Why I Recommend Booking Friends, Connections, & Up-and-Coming Stars for Events Ep 070

Discover my secrets behind curating successful virtual events that resonate and create real impact with this latest podcast episode, where I share my personal successes and lessons learned with booking non-paid speakers for my free events. Learn about my "Fairness / Abundance" approach How to find speakers How to invite your network to suggest speakers, using a LinkedIn post like this: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7137975384523845632/ What to consider when selecting non-paid speakers - and how I use follower count as a key! Bonus tips: how to promote your event with and through your speakers and with an event hashtag, such as #WBL24 On LI: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=wbl24 On IG: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/wbl24/ where it also means “Winter Bouldering League” for a rock-climbing wall gym in London. On TW / X: https://twitter.com/search?q=%23wbl24&src=typed_query&f=live On FB: https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/wbl24 On TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/search?lang=en&q=%23WBL24&t=1707838878837 – found a video by RidetheTideCol – Julia who is one of our speakers, which prompted me to do a video promo there. Support the show ************************************** My name is Brenda Meller. I'm a LinkedIn coach, consultant, speaker, and author. My company is Meller Marketing and I help business professionals get a bigger slice of the LinkedIn pie. Visit mellermarketing.com Let's connect on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/brendameller (click MORE to invite me to connect and mention you listened to my podcast)