Getting up in front of LOTS of people

Nicole Davidson commanded the room. Love her work!

It’s been a week of action, lots of fine wine, top events and getting out there as much as possible (as well as doing lots of client work). For me lately especially; it’s been growth mode in my business.

For a short while there I was as I put it ‘hiding behind Facebook’. That is, thinking that just posting stuff or coming up with clever ads will save me. That is obviously miles away from the truth as it takes a lot of ‘everything’ to win.

What has been a massive winner for me lately (and over the years) has been speaking in front of people about Marketing and what I do. Of course the more I speak in front of the better and a great example of this is the awesome Nicole Davidson who I have become friends with over the latter part of 2016. She actually attended one of our workshops and that night I met her as the MC & Host for the ‘Bizruption’ event that I have become a fan of.

Basically it’s a tech / marketing event and you have hundreds of people there. Hundreds of people and when I got there, she was the big MC up in front of everyone. She did a great job at CBA and she has this very ‘kind / genuine’ style about her. I tend to get up there and provoke people, make jokes and talk about Trump; whereas she got up there as a kind person who just made everyone get along (who ever thought being kind would work? lol).

She did herself a massive favour and I am sure she picked up quite a few leads / clients that night. You only have to get up and the ‘right’ person sees you, falls in love with you and takes action to purchase your services or products as required. Nicole rocks and power to her for going after that opportunity to MC and be the woman in charge for the night.

My advice and thinking? Get up and speak in front of people as much as possible. I used to speak in front of small groups to build my experience and over the years it’s become easy speaking in front of hundreds. It’s become better for me, easier, and it just works great.

You may then ask me the next question “Edward, how do I get speaking gigs?”. Great question. Go meet lots of people, become their friends, ask them and run your own events. As you keep doing that and getting more popular, more shall come and seek you out.

Thank you Nicole Davidson! I learned from watching you in action that night and love your work.

You rock and thank you for the read. Here’s to public speaking and getting up in front of lots of people!