There is a “blackbox” of sorts when it comes to finding speaking gigs and opportunities.
When you ask “how do I get booked as a public speaker” — it seems that outside of “get a speaking bureau” or “use your network” — no one really talks about all the different ways you might go about finding places to speak.
When I first started as a public speaker way back in 2014 — this was the question I was always trying to get answers to (and mostly just got the same ones I shared above). Blame on my Virgo moon (love me a list) and my Taurus sun (I'm stubborn af when i want something) — but I finally made my speaking dreams come true — and wanted to share what I did that worked initially to find those first few gigs.
Caveat — you might end up finding a lot of unpaid speaking opportunities when filling out “call for speaker” type forms — I leveraged the photos, video, and audiences I met in those places to build a speaking business that has since then generated tons of revenue, clients, and opportunity.
This is a list of websites for professional speakers to help you get booked. http://www.directoryofassociations.com/
http://www.eventsinamerica.com
http://www.oreilly.com/conferences/
http://www.conferencealerts.com
http://www.associationnews.com/
http://www.conventionindustry.org/index.aspx
http://www.destinationmarketing.org/
http://www.gbta.org/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.siteglobal.com/page/site-events
List of convention centers (you can use this to search #CITYconventioncenter on social media)
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