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Steve Markman

Steve Markman

Founder and President of Markman Speaker Management; speaker placement expert with 35+ years in the conference and speaking industry

Jun 17, 2026

9:06
What are your thoughts on that?
9:08
Absolutely.
9:09
I think that the key thing is, what are your objectives? If the objectives are to speak because you have, let's say, a consulting business or a software business, whatever the case may be, and you wrote the book because...
9:24
You want to add credibility to yourself and your business.
9:28
Let's face it, most books are not bestsellers.
9:31
Most people are not going to become J.K. Rowling.
9:35
They are going to be, even in a non-business or non-fiction business kind of or self-help kind of book, they're not necessarily going to be flying off the shelves.

7 MINS LATER

16:20
the materials that you would share with a meeting planner to help them make decisions about whether or not they should hire you.

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