In a recent blog post, I proudly declared that smart business owners hire other people to organize their telesummit or virtual event.

Don’t be fooled – you need about 12-weeks to plan, produce and complete a profitable virtual event. Plus, according to a recent survey I conducted, you’ll spend 6-15 hours per week organizing your telesummit or virtual event.

That’s 72 to 180 hours that you’re stealing from your brilliance to do it yourself. Not cool.

As messengers, change agents, thought leaders or catalysts, your time is better spent trying to get your message out to the world (or your local community) instead of digging into the day-to-day operations of organizing a telesummit.

I call this the 3 Stages of Virtual Event Success for Messengers, Change Agents and Thought Leaders. The 3 stages are in the image below.

Stage #1 – Purpose: What You Want to Do

In this stage, you plan your strategy and align your vision with your longterm goals. This is what leaders do.

Stage #2 – Support: Who or What Can Make It Happen

In this stage, you identify the tools and the talent that can help bring your telesummit or virtual event to market.

Stage #3 – Presence: How Do You Want to Be Perceived

Low self esteem and a lack of confidence can do so much to ruin your reputation. In this stage, you’ll work on your image so you present your personality to marketplace.

Dig deeper into each stage using the links below:

• Stage #1 – Purpose: What You Want to Do
• Stage #2 – Support: Who or What Can Make It Happen
• Stage #3 – Presence: How Do You Want to Be Perceived