The Case for a Videographer
Speaking at conferences is an excellent way for authors and entrepreneurs to share their expertise, and in the process, brand themselves as experts. I try to do it whenever I can.
Go to any conference website and more often than not you'll see a "call for submissions." To be sure, it's incredibly difficult to speak at events like SXSW. You need to have a track record of speaking engagements, for one. But, just as important, you need evidence of those engagements when conference organizers try to research you online. In short, you need to get yourself on video, but far too few speakers take the step of posting professional-quality videos of themselves on their websites.
It'll only take a moment.