Expert Strategies to Fill Your Calendar with Speaking Gigs

 I will share the highlights with you, so you can fill your calendar with speaking gigs.
 
1) Search events where your target market will attend and attend the event to connect with the attendees and the leadership. Networking is a key to creating opportunity for yourself.

A) Send a general inquiry – Title in the subject line: Speaker Inquiry. In the body of the message: My name is_________________, your business title. I found your “name of the event” while researching events. Share what you genuinely like about their mission, event, etc. and I wondered if you are looking for speakers for your events?
B) Go to LinkedIn and connect with them and seek a warm introduction by checking any 1st degree connections.
C) Send at least 5 messages a day by email and LinkedIn. Devote an hour a day (Monday through Friday).
D) Track your activity on an excel sheet.
 
2) Set up Google Alerts – “Call for Speakers”.
 
3) Do your own online event to subsidize your speaking.

4) ASK…your network, your audience. Invite people to your next talk.
 
5) Use your speaking contract to ask for referrals for future speaking gigs.
 
6) Use your feedback sheet. Ask your audience to let you know how you did after your speech and invite them to suggest future places for you to speak.
 
7) Check out Speaker Match, an organization that connects Speakers with Meeting Professionals and lists opportunities available.
 
8) Become the expert in your field by practicing. Speak wherever you can. Zig Ziglar, who is one of the great and legendary motivational speakers, used to say that he gave 3,000 talks before he was paid for the first one.
 
9) Offer to speak at church, community and business events even if it is a non paid event.  Look into your local Lions club, woman’s groups, athletic organizations and schools. There are quite a few online speaking opportunities.
 
10) Read 15 minutes a day books about your area of expertise or about public speaking. Both Jen & Louie had tattered copies of Jack Canfield’s book, “The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be”. 
 
11) Take Action – Spend an hour a day seeking speaking opportunities.
 
12) Create a speakers sheet as you get opportunities to speak.
 
 
 
 I am Brian P Swift J.D. Coach, Speaker, Business & Personal Strategist https://www.brianpswift.com My goal is to empower, inspire and transform you to create confident, happy purposeful individuals. Please check out my inspiring blog about Leadership - social media - Grit - Life Tips. https://www.brianpswift.com/blog You can also enjoy me AKA The Quadfather on Instagram   https://www.instagram.com/thee__quadfather/  and subscribe to my You Tube channel the Quadfather get fit while you sit. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwFDDydzb7Q_8CTyEnvEvrQ   My superpower is driving human performance by inspiring transformation of people’s mindset. I use it to create confident, happy purposeful individuals.
 
 
 
 
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