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Matt Shoup: How One Book Unlocked Five-Figure Speaking Gigs

Matt Shoup got fired from a corporate banking job, knocked on doors painting houses, and accidentally became a speaker and author. In this episode, he breaks down how publishing Painted Baby with Scribe unlocked his first five-figure speaking gig... and then another, and then another.

He shares how a story about a paint sprayer exploding next to a baby became the most powerful sales tool his painting company has ever used, why his DIY first book was "laid out like crap," and what changed when he finally did it right. Plus: the letter he got from an inmate in Florida who found his content 10…

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