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Articles Written by Vickie Sullivan

• 3 Types of Prospects You Want In Your Pipeline Now
• RainToday.com, February 2010
• Top Trends of the New High-Fee Speaking Circuit, RainToday.com, January 2010
• 3 Types of Communities That Can Grow Your Business, RainToday.com, December 2009
• Get More Business: How to Work Successfully With Advocates, RainToday.com, October 2009
• Uncover Your Brilliance: How to Write So That People Take Notice, RainToday.com, September 2009
• Blockbuster Books: 3 Ways to Write a Bestseller, RainToday.com, August 2009
• Website Makeovers: Three Things Buyers Want to Find On Our Websites, RainToday.com, July 2009
• Competing in Crowded Markets: Three Criteria All Busy Buyers Use, RainToday.com, May 2009
• Elite Brands in a Mass Market World: Is Creating Low-Cost Lines Worth the Effort?, RainToday.com, April 2009
• At a Crossroads: When to Overhaul Your Market Strategy and When to Stay the Course, RainToday.com, February 2009
• When Good Ideas Go Bad: What to Do When Your Plan Isn't Working, RainToday.com, January 2009
• Three Reasons Why Great Clients Leave and How to Get Back Into the Game, RainToday.com, December 2008
• 3 Types of Prospects to Go After in a Volatile Economy, RainToday.com, November 2008
• How to Help Your Friends and Advocates Get You New Business, RainToday.com, October 2008
• Speaking At Remote Events: How To Be Present When Your Body Isn’t, RainToday.com, September, 2008
• Meetings: Tips, Trends & Tirades, 4Hoteliers.com, August 20, 2008
• Launching an E-Newsletter: How to Start, Trade Press Business Builders Newsletter, Summer 2008
• Trite, Banal, and Boring: How to Generate Content that Creates High-End Brands, RainToday.com, August 2008
• What to Do When Your Prospects Fish for Free Answers, RainToday.com, July 2008
• When the Price Isn't Right: How to Respond to Bargain Buyers, RainToday.com, June 2008
• How to Earn $10,000-Plus in Keynote Speaker Fees, RainToday.com, May 2008
• Three Ways to Economy-Proof Your Business Without Hurting Your Brand, RainToday.com, April 2008
• How to Brand Yourself in the Workplace Vs. the Marketplace, RainToday.com, March 2008
• How to Find a Brand That Fits Your Firm's Size, RainToday.com, February 2008
• 3 Ways to Expand Your Brand into Something Remarkable, RainToday.com, January 2008
• Defining Your Expertise: 3 Questions for Choosing Your Best Branding Path, RainToday.com, December 2007
• Creating Curiosity: Three Ways to be Compelling, RainToday.com, October 2007
• How to Screen for Dead-End Prospects,, RainToday.com, September 2007
• Dodging bullets: How to Avoid Bad Clients, RainToday.com, August 2007
• Speaking On The National Associations Circuit: How To Catch The Fast Track To Bookings, RainToday.com, July 2007
• Referrals: What to Do Once Your Foot's In The Door, RainToday.com, June 2007
• Lead Generator: Capture Leads Through Speaking, Sales & Marketing Management Magazine, May 30, 2007
• Show and Sell: Three Stories That Create the Emotional Drive to Buy, RainToday.com, May 2007
• How To Introduce Yourself To A Market, Create Credibility & Flourish, RainToday.com, April, 2007
• Speak to Sell: 3 Ways to Convert Audience Members Into Clients, RainToday.com, March 2007
• When Applause Just Isn't Enough: How to Get More Clients From Giving Speeches, RainToday.com, August 2005
• Public Speaking:  The Secret Weapon in Career Development, USA Today Magazine, May 2005
• CEOs Hit the Road:  Speaking as a Brand-Building Tool, Handbook of Business Strategy, 2004
• The Power of Choice:  Which Revenue Stream Works for You?, Professional Speaker Magazine, January/February 2004
• Make Every Speech a Branding Opportunity, Association Management Magazine, August 2003
• Five Tips to Make Speaking Engagements Pay Off, Communication World Bulletin, May 2003
• Speaking for Dollars, Presentations Magazine, October 2002
  
• The High Cost of Bad Advice, Professional Speaker Magazine, April 2002
• How to Use Expert Speakers as a Promotional Tool for Your Business, MarketingtoSmallBusiness.com, October 11, 2000, Issue 1 Vol. 13 
• Top 10 Ways Professional Organizers Get Clients through Public Speaking, NAPO News, July-August 2000 
• From Free to Fee: A Consultants Guide to Becoming a Paid Speaker, IMC Times July/August 1999.  
• Who's on First: Selling Your Programs to Education Committees, Professional Speaker magazine, May 1995
• Keynote and Training: Before you Start, it's Time for a Reality Check, Professional Speaker magazine, April 1993
  

Quotes & Interviews with Vickie Sullivan

• Speak to Me: How to Choose the Right Speaker for Your Sales Meeting, excerpt from Selling Power, April 2005
• Your Innovative Mind:  Best Practices in Marketing Strategy, excerpt from Professional Speaker Magazine, December 2003
• Guide Dog Led Owner Down Stairs on 9/11, excerpt from Ventura County Star, April 2003
• 20 Top Tips for 2003, excerpt from Country Business magazine, January 2003
• Live, On Stage, It's ... YOU?, excerpt from Ad Genius, October 2002
• In the Age of Focus, How the Mind Wanders, interview in The New York Times, September 29, 2002 (registration is required on the NYT site, but it's free!)
• WorkWorlds Radio Hour, with Beth Warren, aired on Voice of America, September 27, 2002 (requires Real or Windows Player)
• The Replacements:  5 Ways to Replace Lost Clients, interview on Fortune.com, August 1, 2002
• Hit the Mark:  Seven Small Business Trends to Position Your Company for Success, My Business Magazine, August/September 2002
• Speaking Your Way to the Top, excerpt from Ad Genius, May 2002
• Making Your Mark, excerpt from interview in Club Industry, April 1, 2002
• Take Your Public Speaking to the Next Level, interview in Lawyers Weekly, May 15, 2000
• Shortcut to Increase Business Referrals: "Speak up and out!" interview with Vickie by Ellen Heffes, Accounting Today, October 1997

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