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Speaker agency, experiences and trend topics

FIV: How can we imagine a speaker agency, what exactly do you do and for whom?

First of all, working in an agency, as a manager, is of course not as spectacular as the work of the speaker himself! It is an office job. Still, there are some great aspects, like all the interesting people you meet on the job. Whether on the speaker side or the client side. You also learn a lot, of course, in preliminary meetings but also at events.

About our work, we handle everything behind the scenes so that clients and speakers are relieved of as much work as possible. Time is money, so we do everything from research to organization to billing, simply put.

If you summarize the agency’s activity, it’s about outreach, for one thing. Why? So that we can win interesting new projects, clients and orders.

In the second step it is all about the mediation, the whole process, from the first contact with the customer, the conception, depending on how elaborate the presentations are or should be, to the speaker selection, sometimes also the speaker finding, the contracts, travel management.

A third important field, reputation. Especially because we also work with prominent speakers. The daily work is then mainly communication and organization! Many emails, many phone calls, is ultimately the job is planned and done.

In between, of course, you get to travel yourself, experience a few events and, as I said at the beginning, you learn a lot of new know-how and get to know very interesting people and characters!

Experience as a speaker

FIV: You don’t run the agency alone, you have a whole team behind you. That would be difficult, because you are a speaker yourself. Is there still time for the agency and does that help you in the placement of jobs?

Yes, the experience as a speaker helps a lot with the agency work! On the one hand, because I can put myself in the speaker’s shoes, from the first, small presentations to the large events, with hundreds of guests, or participants or listeners.

Depending on the type of concept to be implemented, lectures, mentoring, workshops, the range is wide. I often have to present complex issues in a simple way. For speeches, there are topics that have to fit onto 30 slides for the presentation. That helps to give clients confidence. I know the pressure of deadlines, the preparation, but also the stage fright before big events!

At the same time, I am able to speak empathetically with clients directly, even when it comes to fears, as I have just said in the case of deadline pressure or also in creative input, for example with new topics or impulses that are intended to make people ready for the future, i.e. often employees and managers.

At the same time, I can also support speakers, even those who do not regularly give talks and often still want support with topics, structure. This often happens when we book special experts that we have first researched for the client. Both combined, creates a good mix of experience, support and also forward thinking, which many customers appreciate in the work.

FIV: You said stage fright, do you still have any?

It depends on how you define stage fright. I’m excited and anxious, that’s for sure!

Evergreen Topics: Business, Money, Personality, Motivation

FIV: What are trend topics and what are topics that are actually always commissioned by companies when it comes to further training, workshops and so on?

Topics for trainings, workshops and speeches that always work are mainly contents around personnel, managers. Motivation is also a very big topic! Motivation can be diverse, from private individuals who want to start their own business, filling large halls, to very small lecture series with 20,30 executives.

Then of course the large areas of politics and economics, here expertise is always needed in various aspects. Likewise everything around finances, for banks, insurances, these are typical topics, which renew themselves constantly alone, by the change in the world. Laws change, political relations, new markets emerge.

Money, taxes, tax avoidance. As you can see, the range of topics is broad. But it is always about building knowledge.

Trend Topics: What does the future hold?

FIV: What is currently in vogue with clients, which topics are on the rise?

Spontaneous? Sustainability in general. Many industries want to reduce their own consumption, for political, ideological reasons or also for their own image. Now fashion immediately comes to mind, but it’s also about sustainable construction, in the field of real estate and urban development. In any case, sustainability is a trendy topic of the time.

In the field of media and advertising, the current focus is on social marketing, how do you reach people via social networks, how can you as a company deal with the large data packages (Big Data)? Facebook, YouTube, Instagram have only been around for a few years and TikTok is brand new. What will be next? The trend is generally everything around digitalization, virtual reality, industry 4.0, up to gaming, a multi-billion market.

FIV: What is booked more often, the “classic” topics or “new” topics?

Classic topics: Finance, money, personality, motivation, continuing education in entrepreneurial segments from purchasing, to personnel, to sales. Is because every company has a department for purchasing, pretty much everyone has personnel and also sales, so sales. Every year, millions of new workers enter the labor market, and their knowledge must be built.

Special topics, let’s say something like Industry 4.0, then only affects a smaller part of the automated industry. A large part of the industry itself, economy, but also trade are primarily unaffected.

Prominent speakers: VIPs at events

FIV: Can you also book celebrities as speakers?

Yes of course, celebrities are very popular to be booked by clients. As described before, it is not always “only” about knowledge, but also about self-confidence, personality, motivation, especially with celebrity speakers, it is less about the real deep matter.

A typical situation: Several departments come together for a company event. In other words, employees from different departments who perform different tasks in the company. Some have knowledge in IT, others in sales, some from accounting and still others are in product development. Well-known people, or their public history and / or success story, have a positive effect on the participants. The speaker does not have to explain himself, he is known.

The bigger the name of the celebrity, the stronger the PR effect, both internally and externally. This prestige brings the company directly and indirectly image advantages, PR and also internally, a positive brand charisma, to employees and other stakeholders.

However, as I said, celebrity speakers are not only booked for public events, but also, for example, to coach just 20 or 30 executives.

Sometimes even the investment banker can learn something from the celebrity.

FIV: Do you have a little example of prominent person for me?

One of my personal highlights, as I am also involved in finance and real estate myself, was recently in Frankfurt, for a London-based financial company. In the context of the European Football World Cup, we were able to win Jana Azizi (RTL News presenter Sport, formerly Sky News) for the company. A great person, with charisma and profound knowledge in her subject. The location was in Frankfurt, about 100 top-class guests were invited, who were flown in from all over the world to take part in this one-day event. In her lecture she dealt with the current women’s football. An interesting overview, briefly in the history and especially in the present and future.

I can tell you that much.

FIV: Thank you so much for your answers!

Keynote Speaker One can be found online here: Speaker Agency.

Part 2: Become a Speaker

Read now part 2 of the interview – What does a speaker do? How much does a speaker earn? How does one become a speaker? After our speaker agency interview, we got some feedback on the topic of being a speaker and becoming a speaker. So today we had a quick catch up with the owner of the Keynote Speaker One agency to talk about the question that many of our readers are interested in: How do I become a speaker? How much does one earn as a speaker? Can anyone become a speaker? We also wanted to start off by finding out how virtual speaking is changing the world of speaking – or is it? We’ll find out now, in the second interview.

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Real estate agent: The profession under the magnifying glass

Training is the first step for a career in the real estate industry. Not only young people start their way into the highly competitive industry, but also career changers begin training or further education. Legal framework conditions for real estate agents, communication and psychological aspects as well as marketing are contents of this training and fixed components in the everyday life. Everything about the life of a real estate agent sorted thematically in this list.

Buy and sell (external & free of charge)

Learn from the experts. You can find many, many more guide articles for free at Lukinski. Here you can learn everything you need to know about buying real estate for free. Start in general with buying real estate, go over your specific type of real estate, from apartment, to house, apartment building to buying land. Also important, everything about the purchase contract (who pays the costs?), ancillary purchase costs and saving taxes with real estate. through legal forms such as a real estate GmbH or family foundation.

However, Luxury Realtors also write new articles on selling property every week. With more specific advice pages on selling a house, selling an apartment, and multi-family house and land.

Tip! Overview Real Estate XXL

The world of real estate is complex and multifaceted. If you want to keep an overview and avoid making mistakes, you should prepare well and clarify as many open questions as possible in good time. No matter whether you want to build, buy and rent out a property or live in it yourself, or even use a property as an investment to generate passive income: The preparation is the A&O. Here you will find articles, as well as book and video tips with successful and helpful books and videos on the subject of real estate – including tips and tricks from professionals and experts.

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A day as a real estate agent

How does a real estate agent spend his day? Are you interested in the profession, but you don’t have a clear idea of what it’s like? In this video you will find out! We slip into the everyday life of a real estate agent!

How to become a real estate agent?

Study or training? You hear about them all the time, but many people ask themselves: How does one become a real estate agent in the first place? Do you need a degree, an apprenticeship or something else altogether? Who has always been interested in the profession of real estate agent and would also like to enter this profession, learns here how to get to his dream job:

Career changer through further training

You’ve been in the business for years and you’re increasingly realizing that you’re drawn in a different direction and that’s real estate? Not only 20 year olds can become real estate agents! What’s the best way to make a lateral move into real estate? Here you can find out how to make your dream come true and become a real estate agent:

Make $300,000?

Earnings of a real estate agent: When you think of real estate agents, you think mainly of a luxurious lifestyle, but what is really behind it? How much does a real estate agent earn? As a real estate agent you can earn little, but also a lot of money. How you manage to belong to the high earners, reveals this video:

Business start-up and self-employment

You want to stop being an employee and start your own business? How to do that, what your first steps should be and an insight into the first year can be found here:

Self-employed real estate agent at the age of 18? Is that possible?

You are finally of age and want to stand on your own two feet? Your goal is the real estate industry? This video will show you how you can fulfill your dream of becoming self-employed at a young age and earn your first own money with real estate!

Entry into the real estate industry

Do you want to enter the real estate industry as an agent? There’s a lot to consider here, find out how to clear the first hurdles and then get to grips with attracting clients and building your property portfolio. Alex Fischer informs you here about the entry into the industry:

Build up a real estate portfolio

Many real estate agents have a problem having enough properties in inventory to market. But as a real estate agent, it’s important to land a lot of clients, but you can only do that by offering a variety of properties. Learn how to find good properties and build an appealing inventory in this video:

Customer acquisition as a real estate agent

As a real estate agent, a good customer base is essential. So the question is how do you get this good customer base? Which acquisition source most real estate agents ignore and how you can use them in the future for your real estate business, that you learn in the video.

Real Estate Agent Starter Kit

Just like back in school, there are a few things you’ll need to get you started as a real estate agent. Here’s a list of things that real estate agents should have ready when they start their careers to bring some structure to their daily lives. This is also something for all trainee estate agents to impress your boss with. So what are you waiting for?

What makes a top broker?

Your dream job is to be a real estate agent. But what makes a top real estate agent? You will find out in the following video. Afterwards you will know how suitable you are for the profession, what you already bring with you and what you can still optimize to become a top realtor:

Characteristics of the perfect real estate agent

The real estate agent: what personal and professional skills must he possess to make it to the top? Luxury agent Marcel Remus reveals the 4 most important qualities to become a perfect real estate agent: Top Styling, Best Preparation, Emotional Sensitivity & Easiest Problem Solving….

Inexperienced real estate agents: worst mistakes

Just starting out in the real estate agent profession and wondering what faux pas to avoid? This is quite normal as many inexperienced real estate agents make mistakes at the beginning of their career. However, many real estate agents fail because of these mistakes and have to give up their self-employment. So that it doesn’t come to that and you start successfuly in the profession, we present the most common mistakes that happen to inexperienced real estate agents at the beginning:

Are rents too expensive? Ten questions

When looking for an apartment, everyone has probably come into contact with a real estate agent at some point. Do you have questions you’ve never asked but always wanted to ask? In this video you get 10 questions answered by a real estate agent:

Further links

If you would like to know more about the topic of real estate, then take a look at our other articles on the topic of real estate. We have compiled book recommendations and video tips for you on all relevant topics, from real estate financing to real estate as an investment to renting out an apartment or finding an agent. Become a real estate professional with us!

Buy and rent property

Buying and renting real estate: For newcomers to the real estate industry, it’s still a world where you can’t see the forest for the trees. We want to make this entry into the industry easier for you with the best recommendations and tips from the pros. Our book tips walk you through the entire world of real estate and leave no topic out. We focus on home buying, renting properties and all legal and contractual issues. Sorted by most and best reviews, we put here for you a list of the best guides on real estate.

• Book recommendations on the subject: Buying and renting real estate
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Real estate financing

Real estate financing – You want to buy a property, but do not know how you can finance your dream? Terms such as loan, interest, credit, repayment or building society contract only raise more questions for you? Here you will find all the important information on the subject of real estate financing: from financing with equity to financing without equity to applying for a loan, we cover all the important topics!

• Book recommendations on the subject: Real estate financing
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Build property

To build or to buy a house? This question is on the minds of many prospective buyers. Here we show you the advantages and disadvantages of both options and offer interesting tips on financing. Both options have their advantages. A new build has the great advantage that you can determine the layout of the rooms according to your wishes. In an already existing property you don’t have to deal with the complicated construction phases and you can live in your own home much faster. Here you will find books and videos that will help you to finance your dream home and show you what you should pay attention to.

• Book recommendations on the subject: Building real estate
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Overview Real Estate XXL: Investment & Co.

Here you get back to the overview of book and video recommendations on the subject of real estate in Germany. Investment cases, capital investment, passive income, house or apartment buy and rent and much more is explained to you here by experts and understandable. In this XXL guide you will find information and articles on the most diverse questions on the subject of real estate.

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Tax consultants in Germany: Valuations

Education allowance, income tax, mileage allowance & Co. – the annual tax return presents both entrepreneurs and private individuals with a major challenge every time. This is where the help of a tax advisor comes in handy. They not only support you in preparing your tax return, but also represent you in tax matters before the tax authorities, advise you on asset and property management and also support you in payroll accounting. We have listed the best tax advisors in your city for you here.

Tip. What does a tax consultant cost?

How much does a tax consultant cost per hour? How are the fees of the tax advisor calculated? How much should a tax accountant cost? And how much does a small business tax accountant cost? If you haven’t experienced tax accountants yet, here are official costs and rates for you, from the Federal Board of Tax Appeals. Tip. Under the explanation of value fee you will find the cost table for 100.000, 200.000 and 500.000 Euro – that’s how much your tax advisor costs / earns! What does a tax consultant cost? Here you will find the answer:

• Tax consultant costs

Submit your tax return: On average, 1,027 euros in taxes returned

According to OECD, 57% of Germans do their tax return themselves and without a tax advisor! Filing a tax return is worthwhile, on average everyone who files a tax return gets 1,027 euros in taxes back (source: Federal Statistical Office 2020).

Many say that the German tax system is too complicated. But the fact is that the vast majority of taxpayers in Germany do their tax returns themselves, according to OECD statistics. Would you have thought that? Only 43% of Germans use a middleman for their tax return, for example a good and experienced tax advisor in the vicinity. 13.7 million of these taxpayers had their income tax assessed.

Of these, 12 million taxpayers received a tax refund.

The tax refund was on average 1,027 euros

Refunds of between 100 and 1,000 euros were particularly frequent (58 %). In 9 % of the cases, the refund was less than 100 euros. The tax offices refunded amounts in excess of €5,000 in as many as 2% of cases.

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Munich

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Nuremberg Galgenhof, Glockenhof, St. Leonhard, Kornburg, Worzeldorf or Steinbühl, here you will find good tax advisor recommendations:

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Tax consultant XXL: Tips, costs + more

Learn even more about finding and hiring a tax advisor here, as well as the most common mistakes when hiring a tax advisor.

Find and hire a tax consultant

Do I have to hire a tax consultant? What tasks does a tax consultant perform? How much does a tax consultant cost? Here you will find the answers to your questions and much more information on the subject of tax consultants in the area, finding tax consultants, costs, tasks, financial accounting, annual financial statements and taxes in general – but let’s start at the beginning.

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Costs and billing

How much does a tax consultant cost per hour? How are the fees of the tax advisor calculated? How much should a tax accountant cost? And how much does a small business tax accountant cost? If you haven’t experienced tax accountants yet, here are official costs and rates for you, from the Federal Board of Tax Appeals. Tip. Under the explanation of value fee you will find the cost table for 100.000, 200.000 and 500.000 Euro – that’s how much your tax advisor costs / earns!

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Mistakes: 3 risks for your company

Hiring a tax accountant / mistakes – You want to find a good tax accountant! Because, you want to avoid risks and dangers, after all it will cost you cash if you hire the wrong firm for your accounting. Costs for additional processing, advice and service and of course losses, for example, if tax benefits are not taken (quote above). In the article on Lukinski, 3 specific risk factors are described that usually only become apparent after years of working together. The 3 risks first at a glance.

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