KEY TAKEAWAYS COVERED IN THE PODCASTSpeaking at events is a great way boost your profile as a professional in your industry. Standing on stage to share your knowledge gives people the opinion that you are the expert or authority in that industry.Start by networking with people who host small, local events. Once you start to network, you can ask whether or not they’re looking for speakers. Not only is it great for practice, but it helps get your name known.The more you speak, the better you become. The last thing you want to do is get an amazing speaking opportunity and mess up because you haven’t had enough practice.Attending conferences is a great way to network with speakers and event organisers. You need to experience the conferences you want to speak at in order to see whether or not you’re going to be a good fit. Not only that, but it will help you perfect your pitch for the following year.You need to be sure you’re applying to speak on a topic you’re an expert in. If you have no content based on the topic you want to speak on, event organisers will see this from the beginning. They need to see that you’re an expert.It’s important you’re telling people that you want to speak or that you are a speaker. Make sure you’re including speaker in your bio and posting on social media that you’re available.Use images of you speaking to show that you can speak at events.Consider creating a speaker section on your website. Even if you’re speaking for free, you still need to get as much as you can out of the event as you can. Encourage people to tag you in a post, get photos and videos of you talking and screenshot any feedback you receive.THE ONE THING YOU NEED TO REMEMBER ABOVE ALL ELSE…Although you want to earn money for your speaking sessions, it’s okay to work for free. The benefit of you being stood there speaking to your perfect audience can outweigh any monetary benefits you will receive.HIGHLIGHTS YOU SIMPLY CAN'T MISSWhy You Should Want to Become A Speaker – 05:50Tip #1: Start Small -10:36Tip #2: Attend Lots of Conferences – 15:15Tip #3: Make Sure You’re Known for The Content You Want to Speak About – 20:15Tip #4: Tell People You’re A Speaker Or You Want To Be one – 22:00Tip #5: Make Use of Every Speaking Opportunity – 25:00LINKS TO RESOURCES MENTIONED IN TODAY'S EPISODELead Pages Episode 77 Episode 63 Transcript below Speaker 1: (00:32) Hello and welcome to this week's episode of the podcast. How have you been? So I've decided to do another solo episode this week. In all honesty, do you know, I'd love to make things up, but I can't. I'm just way too honest. I got so distracted with doing the academy and doing the launch for that that I didn't prebook enough people. So I constantly have a list of who's coming on, what I'm planning, what I'm doing, and I know who I want on. And some people haven't even been asked, some people are waiting to be booked in, but I always make sure I have this kind of list of people that are coming in and honestly I got so preoccupied that I just hadn't kind of focused on, "Okay, when's the next interview?" So anyway, hence why I'm doing a solo episode as it is and the day of recording this. I am literally recording an interview later on today. But I just thought I didn't want to rush it and I'd much rather do another solo and then throw you an interview next week.(

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