The time has come when you want to take your talk on the road. You’ve seen speakers at conferences and you’ve been thinking, if they can do it, why can’t I? Like every other new business venture, you’ll likely find that the decision to pursue speaking gigs will necessitate implementing a well thought out strategy. You’ll want to go about it the right way. While many of our blog posts here on GigCoin focus on social media you’ll find that this is an area where integrating the best of your face-to-face skills with your skills as a content developer and social media marketer will all come into a play.

The recent study, State of Social Media Marketing, conducted with more that 3300 social media marketers revealed many interesting facts. One of the most fascinating is the finding that YouTube and Video Marketing was cited as the top area of focus for social media marketers in 2011 with 77% of marketers saying they planned on increasing their YouTube and/or video marketing this year.