Great Black Speakers Bureau's goal is to be inspiration disseminator to the world. In order to reach this goal, GBS searches for the most talented, passionate and inspiring speakers to partner with to help change the world for the better! If you feel that you fit this description, we would love to hear from you.

Great Black Speakers Services Offered


Important Notice: To ensure speaking engagement opportunities for our current speakers and to prevent the dilution of our roster, GBS has implemented a 200 speaker limit with the bureau. As of November 15, 2009, we have 191 out of 200 speakers listed with GBS. Any new request to join after we reach the 200 speaker limit will be waitlisted until we fall back under the 200 speaker limit.

 

The Great Black Speakers Guarantee: If we do not book you for at least one speaking engagement within the first year, we will continue to market you FREE of charge until we find you an engagement.

 

  Platinum Package Gold Package Silver Package Bronze Package
Monthly Fee $129/Month $89/Month $59/Month $39/Month
Fee for Service 21% 25% 29% 35%
Website Gold Package +  5 “Topic Page” Features Silver Package + Video + 3 “Topic Page” Feature Bronze Package + Audio + 1 "Topic Page" Feature Bio, Picture, Speaking Topic Listings
Sales Force Top Priority High Priority Medium Priority Low Priority
Search Engine Marketing $50 Budget $35 Budget $20  Budget $0 Budget
Email Marketing High Priority Medium Priority Low Priority No Email Marketing
GBS Marketing Teleseminars FREE FREE FREE FREE








 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

** Special Discount: GBS offers special discounts for new speakers who prefer to pay a one-time annual fee.

Fee for Service: This is the fee GBS requires from the speakers honorarium per speaking engagement booked through GBS.

Website: This is the minimum amount of information guaranteed on www.greatblackspeakers.com.

Sales Force: This is the level of priority given to the speaker by the GBS sales force as they are reaching out to the college and university market.

Search Engine Marketing: GBS uses SEM to gain more visibility on the internet through programs such as Google Adwords and Overture. Different levels of SEM are available through our various packages.

Email Marketing: GBS has an email list of over 10,000 individuals and it’s growing daily. High Priority clients can expect to be in Email Marketing Campaigns on a regular basis.




What Can GBS do for YOU?

GBS works with some of the most well known politicians, entertainers, media personalities, motivators, business executives, entrepreneurs, and intellectuals out there. However, what makes us different is our willingness to build relationships with speakers who do not have a well known brand name built, but have positive messages to share that will impact lives. We are aware that there is an abundance of high quality speakers who are passionate experts on a wide variety of topics. We also understand how difficult it can be for speakers to break through the clutter and position themselves to earn paid speaking engagements. GBS is here to give you a boost in this effort!

Marketing speaking services to colleges, corporations, and other organizations is an expensive endeavor for a public speaker to endure. GBS uses its expertise in marketing, sales, and publicity to alleviate the heavy financial burden that speakers normally carry by creating a "marketing collective." The marketing collective allows speakers to experience the benefits of a substantial marketing & media organization while only investing a small monthly fee. This model is similar to a time share investment in a vacation home or investing your money in an experienced mutual fund account. The difference is that the bang for your buck generated by GBS speaking leads are usually much higher!
Key Benefits for Speakers
  • A distribution network to decision makers for speaking at colleges, corporations, and school districts.
  • Increased visibility, which usually leads to more speaking engagements.
  • GBS is a time saver logistically as we handle marketing, price negotiations, contract fulfillment.




What does GBS need from you?

We receive a lot of information from potential speakers on a daily basis. Due to this high volume, please allow up to 1 week - 10 days for GBS to get back with you. If you would like to be considered as a speaker for GBS, please email the following info to speakers@greatblackspeakers.com:

  • Biography and Picture (Example here)
  • Speech Topics and Categories (i.e. Motivation, Health, Personal Finance)
  • Recent Video of a speech given in the last 18 months.
  • Current Fee information
  • How many speeches you give per year and how many you would like to give.
  • Your Website URL

If you would like to mail us your material, please send it to:

Great Black Speakers
246 Renwick Drive
Ithaca, NY 14850

But What if I do not have all the Speaker info that you require?
If you don't have all of the information that GBS needs to process your application for membership, we can still work with you. We understand that people are at different stages in their speaking career. However, it is vital to have great marketing material for us to do our job properly. Starting in February 2008, we will start offering our speaker development courses. We will offer advice and assistance with marketing material creation as well as website development. The instructor for the course will be Al "The Inspiration" Duncan. More details to come in upcoming weeks.