AUGUST 20, 2025
This HACK will get you a speaking gig 🎙️
Want to get your first speaking gig? Here's a secret I used earlier in my career 🎙️ If you're in your 20s, you might think you don't have enough experience to get on that panel, but you'd be wrong. Here's the secret nobody tells you: Stop emailing the organizers. They'll usually ignore unsolicited speaking requests. Instead, learn how conferences actually work and what matters most. Every event wants diverse perspectives on that stage. Finding great young speakers isn't always easy. You can
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How It All Started
A Short Backstory Of This Blog
This is a blog about non-obvious ideas. Originally launched on the Typepad platform in 2005 as the Influential Marketing blog, the stories at first focused mainly on digital marketing while Rohit worked at Ogilvy Advertising. In 2015 Rohit officially rebranded to the Non-Obvious Insights Blog and published his WSJ bestseller Non-Obvious. For the past twenty one years, this blog has coined new terms, introduced future marketing practices and inspired the next generation of non-obvious thinkers and marketers.
