A 24-week accelerator that turns your expertise into consulting, training, and retainer income — without waiting to be discovered, and without giving a cut to anyone.
Built on a survey of 4,830 experts across 110 countries — and the exact system that generated $1.3M from free speaking engagements.
You've got the expertise. The frameworks. The results. What you don't have is a predictable system to turn all of it into paying clients. Most experts wait to be discovered — and wait, and wait. The ones who get paid build a system instead.
We don't teach you to chase speaking fees or go viral. We use speaking, podcasts, and writing as channels to land the work that actually pays.
A step-by-step build, sequenced by what's practical — so you start reaching out in week one and never feel scattered.
Clarify who you are, build the proof that makes you un-substitutable, and start your first outreach — through research and interviews, not cold sales.
Turn reaching out into booked conversations, and conversations into signed contracts. Email is the engine — and we actually teach you how to close.
Use stages — paid, free, even ones you pay for — as marketing that lands contracts. Then turn every engagement into proof that makes the next sale easier.
Add recurring income, raise your rates, and put the engine on autopilot — so three clients becomes $10K/month and beyond.
"Why pay you when I can just use AI?" is the question every expert now faces. The Academy makes your expertise un-automatable — with original research, documented results, lived judgment, and relationships no model can replicate.
Your relationships, your bookings, your revenue — all yours, always.
Experts who build a system get paid. Experts who wait to be discovered don't.
Every talk, review, and case study makes the next client easier to win.
"The speaking industry gave you one way to get paid. You deserve five. I built this system to generate $1.3M from free engagements — now I'm handing experts the exact playbook."
Ron Story Jr. · Founder, SpeakerHUB & the Independent Experts Academy
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Cohorts are limited. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
The next cohort is filling now. Apply today and start building the business your expertise deserves.
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