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Legacy MasterPath VIP Experience

One-on-one coaching that turns a published author into a paid speaker. Run by a WSJ bestseller with a TEDx talk that hit number two in the world.

4 / 5my rating
Price$29,500 (pay in full or 5-month plan). Application only.

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What I use it for

Who I point bestselling authors to when they're ready to build a paid speaking career.

What works

  • Taught by someone who actually did it: WSJ bestseller, TEDx #2 in the world, 1,500+ stages
  • One-on-one work directly with Terry, not an associate or a template
  • Covers the whole speaker business: TEDx, paid keynotes, podcasts, booking network
  • Application only and capped at 12 clients, so he turns down anyone he can't get results for

What to know first

  • Twenty nine thousand five hundred dollars, so it's a serious commitment
  • Only for authors who already have a published book and have decided to speak
  • Application required, and most applicants are not accepted

Why I recommend it

Most authors finish their book, watch it hit a list, and then find out the hard truth nobody warned them about. The bestseller doesn’t build the business. It builds the credential. What you do with that credential is a separate skill, and almost nobody who teaches the writing part knows the next part.

Terry Fossum knows the next part. He wrote a number one Wall Street Journal bestseller, then turned it into a speaking career most authors only daydream about. His TEDx talk debuted number two new in the world. He’s stood on more than 1,500 stages over three decades. He built his keynote fee past twenty thousand dollars. He even won a prime-time network survival show as the oldest competitor in the field. None of that came from posting on social media. It came from getting into the right rooms, and that’s what his program teaches.

I know Terry personally. We’re both part of Eliances, the business network here in Arizona, and I’ve watched how he works up close. That matters for a recommendation at this price, because I’m not pointing you at a stranger with a slick funnel. I’m pointing you at someone I know, whose results are real, and who does the work himself instead of handing you off to an associate reading from a script.

The program is called the Legacy MasterPath VIP Experience, and it’s one-on-one coaching that takes a published author and builds the speaking side of the business. Three modules cover the TEDx talk, the paid keynote business, and podcast positioning. You also get a training library of more than forty videos pulled from his thirty years on stages, plus his network of organizers and booking contacts. The point is to turn the authority your book already gives you into stages that pay, instead of letting the book sit there as a nice accomplishment that earns you nothing.

Now the part most affiliate pages bury. The price is twenty nine thousand five hundred dollars, paid in full or across a five month plan. That’s a serious number, and I’m stating it plainly because you deserve to know before you click, not after a sales call softens you up. It’s application only, capped at twelve clients at a time, and most people who apply don’t get in. Terry turns down anyone he doesn’t think he can get results for, and that’s unusual in an industry full of people who will take your money and blame your mindset when it doesn’t work.

This isn’t for everyone, and I’ll be blunt about who should skip it. If you haven’t published a book yet, this isn’t your step. If you’re not sure you even want to speak, this isn’t your step. If twenty nine thousand five hundred dollars is money you can’t afford to commit, don’t let anyone talk you into it, including me. This is for the author who already has the bestseller, who has decided speaking is the path, and who wants a guide who has walked every foot of that road instead of a course they watch alone at midnight.

If that’s you, take the free diagnostic and book a strategy call. The call costs nothing and Terry reviews every application himself. Worst case you walk away with a clearer picture of what your book is built to do. Best case you get into a room with someone who can turn it into a speaking career. I recommend Terry because I know him, I’ve seen the results, and he’s the rare person in this space who did the thing he teaches.

Legacy MasterPath VIP Experience
$29,500 (pay in full or 5-month plan). Application only.

These are the tools I use to produce books for clients. If you would rather skip the learning curve, hire me to write yours.