One has to give to get.
I look at speaking as an opportunity to get in front of people (marketing) and to given them useful info (serving, and marketing), if not inspire them (serving, marketing).
At some point, charging would make sense, but then that's deciding to do speaking as a business, intentionally, which, I think, largely takes additional planning and maintanence. For me, it's a way to serve, and a way to present myself and my product to the public, in way that they pay attention to and benefit from . . . and it doesn't cost me anything. It helps the whole word of mouth effort.
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