Your Business Needs
Authority.
Your Message Needs a
Stage.
If you want clients, credibility, funding, visibility, or competitive advantage,
the fastest path ISN'T online marketing.
It's speaking - real stages, real audiences, real influence
Whether you’re
building a company
selling a product
launching a book
growing a coaching program
leading a movement
your message is the force that elevates everything you do.
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When you speak, people listen.
When they listen, they trust.
When they trust, they buy, join, follow, invest,
and take action.
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Imagine this:
You're on the stage.
You're able to TELL THE STORY of your business and get the audience excited about it.
You give an offer where they sign up WHILE THEY'RE STILL STANDING THERE.
Another offer: They post it on THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA
And another: They send a message out to their friends and business contacts that you just made them think of!
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH ONLINE MARKETING.
This is
The Stage Advantage!
Don't be fooled:
Stages Build Authority Faster
Than Anything Online
The online world is crowded, expensive, and unpredictable.
Stages cut through the noise instantly because people trust the person on the microphone.
A single talk can generate:
Investor confidence
Business partnerships
Book sales
Coaching clients
Media opportunities
Thought leadership status
Brand visibility
Elevation as an Industry Expert - A Thought Leader in Your Field
Speaking isn’t 'exposure' — it’s elevation.
Why So Many People
Are Losing Thousands on Bad Marketing:
Many marketing 'gurus' skew results, don't tell the whole story, or just plain lie.
Most don't deliver the results they say they're going to.
Even if they're authentic, ads cost more. Funnels convert less. Algorithms shift constantly.
The online marketing environment is overcrowded with noise!
If you've tried these things - you know exactly what I'm talking about!
THE POWER OF THE HUMAN VOICE
There is no force on earth more powerful
than a human voice with purpose.
A voice can lift people up.
It can tear down walls.
It can ignite anger or dissolve pain.
It can spark hope, courage, movement, and change.
A voice influences.
A voice inspires.
A voice instills confidence.
A voice makes people take action.
And when people see your voice brought to life on a stage —
when they witness your energy, your conviction, your story, your presence —
they automatically perceive you as someone worth listening to.
You're a Thought Leader. A Visionary. An Industry Expert.
Not just 'someone else with an idea'.
And that creates the advantage:
Authority makes people trust you.
Trust makes people follow you.
And trust is what makes people buy, join, invest, act.
On a stage, your voice becomes a catalyst.
It turns visibility into credibility — and credibility into momentum
This is The Stage Advantage.
The bottom line:
Stages create trust faster
than any digital tactic ever will.
The shortest distance between you and your goals
goes straight through a stage.
And instead of spending money on marketing,
you can make money on stages,
with far better results!
Let's get specific:
Which of These Describes You?
(Tap to Open Your Path)
Founders & Entrepreneurs
If you’re building a company, a stage can generate more trust in 30 minutes than a year of marketing.
Investors, partners, and customers follow leaders who communicate with clarity and conviction.
A stage positions YOU as the visionary — not just the operator.
And a TEDx Stage? A global thought leader. Someone who can be trusted. Someone who should be listened to.
That's The Stage Advantage.
Startups Seeking Funding
Investors don’t just fund ideas — they fund Thought Leaders.
A powerful TEDxTalk, book, and industry keynote sets you apart from the start up crowd. You're not just another person with a 'great idea'. You're an industry expert. Someone who audiences listen to, and readers read. Now they can have confidence in you, your mission, and your ability to see it through.
Commanding a room instantly elevates your fundability.
That's The Stage Advantage.
Product & Service Creators
A great product isn’t enough. People buy on emotion, not fact. A great TEDxTalk, book, and keynote creates that emotion that makes them want to take action immediately - not just 'think about it'.
A message on a stage elevates your offer, establishes authority, and separates you from competitors.
People remember the expert behind the solution.
That's The Stage Advantage.
Authors
Books don’t sell themselves — authors do.
Stages create readers, momentum, and credibility.
One strong talk can ignite your book’s entire lifecycle. And if you're looking to create a movement, actually get people to take action from your ideas, that doesn't happen in a library - it happens from a stage. A book may have the power of the written word, but that power is ignited when it goes from print to voice.
That's The Stage Advantage.
Coaches
Let's face it: There are a million coaches out there, all claiming to have the answers. You do YOU stand apart? How do YOU become the one they actually listen to? That they will actually pay money to learn from?
People don't follow ideas - they follow leaders. You can have the greatest strategies in the world, but if people aren't inspired by YOU, they won't be inspired by your work. They won't be inspired by digital marketing, they'll be inspired by the power of the human voice - YOUR voice.
Nothing converts clients faster than speaking.
When people experience your expertise live, trust happens instantly.
Your talk becomes your highest-converting sales engine.
And when you combine that with a TEDxTalk and book, you become unstoppable.
That's The Stage Advantage.
Speakers
Why do some speakers make $5,000 per keynote, and others make $30,000? And how do some turn those audiences into clients, while others never hear from them again? It's not because they have better ideas or strategies; It's because they've learned the secrets of moving an audience to take ACTION. The action the event planner or company wants them to take because of your speech, and the action YOU want them to take to become your clients. It's an art. It's science. And it's completely teachable.
That's The Stage Advantage.
Thought Leaders & CEOs
Managers sit behind a desk. Leaders lead from the front of the room.
Your voice. Your belief. Your inspiration. THAT'S what motivates people to take action. Not memos, not employee of the month programs: Vision.
Your role is to set the vision.
A stage amplifies leadership, influence, and strategic authority.
Your message becomes your company’s competitive advantage.
And through that, you elevate yourself not just as the leader of your company, but of your industry. In fact, a leader of industry itself: A leader of people. A leader of business. A leader of leaders.
That's The Stage Advantage.
Successful Business Owners
Even thriving businesses gain exponential growth from speaking.
Stages attract premium clients, partnerships, media, and market positioning.
This is how leaders become industry icons.
Think of the top national and global leaders. Who comes to mind? And where are you picturing them right now? Most likely on a stage or interview.
That's where you're 'seen'. That's where you transcend just 'business owner' and become something that everyone knows, and everyone wants to do business with.
That's The Stage Advantage.
Why This System Works
This isn’t another “online coach” giving recycled marketing advice.
The Stage Advantage was created by Terry L. Fossum, an international keynote speaker and leader with real-world, high-stakes experience and international recognition.
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author
#2 new TEDxTalk in the world
Winner of a national survival TV show on FOX (for fun)
Founder, Raidho Publishing, World Class Speaker Program, Visionary Speaker Network, TLFossum, LLC, Fossum Enterprises, and reached top fraction of 1% in his industry in the world
U.S. Air Force officer, Executive Officer for an entire Ops Group
Los Angeles Magazine Person of the Year
Insight Success Most Impactful Leader honoree
Featured on multiple magazine covers, news shows, podcasts
Corporate trainer, President, global philanthropist
Taught Persuasive Speaking to everyone from beauty queens to astronauts, military to academia, beginners to highly-seasoned - even at the MBA level
This system is built on experience, results, and real authority — not theory.
Which course of action best fits YOUR goals?
Before you choose, please understand:
Each of these sites is designed to give you the FULL information up front - no games, no upsells, no B.S. (refreshing, isn't it?)
Each program is specifically designed to be your shortest distance between where you are now, and greatly increased ROI.
These are not some common 'coaching program' put together by someone who isn't actually wildly successful.
These programs are built by Terry L. Fossum himself, and he refused to launch each of them until he truly believed they were absolutely, without question, the best programs of their kind in existence, by an order of magnitude.
Your TEDx breakthrough pathway.
Perfect for founders, authors, and experts ready to use TEDx to build ultimate credibility and momentum.
Get Paid to Share Your Message.
Build your signature keynote, master your message, and find the stages that are LOOKING FOR YOU.
The Ultimate
Experience:
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Focused messaging, book creation, keynote building, stage strategy, brand elevation, and podcast program for ultimate ROI.
Your Stage Advantage Starts Now
Your message is powerful.
Your impact matters.
Your business deserves to be seen, heard, and trusted.
And the world responds to the one who steps onto the stage.