<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5c455fe8-6fa4-47d9-a161-c14150d564ef/86BB5831-5634-47E9-AD8A-1C3DF1DCABA3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://pivotalpublicspeaking.wordpress.com/" href="http://pivotalpublicspeaking.wordpress.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">pivotalpublicspeaking.wordpress.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://pivotalpublicspeaking.wordpress.com/"> <H2><SPAN style="COLOR: #000080; FONT-STYLE: italic"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif">How to Use Public Speaking to Attract Clients</SPAN></SPAN></H2> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small">When Robert Middleton moved his marketing consulting practice, Action Plan Marketing, to Palo Alto, California several years ago, he started his business from scratch. He had left his well-established client base several miles away and now had to find strategies to generate new clients. </SPAN></SPAN></p> <P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small">Because Middleton had always spoken to promote his business, he turned to public speaking with a vengeance. He researched local organizations whose members comprised professional business owners, his target clientele. He called chambers of commerce, business groups and others likely to be interested in his three-hour marketing workshop. </SPAN></SPAN></p> <P><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: xx-small">Within a few months, Middleton had spoken at over a dozen organizations, establishing his reputation as a marketing expert for professional service firms. He quickly became a known entity, having personally introduced his business and credentials to hundreds of prospects. </SPAN></SPAN></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/86BB5831-5634-47E9-AD8A-1C3DF1DCABA3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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