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The Fizzle Show

Episode 269: Conferences vs Retreats: Which is Right For Your Business? (FS269)

The Fizzle Show

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Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers, Freelancing, Marketing, Small Business

4.8648 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

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Have you been wondering about attending a conference? Have you been to a bunch of conferences before? What were the outcomes of these past experiences and what can you hope for in the future?

Today we are talking conferences, retreats, gatherings, meet-ups and networking. With the huge amount of events of this nature taking place all the time, how do we choose which one to go to? And how should we approach them?

In this episode, the team give you an insightful dive into the mechanics of the conference as well as sharing some personal tips for the best experience. There is a whole world of opportunity awaiting you at the right event if you have the correct strategy and attitude!

We also talk about the time Chase and Corbett met at a conference, the latest incarnations of the conference format, finding your tribe and Chase’s very own concept of ‘third tier networking’.

So for all the entrepreneurs ready to make a great connection, learn an important lesson and get your business out into the public, this is an episode tailor-made for you! Tune in as we break it down!

Key Points From This Episode:

  • The story of how Chase and Corbett met at The Blog World Conference. [0:05:31.3]
  • The difference between virtual meetings and those in person. [0:09:46.2]
  • The new avenue of conferences: the small retreat. [0:14:55.9]
  • Attitudes and skills for a successful time at conferences. [0:19:40.6]
  • Initial and subsequent reasons for attending events. [0:21:14.2]
  • Finding and interacting with your tribe. [0:25:10.1]
  • Open-heartedness and commitment to the process of networking. [0:26:54.4]
  • Chase’s concept of ‘third tier networking’. [0:29:01.4]
  • Some tips to making connections and first impressions with the right people. [0:32:39.5]
  • Comparing events of different sizes and the pros and cons of each. [0:35:39.6]
  • The absolutely vital elements of gatherings such as retreats and conferences. [0:45:01.2]
  • Connections, visibility and opportunity. [0:52:23.9]
  • Getting the most out of non-conference environments in daily life. [0:57:10.8]
  • And much more!

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Fizzle Show.

0:11.0

It is the Fizzle Show and I am Figuero and I would like to welcome you.

0:16.9

This is turning into Contracula.

0:21.0

Welcome to the Fizzle show where every week we talk about things that are interesting to indie entrepreneurs.

0:28.6

It's like being a hunter-gatherer.

0:30.1

It's like being a modern hunter-gatherer.

0:32.9

You are earning your living doing something that's independent.

0:35.9

Like you go out and you find ways to

0:38.3

sort of make money because money is sort of the thing we need we don't go to the grocery store and

0:43.0

like dig up some fruit or vegetables anymore like we'd go and we had to purchase them right so you got

0:49.3

to find a way to make that money you use to purchase these things that you need. Right? Well, if you're

0:55.8

anything like me, like a lot of us, you've had some pretty crappy jobs in your life. Is that,

1:00.8

does that happen to you? Does that happen once or twice? You ever had one of those jobs you felt

1:04.4

like leaving? Yeah, I know. A lot of us have had that. And it's made us wonder, hey,

1:09.3

hey, I got a question. Is there a way for life to not be

1:13.0

completely freaking dreadful every Sunday night around 5 p.m. when I realize what's coming for me

1:19.4

on Monday? Is there any way for my Monday morning commute to feel a whole lot less like I'm going

1:26.4

to war, like I have to survive this, and a little more like,

1:30.3

I am enjoying myself.

1:32.5

That's the question that a lot of us,

1:33.8

indie entrepreneurs have asked ourselves,

1:35.2

and we've been finding ways to enjoy our ways of making a living ever since.

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