Lifelong Learning

We are now in Honolulu at the end of the first of the 3 cruises that are bringing us back to Europe from Sydney Australia.

All FREE thanks to SPEAKERSCRUISEFREE!!

And we’ve had another excellent speaker on board. These passengers got great value for money.

We have both learned from one another – style, design, posture, relationships. A great learning experience that will enhance my speaking further – and his too I know!

To join us cruising FREE click HERE NOW!!

Have You Entered to Cruise Free?

A few days ago I told you about a way to
win my newly updated Speak on Cruise Ships
training and perhaps even line up a free
cruise for yourself with my "Speakers
Cruise Free Contest."

My Question: Have you entered?

Its free --> http://danielhall.name/?p=284

The entry deadline is a week from tomorrow
so don't let this golden opportunity sail
on by.

Even if you are not interested in entering
go check out the entries in the comments at
http://danielhall.name/?p=284 and "Like" your
favorites (you'll see a little thumbs up icon
at the bottom of each entry/comment).

Also, you should know that I am taking
my "Speak On Cruise Ships" training off
the market soon to give all my clients
a chance to get absorbed into the various
enrichment programs.

So if you have ever wanted my cruise
speaker training and don't want to run
the risk of not winning you can still
grab a copy. Details are also at
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I've never offered a free opportunity
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Win My Speak on Cruise Ships Training

Would you like a chance to cruise free
and even win a copy of my critically
acclaimed training "Speak on Cruise Ships"?

If so, you've got to check out my new
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I've never done anything this crazy
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You should know there is a deadline to
enter so don't dilly-dally.

Honestly, I have NEVER offered a chance
to win my newly updated "Speak on Cruise
Ships" program before. This is a golden,
no-strings attached, no purchase necessary,
opportunity.

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Kangaroos & Tasmanian Devils

Sunrise Over Sydney Opera House

An adventure to remember !!! --- Cruising around the south of Australia, including the state of Tasmania, and New Zealand. Eighteen days in the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, Tasman Sea, and Atlantic -- into ports that are as exotic in person as they are in travel brochures. Through the fiord-like sounds of New Zealand where the mountains run right down into the sea - and visits to remote Maori village to see the people who seemed so strange and far away in the movie Whale Rider. And -- And -- And -- being treated as a celebrity all over the magnificent Rhapsody of the Seas and where ever we made a chance encounter with cruisers in the ports. Thanks to Daniel and the wonderful staff at Speakers Cruise Free and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines.

Postcard from the South Pacific

This is day 8 on our exciting Transpacific cruise. We’ve crossed the international date line and enjoyed April 18th all over again.

On Monday we were in Fiji, paradise! And then Haiti and French Polynesia, before turning north towards Hawaii.

And this is free!! Thanks to Daniel Hall’s SpeakersCruiseFree.com system we are cruising FREE!

If you are not already cruising with us free click here now.

Happy cruising FREE! And sunshine from the South Pacific

Andrew

 

Why do they pay?

Kathy and I are on the first sea day of two back to back cruises across the Pacific. The first cruise takes us from Sydney, Australia to Fiji, then on the the islands of French Polynesia. From there we sail north to Honolulu.

As well as me (I’m the enrichment speaker) we have a great destination speaker and enhancement and craft lecturers. Why do they pay a daily charge of $45 to their speaker agency? Just think on this 17 day cruise that’s nearly $600. After all Kathy and I are CRUISING FREE thanks to Daniel Hall’s system at Speakerscruisefree.com.

If you are not already cruising free click here now to find out more.

Happy cruising free.

Andrew

      

How Does a 100 Year Old Corpus Christi Resident Celebrate Her Birthday? She Plans Her First Trip to Paris!

How Does a 100 Year Old Corpus Christi Resident Celebrate Her Birthday? She Plans Her First Trip to Paris!

Happy cruising Eileen

By Andrew Johnson

I don’t hold back when I’m speaking to friends and acquaintances about FREE CRUISING!

Why would I? DANIEL HALL at SPEAKERSCRUISEFREE.COM has introduced us to a wonderful way to sail the world’s seas, while the cruise companies pay.

So yesterday I was talking again with a good friend, who was asking about the wonderful round the world trip that we are about to enjoy. Eileen said that she had been thinking about the opportunity. She is about to retire from the education sector and would love to use some of her new free time to do what we do.

So naturally I put her in touch with DANIEL. Well I’m not going to keep this sort of secret to myself!

If you would like to join us CRUISING the world FREE click HERE  - but do it now!

Happy cruising Eileen - FREE!!!

Andrew

 

One small step around the world

By Andrew Johnson

It seems a long time now since I took the small step of contacting DANIEL HALL  at SPEAKERS CRUISE FREE.COM.

Since then we have travelled the world on free cruises.

One step. That’s all it took.

To start your journey click HERE now! 

A small step to a world of opportunities.

Happy cruising – FREE.

Andrew

 

Always offer more

From Andrew Johnson

Each cruise speaker contract specifies what we are expected to do – and, of course what we are not expected to do (damage the reputation of the line for example).

I always ensure I understand those criteria – and then make sure I over-deliver.

1) I use great quality images, usually from educational or tourist board sources, who are delighted to provide them for this purpose.

2) I reflect the cruise line positively – for example I include their latest developments in my “Grand Tour” talk, which looks at the development of tourism; and I do the same in my “Green Ticket” talk that studies how tourism can reduce its impact on the environment.

3) I NEVER argue with the cruise team – and only ever talk positively in front of other passengers. If I have a problem, or see one elsewhere I have a very private conversation with my contact, away from prying eyes.

As a result I have managed to achieve beneficial change and am a respected and sought after cruise speaker. How did I get here? How do I manage to CRUISE FREE several times a year?

Click HERE to find out.

WWW. SPEAKERS CRUISE FREE. COM

Happy cruising – FREE,

Andrew

Thinking of Others

From Andrew & Kathy Johnson

This has been a troubled few weeks in the world. A massive earthquake in New Zealand, unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, storms in the southern states – and so much more!!

We are so grateful that we are in a position to help – albeit in such a small way.

As we CRUISE FREE we will contribute a portion of what we save on normal vacation costs to help others.

Perhaps some others will want to do the same?

CRUISE FREE HERE

Andrew & Kathy

 

 

What a gift

by Andrew Johnson

When Kathy and I started CRUISING FREE we offered a true “two for the price of one” deal, where both of us were speaking. We needed only one cabin,  meaning that the cruise companies had an extra revenue earning cabin to put on sale.

This was a sweet deal for them and it really got us established as able and popular CRUISE  SPEAKERS.

Now that we are both established we no longer both need to work. Did I say “work”? You must understand that cruising the SPEAKERSCRUISEFREE.COM  way we speak for less than an hour and usually only on sea days. So just 3 or 4 times a cruise is typical.

As I was saying – now that we are established we no longer both need to work. Typically now we travel on my “ticket”.

So Kathy’s gift to me is some of the research on my topics and to find new royalty free images for my PowerPoint presentations.

And my gift to Kathy is to prepare outstanding talks – and of course the free cruise that results.

What a gift!

If you are not already signed up to SPEAKERSCRUISEFREE.COM click HERE now!

Happy cruising – FREE.

Andrew

Bearing Gifts

By Andrew Johnson

It doesn’t need to be much – but it’s surprising what a small gesture can do.

When I first met DANIEL HALL of SPEAKERSCRUISEFREE.COM he told me that he always takes a small gift for the contacts on board.

Since then we have taken coasters, bookmarks, copies of one of my books etc. as a way of marking our arrival. At the welcome on board meeting I hand over some small gift to our contact and usually it becomes a talking point throughout the cruise. I’ve seen our coffee mug or fridge magnet prominently displayed in the cruise staff office.

And it gets remembered. I have occasionally sent a signed copy of one of my books to the Cruise Director and to the Captain. We’ve been invited to the bridge, to the Captain’s table for dinner, to exclusive cocktail parties (make sure you have your best dinner suit with you!). And on  one ship the Captain who we had met on an earlier cruise on another ship noticed my name and mentioned me in his welcome on board address, encouraging passengers to come to my talks, which he “always thoroughly enjoyed”.

It costs so little to make an impact.

Are you CRUISING  FREE  yet? If not click HERE  now to find out more.

Happy cruising FREE.

Andrew

Don’t believe everything you read!

Just a tip … as we all know in our hearts, not everything we read on Wikipedia is true. Yes! Yes! I know – it may sound like a calumny. But even with the founder’s very best effort not everything can be verified.

I only say this because I know that some speakers have been tempted to work word for word from a single source. Whatever your source, do check – unless you truly are the expert to whom everyone else would turn for the most reliable version.

Check a few different sources. Make sure it stacks up. There could be little more embarrassing than finding out that folks in the audience don’t just know more than you – but consider you a fraud.

I once saw a cruise speaker tie himself in knots following a question from one of the audience who clearly knew far more about the Counts of Barcelona than he did. Why pretend to be an expert if you are not. He could easily have chosen so many other Catalan topics where safe and reliable facts are easily available.

At SPEAKERS CRUISE FREE. COM we are part of a very strong network. Don’t let yourself down. Don’t let the team down. Just a little effort, well directed and you will be one of the best.

To join us all CRUISING FREE click HERE.

Happy cruising FREE,

 

 

Reap what you Sow

I am rather persistent I have to admit. And that determination has helped me so often in my business life – and as we CRUISE FREE with SPEAKERS CRUISE FREE.COM.

6 months ago I contacted one of the “6 star” cruise lines on the books of DANIEL HALL to request a May sailing. The coordinator there told me, very politely, that this departure was already allocated, but that he would contact me if there was another opportunity. That might have been code for an outright rejection.

Never one to give up I sent the contact one of our charming Christmas cards and thought no more about it. On Tuesday evening we were hosting a superb dinner party here and I popped into my office to check the diary. As I did so an email came in from the contact there offering me any of 3 amazing itineraries. And – get this – air, gratuities and on-board drinks are included! Plus discounts on other purchases on board.

We selected the one that we could make and I already have the contract and air travel details.

So naturally I thanked them for remembering me, to be told that with such an impressive presentation, DVD and follow up he knew he was onto a good thing!

The presentation is based on the DANIEL HALL model at SPEAKERS CRUISE FREE.COM. I just personalised it and followed through.

Thank you DANIEL!

If you are not already cruising for FREE then click HERE NOW!

Happy cruising --- FREE!!

Andrew

Ride Into Real Fast Book

You can be well on your way to getting your book published by the end of this rollercoaster ride if you use www.realfastbook.com.

Banana Boat

In one of my cruise ship presentations I tell audiences that many sailors consider it unlucky to have bananas aboard, but that would be surprising news to DelMonte and other producers who ship millions of pounds of bananas from Costa Rica each year.

Seeing the DelMonte banana plantation and processing plant was a bonus on our just completed Royal Caribbean cruise aboard Jewel of the Seas. We found out how fast these one-time producing trees grow, why the banana flower is cut off as the fruit begins to develop, how growers keep the top bunch of bananas from ripening before those lower are ready to pick, and most amazingly, how they know when to pick the green bananas so they'll be ready to eat just when they hit the grocery store shelves.

Years ago when I was involved with a significant ground tour of a small country in S.E. Asia, we picked green bananas and couldn't understand why they never ripened. Well, duh, we didn't know the exact number of days from initial growth to ripening. If we had carried the bananas long enough in our back packs, they would have turned yellow and attracted fruit flies.

If you're looking for topic ideas, you might consider researching the agricultural products of your destinations. An entire program could be developed from the Wiki page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana

Get in touch with Daniel Hall today to find out how Speakers Cruise Free.

Who’s your most honest critic?

I’m just finishing a few new talks for our Pacific adventure in the spring.

I’ve found some wonderful material out there – including ready made presentation elements in the public domain.

As always I pass each PowerPoint presentation to my most honest critic, Kathy, my wife! She tells me what she really thinks – “a bit serious”, or maybe even “10 slides beyond my tolerance threshold”. Or sometimes just “that slide just doesn’t fit”.

Who critiques your talks for you? Unless you get a fresh set of eyes and ears to look them over any inbuilt errors are unlikely to get picked up.

And when we are CRUISING for FREE surely we want to give our best?

Are you CRUISING FREE yet? SPEAKERS CRUISE FREE is the place to get yourself signed up.

What on earth is holding you back?

Click HERE to find out more.

Happy cruising – FREE

Andrew

Flying High

Of course some folks will CRUISE FREE because they prefer not to fly. Many of us have to fly to reach some of the amazing trips available thanks to SPEAKERS CRUISE FREE.

If you are on a FREE cruise deal where you have to book your own flights beware.

Several airlines are currently in dispute with the online booking engines. Both American and Delta for example have withdrawn their seats from some of these booking engines. Over in Europe Ryanair and Easyjet have done the same thing.

So next time you’re looking for flights to catch a FREE CRUISE make sure you check out the airlines booking sites as well as the big on-line booking services. And include some of the new boys too – like www.travelsupermarket.com for example.

If you’re not yet cruising free I wonder why? Click HERE now to find out more.

Happy cruising - FREE!!!

Andrew

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Details -
Tue, Jan 18, 2011 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CST
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Why am I hosting this new webinar?

To help launch a brand new training called "Real Fast Book Distribution" (RFBD) which is designed to help you sell tons of books in all types of retail and online outlets (not just book stores).

Here's the story...

Recently I teamed with Hay House author Elaine Wilkes PhD author of "Natures Secret Messages: Hidden in Plain Sight".

Of course, being published by a major publisher like Hay House, Elaine expected great things for her book. One of her expectations was that her publisher would place her book in retail stores nationwide.

It never happened... even after multiple requests and extensive poking and prodding.

But Elaine did not give up. She took matters into her own hands.

But because there was little in the way of resources for authors who wanted to sell their books through retailers, Elaine resorted to trial and error and more trial until she figured out how to get any good book into retail stores across the country (even print on demand books).

That's when Elaine realized that other authors surely faced the same problem and she decided to create an extensive training program designed specifically for both self-published and trade-published authors.

Although most of the RFBD program is Elaine's work product (and excellent quality I may add - you can certainly see her PhD talents in play) I have included
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In any event, you don't want to miss this excellent webinar where Elaine and I take you through the exact steps for writing emails that get retail outlet buyers to buy your book.

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Details -
Tue, Jan 18, 2011 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM CST
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Yes, of course, we will make an offer for the RFBD program but only after we fully deliver on our promise.

Whether you intend to invest in RFBD or not you do not want to miss this great webinar.