Tonya Hofmann -CEO & Founder of the Public Speakers Association & High Achieving Women’s Club. She is a: Globally Sought-After Speaker; and the Host of Tonya Hofmann’s Share Your Message TV Show & the Giggle, Weep and Wham Show. As well as that she is a Best Selling Author of 7 International Books and she is the Winner of multiple national and international Industry, Organization and Association awards. Tonya has been on the Cover of 5 Magazines with supporting article
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
All entrepreneurs Tonya meets
When business started difficulties overcame:
“was to get over my fears… In 2005 I realised if I was actually going to have a successful business that my fears were keeping me from talking to people, selling to people, doing anything really. So I wrote down the list of everything that scared me, and I had to be really honest with myself, there was a lot of tears that day… And then just went and did them and I wish I had done that so much earlier than when I was 38”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
None specific
Favourite Quote:
“life is not about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Facebook Live – Live Video Streaming. Live video streaming is a fun, engaging way to connect with your followers and grow your audience Start live streaming today with Facebook Live
- social media platforms
- YouTube, LLC is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—created the service in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google’s subsidiaries.
- Live Leap syndicates your Facebook Live Video to multiple social networks. Not only that, it communicates with your Email and SMS List. Syndicate your Facebook LIVE Video to Facebook Groups, and Facebook Pages at the same time. Send automated alerts to people who follow you, and make sure they jump on to watch you LIVE.
Mentioned by Neil:
- Wirecast – Live video streaming production software that allows you to capture, stream video from multiple sources simultaneously
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“reach out and connect with the people that may scare you a little bit… I invite people that I was like oh my gosh I get to have this person there. Do that to yourself and oh my gosh you will so appreciate it”…[Listen for More]
More About Tonya Hofmann:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” Theodore Roosevelt
Other Quotes From the Chat with Tonya Hofmann:
- “you learn from those that have been in business for a long time”
- “I always love talking to people about not what works for them, because that’s always kind of a given, what hasn’t worked for them because that’s usually better information than really what is working”
- “get connected because the more you are around the people that are successful the more you get around people that are successful”
- “hire the right coaches”
- “embraced change. Embrace the things that are going to be really hard for yourself”
- “always stopping, never giving up, always connecting to somebody new, helping others”
- “don’t be selfish… Actually go out there with the respect that how can I help Neil today, how can I help John today, how can I help Susie today, how can I help Conika today? When you go out there with a how can I help others achieve their dreams you will achieve yours. You just can’t look at it as a balancing act where if I help Neil then he’s got to help me back. It can’t be that way.”
- “When you meet somebody and they have a book grab their book because not only are you making them incredibly happy. One of the most delightful things I ever get to do is to buy somebody’s book because they suddenly just spring up, you should see their faces when you are like I would like to buy your book… And then you get them to sign it. Oh my gosh you have just made their day. So always take that opportunity to make someone incredibly happy because usually people spend a lot of time in the heartfelt anguish writing these things. When you take those and you get the chance to then read them you get every insight to that person. And then you get to quote them and do things on social media to promote not just their book but their expertise in highlighting. You have now made a friend forever”
- “they get to see you, here you, experience you it’s the fastest way for you to make more money in your business, connect the business that you need to be connected to.”
- “My motto is ‘change the world from the front of the room’ because we truly have that ability”
- “speaking is really advertising. And if you are wanting to advertise your business even just in your local town there is nothing better than speaking. But why stop there? Go out there and change the world.”
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