(I’m going to list multiple ways you can find speaking opportunities but it’s crucial that you understand one thing…) #2 Be An Event Houndįinding speaking gigs comes down to the way you think. Specificity is the first way to start getting on more stages and to make it work, you want to write down 10 events (or companies) you want to speak at.īy doing this, you know exactly what/who to go after. Now I can say, “I want to present at the Traffic & Conversion Summit.” Now, I know exactly who to contact. I would need to find a SPECIFIC marketing event I want to present at. What if I said, “I want to speak at a marketing event.” Close, but no cigar. Most speakers don’t find speaking opportunities because they’re not clear on what speaking opportunities they’re after. When you’re clear about what you’re after, the actions you take reveal themselves. If you ask yourself, “How do I speak at the main stage TED Talks?” Then what happens inside your mind? Because you were specific, you immediately go to the TED website and you find the ‘speaker recommendation form.’ Voila! What if you got more specific by asking, “How do I speak at Harvard?”īy getting more specific, you make it easy to find speaking opportunities. What if instead of asking, “How do I find gigs?” You asked, “How do I speak at colleges?” Ok, that’s more specific, but not specific enough. The first step to finding gigs is to ask yourself a better question. It’s like asking, “How do I build a business?” Well…what kind of business? A tech business? A real-estate business? See my point? Once you start getting more specific, the answer is right in front of you. What question have you asked yourself a million times?īut do you know why this question is bad? The reason most speakers can’t find gigs is because they’re asking the wrong question. I used to think that finding gigs was a matter of “What website should I go to?” Silly me. And because of this insane level of focus, you find more speaking opportunities in a shorter amount of time. Your mind has this tunnel vision to do one thing, find events to speak at. The next day you can start contacting people.īecause when you focus on one thing, you go into Beast Mode and nobody can stop you. But if you want to be more efficient, then pick a day and only do your prospecting (finding events). Most speakers think about ‘finding a gig’ and then ‘contacting’ that person at the same time. …Schedule an entire day with ONE purpose: Prospecting. You will even want to hire someone to contact gigs with you so you can double to amount of output and fill up your schedule faster.īut before we get into the ‘finding gigs’ part, I want to point out the most effective way to do this… (Watch the video above to get more ideas)Īnd if you do this right, you’ll have more events in your database than you can possibly contact.
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