agent / agency owner, and now as a mentor and coach, helping speakers to improve their businesses.  She has written an outstanding book, "The Bookability Formula" that is a must read for anyone who is interested in professional speaking in any capacity.Maria certainly doesn't hold back in this episode; she is very open about a wide range of issues, including some deeply personal ones and I found it a fascinating conversation.  I hope you enjoy it too - please do let me know once you have had a watch!Footnote: During the recording, Maria mentions Ravi Rajani but not by his full name so we wanted to credit him here for completeness. You can find Maria here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariafranzoni/Website: https://www.mariafranzoni.me/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMariaFranzoni or https://www.facebook.com/groups/SpeakingBusinessSupport the showThank you for listening!  If you value the content I produce, please consider supporting the show financially by becoming a member at https://www.patreon.com/leading4life/ or clicking the "Support the Show" link above.You will have the choice of becoming a Supporter, a Champion or a Patron of the show and any contribution you feel able to make will be hugely appreciated.You can find more about me here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judsonbob/X: https://x.com/JudsonBobWebsite: https://leading4life.co.uk/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Leading4Life