Summit Speakers, You Need To Take Care Of Your Back End!

Description

Health & wellness guru & summit speaker Carol Lourie takes us through her experience having spoken on a variety of health summits, and how you can get the most out of speaking on a Virtual Summit. Prepare like a pro on your next summit speaker opportunity.

About Carol Lourie

Carol is the CEO of Natural Healthcare and Healing. She is a Naturopath, Licensed Acupuncturist, Functional Medicine™ expert and Homeopath, with over 30 years of experience in providing integrative health care.

She's worked with thousands of women over the last 35 years. Carol also studied with oncology expert, Donnie Yance, founder of Mederi Foundation and has been a guest speaker on countless of summits.

Carol is on a mission to bring good health to as many people as possible.

Reach Out To Carol Lourie

• LinkedIn

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/fertilitysupplements/

• Twitter

  @CarolLourie

• Website

  https://carollourie.com

Carol's Reasons For Speaking In Summits

• Goodwill - She likes to support people
• If the host has a clear idea about how they are bringing value to the world

Benefits Of Speaking In Summits

• Increase of list size
• Exposure

How To Find Speakers For Summits

• Events such as Mindshare, Podcast Movement, LaunchCon, Traffic & Conversion
• Referrals

Speaker Success Tips

• Preparation. You need to be prepared.
• Practice.
• Start with a pain point or problem
• Tell the story in the beginning
• Put yourself in the audience’s shoes
• Try to picture the audience in a personal one-to-one space

2 Types Of Interviews

• Interviews that are conversational
• Structured interviews

How To Reach Out To Speakers For An Interview

• Have a conversation - Phone calls, Email
• Be honest
• Ask for feedback
• Come up with a specific agenda or guideline
• Provide clarity
• Be specific

Ways To Close A Session

• Give them free gifts. Something that is relevant and has value.
• Lead magnet
• Email sequence - Make sure it’s converting
• Social media

Carol's Advice

• Go for it. It's a great way of bringing yourself forward into the community and putting yourself out there
• But realize that:
• It is going to take more time than you thought
• It is going to take more of your energy
• Sometimes it will be very stressful
• You must handle the back end because otherwise you'll have spent all this time and money and it will flop
• Surround yourself with a staff or contractors who believe in you and are pleasant to work with
• Go out and get the people that you want
• Aim high

HOW TO GET IN TOUCH

• I am always looking for feedback
• If you have questions send them to me. (I’ll start doing a special Q&A monthly episode)
• If you want to be a guest reach out and let me know
• If you know someone I should interview please put me in touch with them.

Email me at: Podcast@VirtualSummits.com

Join the Summitology Masterclass: https://www.virtualsummits.software/summitology-masterclass-signup

Resources you can get in the show notes at http://virtualsummits.software/resource

• One Day Summit Guide
• Virtual Summits Framework
• Plug & Play
• Free Trial Virtual Summit Software

I want to end this episode by saying,

"I believe in YOU & YOU can do this."

Summits are by far one of the most powerful ways to quickly grow your list, launch your platform & make more money! (Even if you are just getting started).

Don’t get caught up in Analysis paralysis, because the world needs to hear your message & there are people who are waiting for you to help them.

So just get started. Imperfect action is always better than doing nothing!

Thank you and see you on the next episode!