Panels are fun because you get all the credit for being on stage and only need to bring a third of the personality to keep people’s attention.

It’s like a group participation project from high school, but for the corporate world. You just hope one of the people on the panel you share the stage with aren't a complete dud, so that you don’t have to do all the talking yourself.

Anyway, I did a podcast with my brother in college...  

Don’t Google it please—it sucked.

That podcast I recorded from my college dorm actually picked up an audience in 2017, and I even got a few big names to join as guests such as former presidential candidate and congressman Ron Paul, “The Chosen” director Dallas Jenkins, to name a few.

People don’t usually make money from podcasts, but this one opened up a ton of personal and professional opportunities for me.

One such opportunity was the chance to visit Vegas for the first time in 2017 for a conference and join a panel about “Why Millennials Should Read Ayn Rand.”  

If that title immediately gave you the same effect as anti-Viagra (use your imagination), it won’t help to know I read The Fountainhead five times before I was 20 and yes, I am obnoxious about sharing that fact with people.

I seemed to be the token “ugly guy” on the panel, flanked by a Cuban reporter from Miami who side-hustled as a swimsuit model and Miss Alaska (I won’t say what year) who was promoting a literacy program or something.

Yeah, imagine me next to someone who looked like Sofia Vergara’s cousin and a literal Miss America contestant.

We had an audience of around 200 in the breakout room, and to get on stage, you just had to climb three steps—and you’re good.  

Miss Alaska wore heels I could only describe as the chosen weapons of assassins.

She was struggling to get up the steps, so being a gentleman, I offered my hand to help her up.  

The next moment was two seconds of pure terror.  

She reached out to take my hand and somehow begun to fall backwards.

I want to mention I was a young National Guard infantry officer who watched a ton of James Bond and other action movies as a teenager and moments like this are what I had mentally prepared for my entire life up to that point.

Leaping like Jason Bourne, I was fast enough to step down, lunge, and pivot to catch her, swooping in like Peter Parker catching MJ in Spider-Man.  

She was safe and we all walked on stage.

It was a fun day.

Moments like this are only possible because I met the event organizer because she was a guest on my podcast. She was so impressed by our conversation that she invited me to come to Vegas to share my thoughts to the audience.

Listen, networking has its perks. One minute you're podcasting from a college dorm, then the next minute you are saving a literal beauty queen from a concussion right before speaking in front of a crowded room.

If you want to throw the dice and see what opportunities could come from expanding your network, I hope you’ll join me and “The Networking Mayor” Ace Fair, along with friends, at the bar at The Front Yard at Ellis Island Casino & Hotel this Friday, August 15th, at 6:00 PM, for our Networking Happy Hour to share some laughs, meet new people, and have a drink if you’re into that.

Register for free on Eventbrite here.

LASTLY— Mr. Ace Fair was kind enough to provide some door giveaways for folks who check in with us:

The first 10 people who arrive will get a physical copy of "Got Game" by Brian Carruthers.

The first 21 people get a $10 NORMS BUCKS card OR Houston Hot Chicken/free food offer...

See you then, 

Remso W. Martinez

Owner & CEO

Marketer on the Run LLC

Cell: 254-833-1094

https://marketerontherun.com