THESignature TalkBY SPEAKERREALM
The Examination

The examination, at two levels.

The Directory is gone, folded into the Library: one place where speakers are found. A talk joins the Library through the magazine's examination. The desk reads the talk against the floor (a real talk, professional materials, a watchable film) and may decline, with a full refund. The two tiers commission the examination, your Library talk page, and distribution to planner contacts, with every send logged. Magazine coverage itself is still earned, never sold.

Standard
$595 / year
or $59.50 / month, billed monthly (the annual price plus 20%, spread over 12)
  • Your talk page in the Library: talk video, topics, fee band, formats, one-sheet, book-through-SpeakerRealm route
  • One Sterling Stages Signature Talk session per year: the 10-minute talk film and planner pitch piece; missing core assets are built in the session
  • Talk film published on the SpeakerRealm YouTube channel, with a publish-ready kit for your own channels
  • Distribution to planner contacts and the monthly planner digest rotation
  • Quarterly distribution report, metered by Speaker Leads Hub records
  • Magazine eligibility on merit, like every speaker
  • Booking commission: 20% on bookings SpeakerRealm introduces, including rebookings within 24 months
Premium
$995 / year
or $99.50 / month, billed monthly (the annual price plus 20%, spread over 12)
  • Everything in Standard
  • Social cut set: 3 vertical reels from the session, with a graphics kit
  • Priority placement within topic categories
  • Matched-reel priority: your pitch piece goes in the first send when a planner brief matches
  • Extended page: room for a second talk when one is ready
  • Booking commission: 20%, the same as Standard

The vetting floor applies at both levels: a real signature talk, professional materials, a watchable film. Covers and features are never a plan benefit at any level.

The Speaker's Brief
A paid page in the magazine, one per issue

One speaker. One argument. One page in front of the planners who book. The Speaker's Brief is a paid placement in The Signature Talk, limited to one speaker per issue. You bring the idea; we write it in your voice, publish it to planners, and point every reader to your talk page in the Library. $1,250. Accepted on the strength of the argument.

Founding rate: $750 for the first six Briefs.

Apply for the examination

Examination application

Tell us about your signature talk. The desk reviews against the floor before any payment is discussed.

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