Here are a few things you could do:

1. Nowadays some counties/cities offer to take 4-hour online defensive driving class in lieu of a speeding ticket. Read your ticket properly and find out whether you have such an option. If you do, this is the best option for you because they do NOT even send any record about your speeding ticket to DMV upon completion of your course. You will still end up paying the same amount or more as paying for the fine to take this class.

2. Google for traffic lawyers near the courthouse and talk to one of them. They will charge about 150 to 250 dollars and in most cases they will find ways of winning the case for first-time traffic violaters.

3. You can go to the courthouse yourself with the ticket and talk to the district attorney (DA). No appointment is needed to talk to them but call the courthouse beforehand and ask for available times. If you talk to the DA by being calm and professional, almost always he/she will reduce your speeding miles/hour so there will be no points on your license (you will still be asked to pay for the fine though), or for the first-timers the DA may even go farther and void your ticket completely.

Good Luck!