Speaking: How, Where and Getting Leads from It

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By Sandi Leyva

Speaking is a way to demonstrate your expertise to your audience without them having to hire you first. It’s perfect for accountants who are comfortable speaking in front of a room full of people.

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When I first started Accountant’s Accelerator, speaking electrified my business. I can trace tens of thousands of dollars in revenue back to just one speech I gave a few years ago.

Posted on September 29, 2017

Sandi Smith Leyva

About the Author

Sandi Smith Leyva, CPA.CITP, helps small business owners get more clients, boost their revenues, and achieve their dreams using painless, low-cost marketing strategies.

She's the author of
The Complete Guide to Marketing for Tax & Accounting Firms,
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At Accountant's Accelerator, Leyva provides CPE webinars and self-study training for CPAs, EAs, tax professionals and accounting professionals who want to learn more to help them grow their practices, earn more, work less, and serve their clients better.

Her business experience includes management time at two Fortune 500 companies as well as making payroll every Friday as a small business owner. A seasoned speaker, she has presented her business programs to thousands of conference attendees. Sandi has earned an MBA as well as a master's in neuroscience.

Sandi has written four technology books and over 500 articles for clients such as Microsoft, Intuit, and the American Institute for CPAs, and her most recent book is Following Amelia: A Modern Day 'Round-the-World Flight.

In 1995, Sandi became the sixth American female and the 15th or so female to co-pilot a single-engine airplane worldwide. In 2009, Sandi co-founded the American Happiness Association, a 501(c)3 nonprofit charitable organization that helps people learn the tools they need to be happy on a long-term basis.

With quite an eclectic background, Sandi is truly a one-of-a-kind grow-your-biz, live-your-dreams coach. She transforms the latest proven scientific methods into millionaire mindsets to help her clients experience how their own hearts, minds, and spirits are their greatest source of personal power.

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