Heyo! Welcome to the $100 NBA Show powerful. V. Powerful Business Lessons to help you become a better entrepreneur.

I'm your host, your coach, your teacher Omar at home.

I'm also the co-founder of Webinar Ninja,

an independent software company I started back in 2014.

In today's lesson you will learn how to start speaking on stages.

I'm not going to spend too much time talking about all the benefits and all the reasons why you should speak on stages.

This episode is for those who understand the benefits, want to get out there, want to build

a brand, but just don't know how to get started.

I'm going to share with you how I got started, how I started getting on stages, what works,

what doesn't, how to put your best foot forward, how to make sure you don't waste your opportunities

that you get on stages so that you make sure that you get re-invited to that

conference so people recommend you, you get word of mouth, you become the buzz, you become

one of those speakers people want to have at their event.

This is going to take a bit of effort, a bit of time, a bit of an investment on your part.

But it's an investment worth making because it's going to pay off in the long run.

Being a great speaker on stages and getting on stages, those two combined

have an incredible impact on your business, on your brand and everything you do. So let's get into it.

Let's get down to business.

If you're never spoken on any stages, any conference, any meet-up before it's kind of hard to get

started because no one knows who you are you've never done it before you have no proof you've done it before, so it's kind of hard to prove that you're worth being on stage.

So let's make sure we can get the ball rolling and get you on your first few gigs, your first few stage appearances.

The first thing I want to mention is that you have to have some level of speaking skills,

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