Should You Throw Live Events? | Ep. #404

<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">In Episode #404, Eric and Neil discuss whether or not you should throw live events. Live events are excellent opportunities to expand your network. Tune in to learn why Eric throws his live events and dinners monthly and the reason he does them for FREE.</span></p> <h3><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Time Stamped Show Notes:</span></h3> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">00:27 – Today’s topic: <em>Should You Throw Live Events?</em></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">00:39 – Live events can serve a broad audience and can be a lot cheaper</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">00:51 – Eric throws live events in LA</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01:06 – Eric has a “happy hour” event once a month with his small group of marketers and entrepreneurs</span> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01:13 – The purpose is just to get people together</span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01:32 – Eric has generated revenue from his live events which are free for the attendees</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">01:41 – Eric received a $120K deal from one of his events where he only spent around $12K to organize it</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">02:03 – Eric has done two live events every month for the past seven months</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">02:16 – Eric has learned a lot from his live events</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">02:26 – The invited guests are targeted</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">03:10 – <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/JaysonGaignard">Jayson Gaignard</a> of <a href="http://www.mastermindtalks.com/">Mastermind Talks</a> will give you a template for how to throw live events and a mastermind dinner</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">03:26 – “When you’re inviting people, you want to make sure that everyone’s on the same level”</span> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 10pt;">03:47 – You can use revenue as part of the criteria fo