#217: How To Be A Go-To Speaker And Get More Speaking Opportunities - Tash Corbin, Heart-Centred Business Podcast

Show notes can be found at tashcorbin.com/217 In today's episode, I'm going to show you how to be a go-to speaker and get more speaking opportunities. I know that more speaking gigs is on the list for many of you, so let's dive straight into this juicy episode... Before I tell you HOW to get more speaking gigs, let's look at some of the benefits: Why is it that we should want to have more speaking opportunities in our business? It's really good for your reach. Whether your speaking opportunity is: Being a guest on a summit Being on someone else's podcast At an onstage event Conference Any other kind of speaking event Those types of engagements get you really good reach. We know that more connection equals more conversion, so it doesn't just get you better reach in your business. It gets you high conversion reach. Let's say you go to 20 webinars in a year and you purchase at two of them. Compare that to going to in-person events, speaking gigs, or workshops, where that person is selling something. The odds that you are going to buy from them at the in-person event is going to be a lot higher than the online. If you are working with someone or going to someone's speaking gig online, and you actually get to see their face and hear them present, that is also way higher converting than if you were to read their free ebook or grab a checklist. We know that speaking - particularly video, as well as in-person speaking - is high conversion and is really high-quality reach that you are getting for your business, particularly if it's the right audience for your business. Other benefits include: Networking opportunities The chance to be seen as a PR Being set up as an authority in your area There are so many great benefits for your business, but if we just focus on those two core ones of having better reach and higher conversion, then it's a bit of a no brainer to look at bringing more speaking opportunities into your business. But how do you get more speaking opportunities and become that go-to speaker? 1. Practise It's really hard for someone to select you as a speaker if they've never seen you speak before. If you haven't had that practise, aren't confident, haven't presented or gone out there and got more got speaking gigs before, then you're not going to necessarily be giving off that very confident I've-totally-got-this-I'm-a-go-to-speaker vibe. You need to find ways and opportunities to get lots and lots of practise as a speaker. The beautiful thing with the online business world is that there are endless opportunities for you to practise being a speaker. There are so many ways that you can practice presenting a particular workshop, giving a signature talk, dealing with Q&A's and all of the other things that come with being a speaker in your business. If you're thinking that you just need to be picked and then you'll be a speaker, I just want you to stop and look for how you can get more practise FIRST. Practise is such a powerful way of getting more and more opportunities. It creates this amazing snowball effect for you. 2. Choose yourself Stop waiting for other people to choose you as a speaker... choose yourself as a speaker. My first speaking gigs in my business were me offering to do goal-setting workshops and business planning workshops for local business groups. I also did a bunch of local workshops on topics that I was really passionate about and invited people to come along to those. I did some for free, I did some low cost, and I did some higher cost. All Let me know your thoughts via our Text FanMail!Join us in Noosa at the Heart-Centred Business Conference in September!Find out more and secure your ticket at: tashcorbin.com/conference