What is the way of the storyteller? What does it take to make it as a storyteller? These are some of the questions that I receive tons of emails about every week. Before anyone embarks on a career, they wonder what it takes to excel in that industry. As a spoken word poet I have [...]
Guide to online reputation management for professional speakers
If you are in the public eye and speaking for profit you should have an online reputation management strategy. Simply because the first thing that most people will do before they hire you is: Google you. I Google people all the time, so it makes sense that people will Google me as well. And it [...]
Canada’s top literary festival builds a community for poets
Canada’s literary festival, Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (CFSW), draws over 100 different poets from the US West Coast and Canada, 18 teams; not counting sacrificial poets and other poets that are going to be participating. The festival is the Canada’s pre-eminent literary festival focused on spoken word and slam poetry. CFSW 2010 Ottawa is [...]
How to use spoken word poetry to market a cause
I am skeptical about the role of spoken word poetry in changing the world but I think we can use poetry to market causes we are passionate about. I remember doing volunteer work for a Haitian non profit, Light Path for Haiti, after the earthquake in Haiti and hearing the founders say it would take about [...]
What audio book publishers can teach you about marketing poetry
What can the current popularity of audio book publishers teach you about marketing your poetry? The digital age is changing the way people experience poetry. Look around you: most people are plugged into their iPods and cellphones on airplanes and trains and even at dinner. This trend explains the increase in the number of audio [...]
