What events are dangerous for speakers?

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The purpose of fraudulent events is to collect money from speakers and viewers. According to my observations, the most common scheme is when a company organizes a forum and invites 2-3 media personalities to it. Such speakers post an announcement of the event and a promo code for buying tickets on their social networks, their names are used in the presentation of the event.

The remaining experts are offered money for the opportunity new zealand whatsapp phone number to perform on the same stage with famous people and offer their services to a wide audience. The organizers promise them a large-scale event and say that many spectators are expected. But at the time of the event, it turns out that the hall is almost empty.

It happens that the organizers fill the hall with hired extras, who are not comparable to the real audience in terms of involvement and potential product purchases.

Personal case. An event organizer wrote to my client with an offer to speak in a week in front of 5 thousand viewers. According to the presentation, the event was planned for two days. The speakers were promised potential investors in the hall and a roll-up at the organizer's expense. The organizers did not care about the topic of the speech.

The participation fee was 250 thousand rubles. Since there were only two free slots left, the organizers promised speakers a discount of 100 thousand rubles. When transferring to a bank card, the discount increased by another 50 thousand rubles. As a result, the price of the performance was reduced to 100 thousand rubles.

I started looking for reviews of previous events of this organizer. On all review sites I found only positive comments. They all turned out to be similar to each other, containing only gratitude and enthusiastic comments. I was alarmed by the fact that on specific dates on all review sites there were 3-4 reviews.

Then I asked the organizers for photos of the stands, the hall from previous events, and a list of expected speakers. The organizers were unable to send them to me or answer the question of which experts from my client's niche would be speaking at the event. It also looked suspicious that the event was not advertised or otherwise supported by information. After that, I started looking for social networks of people who had left positive reviews, and I did not find a single one of them. On my recommendation, the expert refused to speak.

On topic. How to interest the audience if you are a speaker?