Handy tools for speakers and meeting planners
Joan Stewart
Speakers, if you’re spending hours searching for events where you
can speak for a fee, or no fee, here’s a handy tool that will
make your job easier.
SpeakerLeads.com is a wiki that lets meeting planners everywhere
provide information on events that need speakers. It includes
other helpful details like the deadline for speakers to apply,
the major market in case you want to search by city, and the
website where you can find more information about the event.
You can search the database, the wiki or you can opt-in and they
will send you updates–all free.
Already, the wiki has more than 1,000 events, as far as three
years away, that need all types of speakers for keynotes, panels
and break-out sessions. In some cases, meeting planners want
only speakers who are already planning to attend the event. But
that’s OK. Speakers who need experience on the circuit will
gladly take these gigs.
Meeting planners, add this website to the list of places where
you can promote your event.
It’s brought to you by the Yearbook of Experts, the service that
provides expert sources and contact information for journalists,
as well as press release distribution services for experts.
Publicity expert Joan Stewart shows you how to use free publicity to establish your credibility, enhance your reputation, position yourself as an expert, sell more products and services, promote a favorite cause or issue, and position your company as an employer of choice. She explains how to use traditional and social media, and develop strong relationships with journalists, broadcasters, bloggers, ezine publishers and other “new media.” Her own free publicity campaign started at age 10 when her hometown newspaper wrote a story about a blue ribbon she won for a 4-H sewing project at the Ohio State Fair. From then on, she was hooked on publicity. Her popular ezine, "The Publicity Hound's Tips of the Week" goes to more than 40,000 subscribers worldwide and includes the best publicity advice and good dog jokes (one in each issue) you'll find anywhere. You can subscribe to her publicity tips newsletter at http://www.publicityhound.com. She lives and tries to stay warm in Port Washington, Wisconsin.

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