TSE 035: How to Land Your First Speaking Gig w/ Grant Baldwin

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I’m pretty sure you have experienced this: you’re at a conference, listening to someone speaking, and you wonder “how did he/she land this speaking engagement”?

What does it take to become a paid speaker, and what are the first steps that can land you your first speaking gig?

These are some of the questions we’re going to address in today’s episode of the 360 Entrepreneur Podcast!

If you have been thinking about starting to look for conferences and events you’d like to speak at, you’re going to get tips that are going to help you get booked, no doubts!

Joining us today is speaker, podcaster and business coach Grant Baldwin, who shares his tips for landing your first speaking gig – from how to get clarity and see if your career is ideal for you and how to create a great speaker demo video when you haven’t been on stage, to what to think about when looking for speaking engagements.

Today’s Guest

Grant Baldwin really does it all! He’s a popular speaker, blogger, business coach and he’s the host of the How Did You Get Into That? podcast. On his blog GrantBaldwin.com and podcast, which has recently passed the 100-episode mark, he discusses all things business, from social media marketing, outsourcing and networking to startups and video marketing, as well as lifestyle.

Grant, who has also been featured at events like the Branding Summit and popular shows such as the $100 MBA Show and the Cerrone Show, recently launched Booked and Paid to Speak. His training is a proven, complete step-by-step system designed to take you by the hand and show you EXACTLY how to get booked AND paid to speak.

In This Episode, We Cover:

How to get clarity and get a better understanding of the career that is an ideal fit for you

How Grant get the most out of each day by using a very specific productivity and goal-setting process

What to think about and do, before looking for speaking gigs

How to get speaking engagements

What conferences look at, when looking for speakers

Grant’s training Booked and Paid to Speak

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Links, People and Resources Mentioned

www.grantbaldwin.com (Grant’s website)

How Did You Get Into That? (Grant’s podcast)

Booked and Paid to Speak (Grant’s training)

Evernote

Things (mac app) for daily to-do lists

Google calendar

Nathan Barry

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