# Hop On Stages

> Cinematic speaker reels for keynote speakers, edited from footage they already have, plus a separate done-for-you booking outreach service that pitches speakers to event organizers.

Hop On Stages (https://hoponstages.com) is a speaker marketing studio founded by Mike Hernandez. It has produced speaker reels (also called speaker demo videos or sizzle reels) for 50+ professional speakers, including Keith Ferrazzi, Nick Sonnenberg, Kian Gohar, Sam Silverstein, Martinus Evans, Courtney Clark, Mike Domitrz, Paula Houlihan, Scott Zimmer, Doug Noll and David Woods Bartley. It works fully remotely with speakers in the US and worldwide.

## Who it is for
- Professional keynote speakers who have footage of real talks and need a reel that sells them to event planners and bureaus
- Authors, coaches, consultants and executives building a paid speaking business
- Speakers who want help getting booked (outreach is a separate service)

## Speaker reel production (available today)
- What: a cinematic, story-first speaker reel edited from footage you already have
- Price: $3,000 flat per reel, 50% to begin, 50% on completion. No retainer.
- Includes: One cinematic, story-first speaker reel; Story structure, pacing and selection of your strongest moments; Sound design, color grading and motion graphics; Two rounds of revisions; A vertical cut for social
- Turnaround: 2 to 3 weeks from receiving footage, depending on the queue
- Typical length: about 2 to 5 minutes (our published reels run 2:10 to 4:54)
- Footage: Edited from your existing keynote recordings, event clips and interviews. No footage yet? We send a shot list so your next talk captures what we need.
- Filming: When a speaker needs new footage, we can film it ourselves or contract a local crew in their area, and book a venue if needed. Filming is custom and quoted separately; the flat reel price covers editing.
- Fully remote. Speakers send footage by link; nobody needs to travel.
- Details: https://hoponstages.com/speaker-reel-production

## Done-for-you booking outreach (available today, separate service)
- What: a separate, done-for-you outreach program that pitches you to event organizers, associations and bureaus by cold email, with your reel doing the selling
- Pricing: Quoted separately from the reel, based on goals. It is a separate engagement with its own agreement.
- Results:
  - Keith Ferrazzi: in his own words, "somewhere close to 81 qualified leads" from cold email campaigns targeting CIOs at major corporations, with conversations at CXO level including L'Oréal, Hitachi and Twitch, and close to double his monthly booked speaking engagements
  - Steve Taubman: a paid invitation to speak at a professional society's annual meeting in New York City (honorarium, airfare, two hotel nights, ground transport, registration)
  - Doug Noll: selected as a workshop presenter at a statewide summit
- Details: https://hoponstages.com/speaker-booking-outreach

## Not offered
- Speaker bureau representation or commission-based booking
- Guaranteed bookings (nobody honest can guarantee a booking)

## How to start
- See if you're a fit (2 minutes): https://go.hoponstages.com
- Email: hello@hoponstages.com
- Watch the reels: https://hoponstages.com/work

## Comparisons (competitor facts checked October 21, 2026)
- [Hop On Stages vs Speaker Sizzle Reel](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-speaker-sizzle-reel): Two edit-from-footage reel studios compared on price per minute, footage limits, revisions and booking help.
- [Hop On Stages vs Outspeak](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-outspeak): Two speaker-only reel studios compared on price transparency, timeline, filming and what happens after the reel.
- [Hop On Stages vs Speaker's Cut](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-speakers-cut): A Philadelphia-area studio that films and edits vs a remote, edit-first studio with a flat price and booking outreach.
- [Hop On Stages vs Cicospace](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-cicospace): A full keynote production house vs an edit-from-footage studio: filming, length, price and booking help.
- [Hop On Stages vs Motivational Media](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-motivational-media): Two flat-price reel producers compared on deliverables, filming, turnaround and booking help.
- [Hop On Stages vs Bondars Video](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-bondars-video): Filmed speaker packages from an Austin production company vs an edit-first speaker reel studio.
- [Hop On Stages vs Speakers Reels](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-speakers-reels): A Toronto documentary-style producer that films vs a remote studio that edits your existing footage.
- [Hop On Stages vs Journey Light Visuals](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-journey-light-visuals): Affordable filmed event packages vs a story reel edited from your footage: what each costs and who each suits.
- [Hop On Stages vs Gusai Media](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-gusai-media): The closest like-for-like comparison: two remote reel editors for speakers who cut footage you already have.
- [Hop On Stages vs SPKR Studio](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-spkr-studio): A cinematic keynote filming studio vs an edit-first reel studio, with the questions to ask before you hire either.
- [Hop On Stages vs Fiverr](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-fiverr): When a Fiverr editor is enough, when a specialist is worth it, and how to get a good result either way.
- [Hop On Stages vs Upwork](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-upwork): Hiring and managing an Upwork editor vs buying a finished speaker reel at a flat price.
- [Hop On Stages vs a local videographer](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-local-videographer): Filming and editing are different jobs. When to hire a local videographer, when to hire a reel studio, and how to use both.
- [Hop On Stages vs AI video tools](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-ai-video-tools): What AI tools can and cannot do for a speaker reel, and where they fit next to a human edit.
- [Hop On Stages vs Speakhyve](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-speakhyve): The two closest done-for-you cold email services for speakers, compared on volume, proof, pricing and the reel behind the pitch.
- [Hop On Stages vs SpeakerHUB](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-speakerhub): A cheap self-serve opportunities database against done-for-you outreach: who does the pitching, and what it costs.
- [Hop On Stages vs SpeakerMatch](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-speakermatch): Applying to open calls for speakers vs having someone pitch the events that never post one.
- [Hop On Stages vs eSpeakers](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-espeakers): Waiting to be found in a marketplace vs pitching the people who book speakers.
- [Hop On Stages vs Axia PR](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-axia-pr): A PR agency's speaking-engagement membership against done-for-you speaker outreach: price, gig type and reel costs.
- [Hop On Stages vs Speak to Scale](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-speak-to-scale): Coaching plus speaker management against focused done-for-you outreach: what each includes and costs.
- [Hop On Stages vs The Speaker Lab](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-the-speaker-lab): Learning to book yourself vs having it done for you, and why many speakers end up doing both.
- [Hop On Stages vs SpeakerFlow](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-speakerflow): A CRM that organizes your pipeline vs outreach that fills it. Different jobs, often used together.
- [Hop On Stages vs speakers bureaus](https://hoponstages.com/compare/hop-on-stages-vs-speakers-bureaus): Bureau representation on commission vs done-for-you outreach with no cut of your fee.
- [Speaker Sizzle Reel alternatives](https://hoponstages.com/alternatives/speaker-sizzle-reel): Other edit-from-footage studios, filmed packages and freelancers, compared on price, length and speed.
- [Outspeak alternatives](https://hoponstages.com/alternatives/outspeak): Studios that publish a price or deliver faster than Outspeak's roughly 2 month timeline.
- [Speaker's Cut alternatives](https://hoponstages.com/alternatives/speakers-cut): Studios with published prices and stated turnarounds, for speakers comparing Speaker's Cut.
- [Cicospace alternatives](https://hoponstages.com/alternatives/cicospace): Edit-first and filmed alternatives to Cicospace, with published prices where they exist.
- [Motivational Media alternatives](https://hoponstages.com/alternatives/motivational-media): Faster and edit-first alternatives to Matt Bauer's Motivational Media, with prices.
- [Fiverr alternatives](https://hoponstages.com/alternatives/fiverr): Specialist studios, Upwork, solo editors and AI tools compared with a Fiverr gig.
- [SpeakerHUB alternatives](https://hoponstages.com/alternatives/speakerhub): Self-serve platforms and done-for-you outreach compared with SpeakerHUB.
- [SpeakerMatch alternatives](https://hoponstages.com/alternatives/speakermatch): Alternatives to applying to open calls: databases, marketplaces and done-for-you outreach.
- [eSpeakers alternatives](https://hoponstages.com/alternatives/espeakers): Active outreach and self-serve alternatives to waiting to be found on eSpeakers.
- [Speakhyve alternatives](https://hoponstages.com/alternatives/speakhyve): Done-for-you and self-serve alternatives to Speakhyve's AI cold email system.
- [Axia PR alternatives](https://hoponstages.com/alternatives/axia-pr): Alternatives to Axia's $2,250/mo speaker membership, for paid and unpaid stages.
- [Speaker Sizzle Reel vs Motivational Media](https://hoponstages.com/compare/speaker-sizzle-reel-vs-motivational-media): Two speaker reel producers with published prices, compared on length, filming, speed and deliverables.
- [Outspeak vs Speaker's Cut](https://hoponstages.com/compare/outspeak-vs-speakers-cut): Two well-known speaker reel studios compared on method, filming, timelines and footage requirements.
- [SpeakerHUB vs eSpeakers](https://hoponstages.com/compare/speakerhub-vs-espeakers): Two speaker platforms compared on price, how opportunities reach you, and who uses them.
- [SpeakerMatch vs SpeakerHUB](https://hoponstages.com/compare/speakermatch-vs-speakerhub): Two low-cost ways to find speaking opportunities yourself, compared on price, guarantees and how they work.
- [Bureau vs done-for-you outreach](https://hoponstages.com/compare/speakers-bureau-vs-done-for-you-outreach): Commission on every booking vs paying for outreach: the math, the trade-offs and who each model suits.
- [Best speaker reel companies](https://hoponstages.com/best/speaker-reel-companies): Ten speaker demo reel studios ranked on price, filming, turnaround and what happens after the reel.
- [Best speaker booking services](https://hoponstages.com/best/speaker-booking-services): Done-for-you outreach, self-serve platforms and bureaus, ranked with real prices.
- [Best speaker reel editors](https://hoponstages.com/best/speaker-reel-editors): Remote editors and studios that cut speaker reels from existing footage, ranked with prices.

## Guides
- [Speaker reel cost](https://hoponstages.com/guides/speaker-reel-cost): Real published speaker reel prices in 2026: freelancers $50 to $600, specialist studios $1,500 to $5,000, filmed packages to $12,500+. Sourced and dated.
- [Speaker reel length](https://hoponstages.com/guides/how-long-should-a-speaker-reel-be): Industry benchmarks, the real lengths of 10 published keynote reels, and when to go shorter or longer.
- [How to make a speaker reel](https://hoponstages.com/guides/how-to-make-a-speaker-reel): The eight steps from raw keynote footage to a finished demo reel, whether you edit it yourself or hire help.
- [What to include](https://hoponstages.com/guides/what-to-include-in-a-speaker-reel): The eight structural beats behind effective keynote reels, with timestamped examples from real ones.
- [Reel vs sizzle vs demo](https://hoponstages.com/guides/speaker-reel-vs-sizzle-reel-vs-demo-video): What speaker reel, sizzle reel, demo video, topic trailer and walk-on video each mean, and which ones you need.
- [Speaker reel examples](https://hoponstages.com/guides/speaker-reel-examples): Ten real keynote reels with a note on the technique each one uses best.
- [No professional footage](https://hoponstages.com/guides/speaker-reel-without-professional-footage): What footage is usable, where to find recordings you forgot about, and how to get new footage cheaply.
- [How to film your keynote](https://hoponstages.com/guides/how-to-film-your-keynote): A practical checklist for recording a talk: audio, cameras, audience shots, raw files and release rights.
- [Choosing a reel company](https://hoponstages.com/guides/how-to-choose-a-speaker-reel-company): The questions that separate speaker reel studios, with published prices and turnarounds to compare.
- [When to update your reel](https://hoponstages.com/guides/how-often-to-update-your-speaker-reel): The two-year rule of thumb, six triggers that mean update now, and refresh vs rebuild.
- [How planners judge reels](https://hoponstages.com/guides/how-event-planners-evaluate-speaker-reels): What meeting planners, bureaus and committees look for in a demo reel, and what makes them skeptical.
- [AI speaker reels](https://hoponstages.com/guides/ai-speaker-reels): The under-$100 AI reel, why planners are wary of generated footage, and where AI tools genuinely help.
- [Get booked as a keynote speaker](https://hoponstages.com/guides/how-to-get-booked-as-a-keynote-speaker): The order of operations that actually produces paid keynotes: positioning, proof, then direct outreach.
- [Find paid speaking engagements](https://hoponstages.com/guides/how-to-find-paid-speaking-engagements): Where paid stages actually come from, which sources are mostly unpaid, and how to research events yourself.
- [Cold email for speakers](https://hoponstages.com/guides/cold-email-for-speakers): Finding the decision-maker, verifying emails, a short pitch structure, follow-ups and deliverability basics.
- [Speakers bureau commission](https://hoponstages.com/guides/speakers-bureau-commission): The 20% to 30% range, worked examples, and what bureaus look for before they represent you.
- [Speaker one sheet](https://hoponstages.com/guides/speaker-one-sheet): The one-page document that travels through program committees, and how it works with your reel.
- [Glossary](https://hoponstages.com/glossary): Speaker reel, sizzle reel, one sheet, bureau commission, honorarium, board feed and more, defined in plain English.

## Speaker reels by topic
- [Leadership speakers](https://hoponstages.com/speaker-reels/leadership-speakers): What corporate and association buyers need to see in a leadership keynote reel, with Ferrazzi, Gohar and Silverstein as examples.
- [Resilience speakers](https://hoponstages.com/speaker-reels/resilience-speakers): How a resilience keynote reel balances a hard personal story with a method and a lighter room, with two real examples.
- [Mental health speakers](https://hoponstages.com/speaker-reels/mental-health-speakers): How a mental health keynote reel shows lived experience safely and gives the audience hope and something to do, with David Woods Bartley's reel as the example.
- [Workplace culture speakers](https://hoponstages.com/speaker-reels/workplace-culture-speakers): How a workplace culture reel proves the audience will not feel lectured and will change daily behavior, with Domitrz, Houlihan and Silverstein as examples.
- [Productivity speakers](https://hoponstages.com/speaker-reels/productivity-speakers): How a productivity keynote reel proves the talk is practical, current and not dry, with Nick Sonnenberg's reel as the example.
- [Generational speakers](https://hoponstages.com/speaker-reels/generational-speakers): How a generational communication reel proves it unites a mixed-age room instead of dividing it, with Scott Zimmer's reel as the example.
- [Motivational speakers](https://hoponstages.com/speaker-reels/motivational-speakers): How a motivational keynote reel proves energy and substance at once, with Martinus Evans and David Woods Bartley as examples.
- [Wellness speakers](https://hoponstages.com/speaker-reels/wellness-speakers): How a wellness keynote reel earns a corporate budget by tying wellbeing to burnout and turnover, with Houlihan and Clark as examples.
- [Innovation and future of work](https://hoponstages.com/speaker-reels/innovation-and-future-of-work-speakers): How an innovation or future of work reel proves the speaker is current, research-backed and practical, with Gohar and Sonnenberg as examples.
- [Authors](https://hoponstages.com/speaker-reels/authors): How an author-speaker's reel proves the keynote is worth booking beyond the book, with Ferrazzi, Sonnenberg, Gohar and Silverstein as examples.

## Case studies
- [Keith Ferrazzi](https://hoponstages.com/work/keith-ferrazzi): A 2:10 leadership reel that leads with a host's introduction and closes on Keith's signature idea, teamship.
- [David Woods Bartley](https://hoponstages.com/work/david-woods-bartley): A 3:33 mental health keynote reel that tells a survival story plainly, then turns it into hope and action for the audience.
- [Martinus Evans](https://hoponstages.com/work/martinus-evans): A 3:41 high-energy reel that proves Martinus can light up a crowd before it delivers his message about proving people wrong.
- [Nick Sonnenberg](https://hoponstages.com/work/nick-sonnenberg): A 2:49 productivity reel that names a pain every office worker has, makes it current with AI, and shows personality through chess boxing.
- [Sam Silverstein](https://hoponstages.com/work/sam-silverstein): A 4:07 idea-led leadership reel with no host intro: it opens on a provocative thesis and builds the business case for accountability.
- [Kian Gohar](https://hoponstages.com/work/kian-gohar): A 3:00 research-led reel that promises a practical talk, proves it with Harvard Business School research, and names a four-part framework.
- [Courtney Clark](https://hoponstages.com/work/courtney-clark): A 4:19 resilience reel that opens with a joke, places a serious health story in the middle, and proves the talk is interactive.
- [Scott Zimmer](https://hoponstages.com/work/scott-zimmer): A 2:56 generational communication reel built around one perfectly sized story about a fire emoji.
- [Mike Domitrz](https://hoponstages.com/work/mike-domitrz): A 4:54 workplace culture reel that defuses audience resistance to respect and harassment topics with humor and a sharp reframe.
- [Paula Houlihan](https://hoponstages.com/work/paula-houlihan): A 3:52 wellness reel that connects wellbeing to burnout and turnover, then makes the message memorable with a simple prop: bubbles.

## Company
- [Speaker reel production](https://hoponstages.com/speaker-reel-production): What you get for $3,000 flat, how the edit works, and what we need from you.
- [Speaker booking outreach](https://hoponstages.com/speaker-booking-outreach): Cold email outreach to event organizers, run for you. How it works and what it has produced.
- [About](https://hoponstages.com/about): Hop On Stages is a speaker marketing studio founded by Mike Hernandez, who edited reels and ran social and lead gen for Keith Ferrazzi for years.

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