If you’d like me to speak at your upcoming event about SEO, online marketing, consulting, freelancing or sales/networking (in line with my book Anti-Sell) then please let me know (or feel free to tweet me: @steviephil).
What people say
Here’s some feedback from my recent Freelance Heroes Day 2019 talk:
“Best talk of the day.”
– Steve Folland, host of the Being Freelance podcast, vlog & community (source)
- “Your talk was brilliant @steviephil! Loads of great advice about not-selling!” (source)
- “So good @steviephil at #FreelanceHeroesDay. Loving his advice from his book anti-sell” (source)
- “Great tips on how to make sales without selling from the author of #antisell & fellow @Welsh_ICE r @steviephil – music to my ears! #FreelanceHeroesDay” (source)
- “Can I just say your Anti-Sell talk at Freelance Heroes Day this year was brilliant.” (source)
And from another talk:
“Thank you for your talk last night at Swansea Digital Marketing Meetup… Definitely one of my favourite talks I’ve attended with very insightful information.”
– Eve Oliver, PPC Account Manager at Alix Digital (source)
Topics I can cover
At the moment I’m looking to do talks that relate to my book: Anti-Sell. So topics such as:
- Sales & networking (especially for people who don’t like sales)
- Personal branding & self-promotion (without overdoing it)
- Freelancing
I can also cover:
- SEO
- Self-publishing
Let me know if you’d like me to speak at your upcoming event!
Upcoming events
Thursday 18th May 2023 – Freelance Frontier
Where: Online!
Talk title: Finding New Clients Q&A
Link to more info
Past events
Friday 10th September 2021 – brightonSEO (#brightonSEO)
Where: The Brighton Centre, Brighton
Talk title: Going Solo – The Survival Guide for Freelance SEOs (Present & Future)
Link to talk info / Link to slides
Note: this was a v2.0 of my talk of the same name at brightonSEO October 2020
Where: Online!
Talk title: 10 Ways to Get More SEO Clients
Link to slides
Where: Online!
Talk title: Going Solo – The Survival Guide for Freelance SEOs (Present & Future)
Link to slides & other info
Note: this was originally scheduled for April 2020 but it got rescheduled to later in the year
Where: Online!
Talk title: Online Networking (Anti-Sell Style)
Link to slides & webinar video
Where: Old Havana, Swansea
Talk title: How to (Anti-)Sell Yourself – Online Personal Branding & Networking Tips
Link to slides
Where: Grand Station, Wolverhampton
Talk title: Anti-Sell: Lead Generation & Networking Tips for Freelancers who Hate Sales
Link to info, slides & photos
Where: Tramshed Tech, Cardiff
Talk title: Getting the Most from Yoast
Link to info, slides & photos
Where: Tiny Rebel (formerly known as Urban Tap House), Cardiff
Talk title: Lightning Talk – The History of SEO in 5 Minutes (or Less)…
Link to info, slides & video
Where: The Brighton Centre, Brighton
Talk title: SEO & Civil Law: Protecting Yourself from Unfortunate Client Disputes
Link to info, slides & photo
Where: 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff
Talk title: SEO & Design: Have Your Cake & Optimise It Too
Link to info, slides & video
Where: Online!
Talk title: 25 Blog Posts In One Month: Co-ordinating A Low-Budget ‘Content Blitz’ Campaign
Link to info, video & audio transcript
Where: Golley Slater PR, Cardiff
Talk title: PRs Make Damn Good Link Builders – Integrating SEO Into PR Campaigns
Link to info, photos & slides
Where: Corn Exchange, Brighton Dome, Brighton
Talk title: 25 Posts in One Month: Co-ordinating a ‘Content Blitz’ Campaign on the Cheap
Link to info, photos & slides
Where: The Project Space, Newport
Talk title: The Rise & (Supposed) Fall Of Google Authorship
Link to info & slides
Where: Online!
Talk title: Offline Networking (For SEOs)
Link to info & video
Where: FoundersHub, Cardiff
Talk title: Choose Your Own Adventure – SEO For Web Developers
Link to slides, photos, video & info
Where: Porter’s Bar, Cardiff (cinema room)
Talk title: Google-Friendly Link Building Tactics For Online Sellers
Link to slides, audio & audio transcript
Where: Porter’s Bar, Cardiff (main room)
Talk title: What Skyrim Taught Me About Business Networking
Link to slides & video
Where: Porter’s Bar, Cardiff (cinema room)
Talk title: Getting Your Face In Google: rel="author" implementation
Link to slides, complementary video & video transcript
(I also did an edited talk for Box UK – my employer at the time – as part of their Tech Talk sessions.)