Fee floor in your profile
Record the minimum fee you accept along with your travel and virtual preferences. Matching uses it as a filter and a scoring factor.
For keynote and professional speakers
Spend your pitching time on paid keynote stages that meet your fee
Set your fee floor once. Worth the Pitch finds open calls, checks the pay and travel terms against it, and tells you which stages are worth it, which to negotiate, and which to skip.
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Sound familiar?
Hunting for paid keynote gigs costs you billable days
- You read a promising call for speakers top to bottom, then find the compensation line says exposure and a conference pass.
- Fee details sit on a separate page, in a PDF, or only in the organizer's reply, so you pitch first and learn the terms later.
- Travel and hotel coverage changes what a gig is actually worth, and you rarely have that number when you decide to apply.
- Once proposals go out, you lose track of which ones you followed up on and what your year of speaking has really earned.
What you get
Built for speakers who treat keynotes as a business
Every feature points toward the same outcome: more of your pitching hours going to stages that pay what you charge.
Worth Check on every match
Each call gets a verdict against your fee floor: Worth it, Negotiate, or Skip. You see the reasoning next to the listed compensation and travel coverage.
Compensation pulled from the call
Discovery extracts paid or unpaid status, any fee range, and travel or hotel coverage, so the money details appear on the match card.
Pipeline and ROI tracking
Track proposals through submitted, accepted, declined and completed. Record fees and travel value, and watch your booked value total grow.
Follow-ups on autopilot
Marking a proposal submitted sets a follow-up reminder for the later of 14 days out or 10 days after the deadline, with email templates ready to send.
A speaker page that takes bookings
Publish a page at worththepitch.com/s/your-name with your bio, headshot, topics and signature talks. The Invite to speak form sends inquiries to your inbox, and Growth and Pro listings are featured in the speaker directory.
See the output
What a Worth Check looks like
An illustrative example for a keynote speaker with a fee floor set in their profile. Figures here are placeholders to show the layout.
Try it on your next callExample Worth Check on a matched call (illustrative)
1Event
Annual Manufacturing Leadership Conference, in person, Denver
2Compensation
Paid keynote, fee range listed; airfare and two hotel nights covered
3Fit score
91 / 100
4Worth Check
Worth it
5Proposals due
February 2, 2027
How it works
How keynote speakers use Worth the Pitch
- 01
Set your fee floor and focus
Add your keynote topics, target audiences, fee floor, travel limits and the conferences you most want to land.
- 02
Work the Worth it list first
Sort your matches by fit and Worth Check verdict. The Apply this week board shows paid calls closing in the next 14 days.
- 03
Pitch with form-matched drafts
Proposal Studio drafts every field of each application form in your voice, and Guided Apply walks you through submitting it.
- 04
Follow up and measure
Reminders prompt your follow-ups, and the pipeline shows fees, travel value and booked value for the year.
The difference
Running your keynote pipeline, before and after
Doing it by handWith Worth the Pitch
Reading every call to find the compensation linePaid status, fee range and travel coverage shown on each match
Deciding case by case whether a gig covers your feeA Worth it, Negotiate or Skip verdict against your fee floor
Keeping follow-up dates in your head or your calendarAn automatic follow-up reminder set the moment you submit
Adding up the year's speaking income in a spreadsheetFees, travel value and booked value totaled in your pipeline
Sending event planners a PDF one-sheet by emailA public speaker page with an Invite to speak form
Pricing
Most working keynote speakers fit the Growth plan at $59 a month: 30 AI-scored matches per refresh, 50 proposal drafts, priority alerts and a featured directory listing. Annual billing is $590.
Free $0Basic $29/moGrowth $59/moPro $149/mo
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FAQ
Questions, answered
Can I see only paid speaking opportunities?
Set your fee floor in your profile and matching treats compensation as a hard filter and a scoring factor. Each match shows paid or unpaid status, any fee range, and travel coverage, and the Worth Check verdict tells you at a glance whether the listed terms meet your floor.
What do Worth it, Negotiate and Skip mean?
Worth Check compares each call's listed compensation and travel coverage with your fee floor. Worth it means the terms meet your floor. Negotiate means the call is close enough, or strategic enough, to justify asking for more. Skip means the terms fall well short of what you accept.
What if a call does not list a fee?
Many organizers leave fees off the public call. When compensation is missing or unclear, the match card says so and the fit score reflects the uncertainty. These calls are often worth a short inquiry, and the Negotiate verdict helps you spot the ones where a conversation about budget makes sense.
How much should a keynote speaker charge?
Keynote fees vary widely by audience, industry, expertise and demand, from honorariums at smaller events to substantial fees for well-known names. Our guide on how much to charge for speaking walks through the factors. Once you pick a number, save it as your fee floor so every match is judged against it.
How does the speaker page help me get booked?
Your page at worththepitch.com/s/your-name shows your bio, headshot, topics and signature talks, with an Invite to speak form that sends inquiries straight to your inbox. You can list it in the speaker directory at /speakers/, where listings are reviewed for quality and Growth and Pro members are featured.
Can I track what my speaking actually earns?
Yes. The pipeline tracks each proposal as submitted, accepted, declined or completed. Record the fee and travel value on each engagement, and your booked value totals update automatically. When you land one, the share your win generator drafts a post you can publish.
Guides for this
Finding gigsHow to Get Paid Speaking Gigs: A 90-Day Plan to Start Your Public Speaking CareerA week-by-week 90-day plan for turning expertise into paid speaking engagements, from your signature talk and speaker page to proposals, follow-ups, and a pipeline.Read the guide →Business of speakingHow Much to Charge for Speaking: Setting Speaker Fees, a Fee Floor, and Negotiation ScriptsSpeaker fees vary widely. Here is how to price your talks with confidence, set a fee floor, weigh non-cash value, and negotiate without awkwardness.Read the guide →Finding gigsWhere to Find Calls for Speakers in 2027: Sources, Search Tricks, and a Weekly RoutineEvery reliable source of speaking opportunities in one place, plus the search operators and 30-minute weekly routine that keep your calendar full.Read the guide →
How it works on your dashboard
Help · MatchesUnderstanding your match scoreWhat the 0 to 100 fit score measures, how to set your Minimum match score, and how to read the Worth Check verdict.Read the article →Help · PipelineTrack your pipeline and follow-upsTrack every submission from Submitted to Completed, watch your speaking income, and follow up on time.Read the article →Help · Speaker pageYour speaker page and the directoryPublish a shareable speaker page with an Invite to speak form, and list yourself in the speaker directory.Read the article →
Put your next month of pitching toward stages that pay
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