If you are good at expressing yourself in front of an audience and have a knack for encouraging and persuading people, you can start your own motivational speaking business. Motivational speaking is a good way of empowering and inspiring other people, while earning money. Simply by using your own talents and experiences, you can build a fun and fulfilling career.

Decide what kind of motivational speaking you are going to do. Use your knowledge, experience and talents as guidelines. You may want to find a new niche or simply apply a fresh approach to an established subject.

Practice your oratory skills by speaking to a small test audience. Tape and review your speeches. Continue polishing your skills. You can also improve your speaking skills by learning more about rhetoric and psychology.

Research different topics related to the type of motivational speeches you plan to deliver. Write different versions of a few speeches. Use original and authentic ways to present your philosophy. Broaden and enrich your repertoire.

Create promotional materials using excerpts from your speeches, quotes and other materials that represent the ideas you want to share. Remember, you are a walking, talking enterprise, so use yourself and your image as part of the promotional material.

Market yourself through websites that deal with issues such as self-help, public speaking and other subjects you chose to deal with. You may even want to present your motivational speaking business through viral videos.

Hire an agent to book public appearances for you. Conferences, symposiums, lectures, schools and universities are possible venues for you to bring your business. You may even want to apply to a speaker's bureau to make future bookings easier. Appearing in the media will significantly increase the value of your motivational speaking business.

You may want to choose a specific target audience to better focus your business.

Only talk about the things you know.