Great Black Speakers: Building Fame One Phone Call At A Time – with Lawrence Watkins

Lawrence Watkins, Great Black Speakers, Educational Company, Mental Game, Scaling, Selling 1-on-1

Using nothing but a phone — his willingness to keep calling after repeatedly hearing “no” — Lawrence Watkins built Great Black Speakers into a $60,000 per month speakers’ bureau.

I invited him to hear both the story of how he built his company and how a speaker can go from obscurity to national prominence.

Lawrence Watkins

Great Black Speakers

Lawrence Watkins is the founder of Great Black Speakers, a new speakers’ bureau that helps universities, corporations, and high schools find high quality, African-American speakers for different events.

 

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Published: Feb 25, 2011