Return Phone Calls

If you are a speaker, a basic rule to remember is that event planners don’t want to keep having to email you and call you to get a hold of you. So if you are a busy person, assign someone the responsibility of checking your message and emails. Give that person access to your calendar because some planners want to get a commitment as soon as possible and if you take a week to return a phone call, another speaker that was waiting by the phone could end up getting your gig.

Plus not keeping in touch is a bad business practice. If you have to, setup an automatic email response with phone numbers and other people to call to get in contact with you. This helps build trust between you and an event planner. Very few planners do booking solely via email. Click to continue »