What Should You Charge to Speak?
Get your personalized speaker rate range in 90 seconds. Built by Flikshop founder and TED speaker Marcus Bullock.
You're speaking. You're not getting paid. Let's fix that.
The business behind speaking is a system. Marcus Bullock built Flikshop, took it to the TED stage, and reverse-engineered the system that turns story into revenue. The Speaker's Launchpad teaches you the same system.
"This wasn't about helping me learn how to speak better. It was about how to create the business I need to create to stay booked."
Silas Grant, Strategist and Public Speaker. Booked his first commencement speech through the TSL network after taking the Speaker Business Challenge.
Speaking is a skill. The speaking business is a system. We teach the system.
Position yourself as the speaker buyers pay for.
Not the one they ask to do it for free. Build a signature talk, a clear authority lane, and the messaging that makes event planners say yes.
Build the assets that get you booked.
Speaker reel. One-pager. Pitch sequences for corporate, nonprofit, and academic buyers. Personal brand presence that closes the deal when prospects look you up.
Plug into the TSL Speaker Network.
Marcus actively shares speaking opportunities with active TSL graduates. This is how Silas got his first commencement booking.
Built by Marcus Bullock | Flikshop Founder | TED Speaker
I built Flikshop inside one of the most regulated, least-resourced industries in America. The company connects families separated by incarceration, and it took me to the TED stage and onto the speaking circuit for Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and universities. Along the way, I learned a hard truth: talent does not build a speaking business. Systems do. The Speaker's Launchpad teaches the systems I built to turn my story into a business that funds the life I actually want, the time I get with my family, and the impact I get to make through the work. If you have a story, the system is what turns it into revenue.
The path from free speaker to paid speaking business.
The Speaker Business Challenge
A 45-minute masterclass that teaches the core system. Take it tonight, apply it tomorrow.
Start the ChallengeThe Speaker's Launchpad Bootcamp
The full 90-day curriculum. Self-paced. Build your signature talk, your assets, your outreach system, your speaker brand.
Enroll in the Bootcamp1:1 Coaching with Marcus
For Bootcamp graduates who want personalized strategy and accountability to scale to a six-figure speaking business.
Apply for CoachingMarcus has delivered impactful keynote speeches and presentations to audiences including:
Marcus has delivered impactful keynote speeches and presentations to audiences including:
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
Speakers who built it on this system.
Real graduates. Real outcomes.
"I wholeheartedly recommend Marcus Bullock as a keynote speaker"
From the moment Marcus took the stage, it was evident that we were in for a transformative experience. His capacity to captivate each individual in the room and deliver a message that resonated universally is nothing short of remarkable. It felt as if he was speaking directly to each of us, making the experience incredibly personal and relatable.
- Taysha W.
Texas Tech University
"Marcus was an attentive thought partner and wanted to make sure that he helped make our event successful"
Marcus’s keynote speech captivated our students as well as staff, faculty, and senior administrators in attendance. The students left the event motivated to continue to pursue leadership and personal excellence, inspired by Marcus’s message and experiences.
- Huey H.
Syracuse University
"Marcus was truly extraordinary, nothing can do justice to
describe it"
His speech, encompassing his dramatic and deeply moving life story, had the power to command the room, leaving us all with our hair standing on the back of our necks, eagerly anticipating the next words that would escape his lips. His ability to transform adversity into triumph and to convey his experiences with such vulnerability is a rare gift.
- James O.
Watson Institute