[Part 1] Booked Without Burnout: A Smarter Way to Land Speaking Gigs with Outbound Strategies

You know speaking is one of the best ways to grow your business and your visibility.

But between running your business, serving your clients, and managing everything else on your plate, finding time to pitch yourself for speaking engagements feels impossible.

If you’ve ever thought:

• “I know I should be speaking, but I’m too busy to figure out where to start.”
• “Pitching myself feels overwhelming. I don’t even know what to say.”
• “It seems easier to just keep posting on social media, even though it’s not moving the needle.”

This new 4-part series on how you can land more speaking engagements is exactly what you need.

Today’s focus is on outbound activities = the steps you can take to actively pitch yourself without burning out.

The next episode is on what I call inbound activities: setting yourself up so that speaking engagements come to you. Then, we'll wrap up the series with an episode on how to get paid to speak.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why scheduling a weekly Pitch Power Hour will help you stay consistent (and how to structure it).
• How to research speaking opportunities efficiently using tools like Google Alerts and AI.
• The importance of showing up in your local community and building relationships that lead to invitations.
• How to align pitching with your existing visibility efforts so it feels natural, not forced.
• The mindset shift that makes pitching less intimidating: event organizers need great speakers like you.

By the end of this episode, you’ll have three specific strategies to make pitching a sustainable and even enjoyable part of your routine. And most importantly, you’ll see how consistent, strategic outreach leads to more of the right opportunities on the right stages.

✨ Work with us: Want to create your signature talk, build your speaking strategy, and get booked without burnout?

• Join our online Thought Leader Academy for step-by-step coaching and a proven process to elevate your message.
• Prefer in-person? Attend our 1-Day Speaking Accelerator in Orlando and walk away with your talk and action plan.

Links:

Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/441/

Discover your Speaker Archetype by taking our free quiz at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/quiz/

Attend our 1-day in-person Speaking Accelerator workshop in Orlando: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/orlando/

Enroll in our online Thought Leader Academy: https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/academy/

Connect with me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolcox

Related Podcast Episodes:

• Episode 401: Strategies for Getting Momentum on the Speaking Circuit
• Episode 245: How to Get Selected as a Speaker by Event Organizers

Become Bookable Live Online Workshop - April 15, 2026
If you want to speak more but you’re not sure where to start or your efforts haven’t produced the results you want, I’m hosting a live online workshop called “Become Bookable: How to Get Speaking Invitations” on Wednesday, April 15th.

A lot of brilliant women assume they just need to pitch themselves more. But the real reason speakers get invited isn’t because they pitch harder — it’s because they’re positioned as bookable.

In this 3-hour interactive workshop live on Zoom, I’ll show you how speakers actually get invited — and help you clarify the positioning that makes event organizers say yes.

As a podcast listener, use the coupon code “Podcast100” to save $100 on your registration.

Learn more and register at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/bookable