The Speaker Lab Podcast

Dan Irvin

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Booking Overview

This show teaches speakers how to get booked and paid consistently using practical tactics around positioning, outreach, and pricing. It pairs “insider strategy” guidance with real speaker case examples so you can turn expertise into a reliable speaking pipeline.

Metrics

Episodes: 636

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 10.9k subscribers

Instagram: 69.0k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Dan Irvin - CEO of The Speaker Lab, discussing strategies for getting booked and paid to speak consistently. In recent episodes he interviews successful speakers and also provides solo tactical guidance on spe...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Successful professional speakers (often keynote-level), plus sales/business-oriented educators or authors who can share actionable systems for getting booked/paid; may include experts with an authoritative platform and speaking history
Required Achievements:  
Keynote or TEDx speaking experience, Authorship (books) and/or training for business audiences, Demonstrated success in securing speaking engagements (corporate events, universities, associations)

Recent Guest Discussions

Kevin Sidebottom - Why People Buy; Influence And Positioning For Speakers; Linkedin Outreach System; Speaker Bureaus And Outreach Timing; Negotiating Speaker Fees And Pitching Process

Danny Karon - Building A New Speaking Lane; Creating Demand For An Unfamiliar Topic; Cold Outreach Breakdown With Institutions; Identifying Decision Makers; Pitching Where Adjacent Themes Are Already Booked

Recent Topics

Speaking, Sales, Marketing, Positioning, Negotiation

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Speaker Lab Podcast
:

Why People Buy — and How Speakers Get It Backwards — with Kevin Sidebottom

June 18, 2026

"You have to have influence. That's the relational collateral that gets everything done. Think of it like a bank account — the more you put in, the more you can take out when you need to."Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this episode, host Dan Irvin sits down with Kevin Sidebottom — a keynote speaker, sales trainer, and author who has spent two decades studying one question: why do people buy? And here's the fun part: the guy who teaches sales for a living is now out there selling ...

How to Sell a Message Nobody's Heard of Yet with Danny Karon

June 11, 2026

"I said to my wife literally yesterday: for the first time in 60 years — I just turned 60 — I feel like I've found my true calling."Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this episode, host Dan Irvin kicks off a new format — sitting down with real speakers who are a step or two ahead of you, because the fastest way to figure out your next move is to connect with someone living it right now. First up: Danny Karon, a "lovable lawyer" who spent 35 years succeeding at traditional law before ...

The Truth About Speaker Bureaus: 3 Things You Need to Hear

May 28, 2026

"I finally realized I was not paying for a service. I was paying for hope. And hope is not a business strategy."Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! Fair warning — host Dan Irvin is ruffling some feathers in this one. In this solo episode, he takes on one of the most common "shortcuts" speakers chase: the speaker bureau.Dan has personally signed up with about a dozen of them. Paid the fees, built the profiles, sent the demo reels, connected with the reps. Total paid gigs booked across all...

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