Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Who Looks for Motivational Speakers? Seriously?
Honestly. I hear the term "motivational speaker" and I conjure up an image of Chris Farley. He's in that famous Saturday Night Live Sketch -- where his character "lives in a van, down by the river."
It's a hilarious skit. However, it portrays motivational speakers in a less than positive light!
You already are a motivational speaker! When you think about it, anyone who speaks or presents should be a "motivational speaker". After all, the primary goal of every presentation is to inspire action or enthusiasm. If you're speaking and you're not motivating -- what the heck are you doing?
Google Goofed! So I was amused to look at my stats last week
and find that I suddenly had a ton of folks visiting this blog from Google, looking for the term "motivational". During a Google programming flux this month, this little blog was momentarily at the top of the search heap for that word. Here is the picture -- titled "Paranoia" -- that Google deemed an appropriate result for the "motivational" search.
Yes, that's me. I found this Google goof kind of amusing. After all, there's nothing motivational about my silly picture! And I swear, I didn't do anything to "game" Google into putting this unlikely picture at the top of the results!
But it did get me thinking about what kind of person goes to Google looking for a motivational speaker. What's their thought process?
"Hey, I need a speaker. Guess I'll Google one. Or maybe I can get a bargain speaker at eBay."
That scenario seems unlikely. It seems that if you want a motivational speaker, you go by personal referral. I could be wrong, but sites like Facebook or LinkedIn might be more valuable for finding a motivational speaker. With a social media site, you can get referrals from other people you know and trust. Personally, I'm behind in developing my social networking profiles. But if you target your professional services to people in in their 20's and 30's -- you might want to get going with the whole social media thing, pronto.
But who searches for motivational speakers, really? It seems to me that folks who are looking for motivational speakers at Google are probably looking for information on how to become motivational speakers. That scenario seems much more likely than actually using a search engine to find a speaker for your organization.
So, if you're a motivational speaker, speak up! Feel free to comment or contact me. If you feel so inclined, please answer the following three questions:
PS -- if you want to hire me as your company's motivational speaker, I insist that you provide me with a van. Down by the river... ¶ 10/31/2007 02:30:00 PM
Honestly. I hear the term "motivational speaker" and I conjure up an image of Chris Farley. He's in that famous Saturday Night Live Sketch -- where his character "lives in a van, down by the river."
It's a hilarious skit. However, it portrays motivational speakers in a less than positive light!
You already are a motivational speaker! When you think about it, anyone who speaks or presents should be a "motivational speaker". After all, the primary goal of every presentation is to inspire action or enthusiasm. If you're speaking and you're not motivating -- what the heck are you doing?
Google Goofed! So I was amused to look at my stats last week
and find that I suddenly had a ton of folks visiting this blog from Google, looking for the term "motivational". During a Google programming flux this month, this little blog was momentarily at the top of the search heap for that word. Here is the picture -- titled "Paranoia" -- that Google deemed an appropriate result for the "motivational" search.Yes, that's me. I found this Google goof kind of amusing. After all, there's nothing motivational about my silly picture! And I swear, I didn't do anything to "game" Google into putting this unlikely picture at the top of the results!
But it did get me thinking about what kind of person goes to Google looking for a motivational speaker. What's their thought process?
"Hey, I need a speaker. Guess I'll Google one. Or maybe I can get a bargain speaker at eBay."
That scenario seems unlikely. It seems that if you want a motivational speaker, you go by personal referral. I could be wrong, but sites like Facebook or LinkedIn might be more valuable for finding a motivational speaker. With a social media site, you can get referrals from other people you know and trust. Personally, I'm behind in developing my social networking profiles. But if you target your professional services to people in in their 20's and 30's -- you might want to get going with the whole social media thing, pronto.
But who searches for motivational speakers, really? It seems to me that folks who are looking for motivational speakers at Google are probably looking for information on how to become motivational speakers. That scenario seems much more likely than actually using a search engine to find a speaker for your organization.
So, if you're a motivational speaker, speak up! Feel free to comment or contact me. If you feel so inclined, please answer the following three questions:
- How did you get into your line of work?
- What's the best way to market your services?
- What advice might you have for newbies?
PS -- if you want to hire me as your company's motivational speaker, I insist that you provide me with a van. Down by the river... ¶ 10/31/2007 02:30:00 PM
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Well, this is what I call a witty entry. You are powerful, self secure and you already know what you want to do. Definitely don't need a motivational speaker.
But there are people who don't have your traits, nor your positive approach to life and routine. They do need someone to inspire them, someone to follow. And they are more than we can count. Let's not exclude them.
Now, about the google thing: where did the image appeared? In Google image search? Then look at the text you had around that image when you posted it. If you have motivational in the keywords you will know why that happened. As google cannot read images, the context around is taken as a base for the image search. Pretty foolish if you ask me, but in most of the times, effective.
But there are people who don't have your traits, nor your positive approach to life and routine. They do need someone to inspire them, someone to follow. And they are more than we can count. Let's not exclude them.
Now, about the google thing: where did the image appeared? In Google image search? Then look at the text you had around that image when you posted it. If you have motivational in the keywords you will know why that happened. As google cannot read images, the context around is taken as a base for the image search. Pretty foolish if you ask me, but in most of the times, effective.
Superb Entry mate! I dont think you need motivation to work! You just work.. saying " I am waiting for motivation to work " is just a lame excuse not to work! I had to diversify my businesses and sell a few of them.. I found myself waiting for motivation for 3 months untill I did it with the help of http://www.globalbx.com/ a free confidential forum to facilitate the buying and selling of businesses, and a complete business source for helping business buyers and sellers through the business exchange process.
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