Meet your outreach team.
Choose how much of the outreach we carry for you. Three clear packages, one-time fees paid up front, no commission and no hidden costs. Your fees stay 100% yours.
Everything you need to pitch paid stages with confidence.
For speakers who want the research and writing done and prefer to send the pitches themselves.
- Outreach inbox set up in your name
- Speaker positioning review with clear notes
- 50 to 75 qualified events, hand-researched
- Organiser contact and full details for every event
- Pay status and a fit note for every event
- Call-for-speakers deadline calendar
- A custom pitch for every event
- Follow-up drafts for every event
- Subject line set and quick-start sending guide
- Delivered in 7 days, plus 14 days of support
The complete package. More stages, a stronger first impression.
For speakers who want the most opportunities and to look their best in every organiser's inbox.
- Everything in Center Stage, plus
- 75 to 90 qualified events
- FREE professional speaker one-sheet
- Talk title and bio polish
- Signature pitch angles for different audiences
- Extended 90-day campaign
- First-in-line research each week
- Organiser reply drafts within one business day, so no warm lead goes cold
We run your outreach from start to finish.
For busy speakers who want every pitch sent and followed up for them.
- Everything in Spotlight, plus
- We send every pitch for you, after your approval
- Up to 3 follow-ups per organiser
- Live pipeline tracker you can check anytime
- Warm lead alerts with the conversation summarised
- Weekly progress report
- Day 30 campaign review
- 60-day campaign and final wrap-up report
- Priority support
Go further when you need to.
Add any of these to your package, before or during your campaign.
Speaker one-sheet
A polished one-page profile with your photo, topics, talks and past stages, ready for organisers to forward. Free with Headliner.
Speaking application pack
We write your submissions for up to 5 conferences that book through an application, including title, abstract and learning outcomes.
Extra 25 events
25 more qualified events with organiser contacts, fit notes and a custom pitch for each one.
Campaign extension
30 more days of pitching and follow-ups. Available with Center Stage and Headliner.
What "qualified event" means
- Takes place within the next 3 to 12 months
- Matches your topic and audience
- Pays speakers, or doesn't publish a pay policy (clearly marked)
- Has an organiser contact or official submission route
- Comes with a note on why it fits you
The work, delivered in full.
If we deliver fewer than the minimum number of qualified events in your package, we keep researching until we reach it, or refund the difference.
- You approve every pitch before it is sent
- You set your fee and sign your own contracts
- No exclusivity and no commission
Six steps. From fit check to first conversations.
The fit check.
We start by reviewing your talk, your speaker page and your materials. If anything would hold your pitches back, such as an unclear talk description or a missing video link, we point it out and show you how to strengthen it before a single organiser hears your name.
The speaker deep-dive.
Through your speaker form we learn your talk, your proof, your fee range, the regions you can travel to and the audiences who pay to hear your message. This is the raw material for every pitch we write, so we take it seriously.
The pipeline build.
We research qualified events, verify who books the speakers, and write a pitch and follow-ups for every single one. Your outreach inbox is set up in your name. By day 7, your full pipeline and pitches are delivered.
We send, under your name.
Once you approve the pitch, we send it from your outreach inbox and handle every follow-up. Sending is paced so organisers are never flooded. Your name is only ever put in front of organisers in a way you would be proud of.
You take the conversations.
Interested organisers come straight to you with the conversation summarised. You agree your fee, sign your own contract and keep the relationship. You only spend time on people who already want to hear more.
We stay with you.
You get a weekly report with every reply and sign of interest, a day 30 review where we sharpen the pitch, and a wrap-up report with a plan for your next round. When something works, we do more of it. When it doesn't, we tell you and fix it.
Five ways to fill a speaking calendar. Compared honestly.
Bureau commissions vary by bureau and contract. 20 to 35 percent is a commonly quoted range.
Bureaus aren't the enemy. Many speakers happily take bureau bookings alongside their own outreach. The difference is simple. A bureau takes a share of every fee it touches, while Stage Backer charges one fixed fee, however much you go on to book.
And if you already have a VA, keep them. Speaker outreach is a specialist skill, so let us handle the research and pitching while your VA manages your calendar, your follow-ups with booked clients and the parts of your business only they can run.
Questions, answered plainly.
Stage Backer is led by founder Joshua Jeremiah, working with a small team. Joshua oversees every campaign and is your point of contact from start to finish.
No. A bureau usually takes a commission and manages bookings for you. Stage Backer does the research, pitching and follow-up for a one-time fee, then hands interested organisers to you. You agree your fee, sign your contract and get paid directly.
If you cancel before you send your speaker form, you get a full refund. Once research has started, the fee covers work already underway, and our promise still applies if fewer events are delivered than your package includes. Full details are in the terms and refund policy.
An upcoming event, within the next 3 to 12 months, that matches your topic and audience, pays speakers or does not publish a pay policy (we mark those clearly), and has an organiser contact or official submission route. Every event also comes with a short note on why it fits you.
No one honestly can, because organisers make the final decision. What we guarantee is the work. You receive the number of qualified events in your package, a custom pitch for each one and, on Center Stage and Headliner, the sending and follow-ups. If we deliver fewer events than promised, we keep researching or refund the difference.
With Spotlight, you send them yourself using the pitches and follow-ups we write. With Center Stage and Headliner, we send them for you from your outreach inbox, and only after you approve the pitch.
Yours. We set up an outreach inbox in your name, so organisers reply to you and every relationship belongs to you.
No. Every package is a one-time fee. Whatever an organiser pays you is yours to keep in full.
You do. You set your fee, agree terms directly with the organiser and sign your own contracts. There is no exclusivity, so you are free to work with anyone else too.
Within 7 days of completing your speaker form. Center Stage then runs for 60 days of outreach, and Headliner for 90 days.
A short speaker form covering your topics, talk titles, bio, the audiences you want, your fee range, the regions you can travel to, and any video or speaker page you have.
Corporate events, industry conferences, associations and their chapters, district and regional conferences, leadership summits and faith events. We focus on events that pay speakers and leave out anything that asks you to pay to present.
No. Every package is paid in full before work begins. That lets us start researching straight away and keeps the price simple, with nothing added later.
Choose your package and get in touch. You will receive a clear invoice with the full price and nothing added later.
Yes. Any add-on can be added before or during your campaign.