Last night I did my first
podcast interview with Tyora Moody. I
know you’re thinking I thought you were doing podcasts. I am, but I was the guest instead of the host
last night.
Tyora was an excellent
interviewer. She gave me the questions
she wanted to ask ahead of time.
I
wanted to offer a few tips to you if you plan on doing a few podcasts yourself.
If the host sends you the questions before time. Take time to read over them and then write
out your answers.
I typed out my answers then
printed them out, to use as my notes during the podcast.
Show up for the interview.
I know this sounds like a logical
thing to do but you would be surprised how many people don’t show up for their
interviews. They forget to put it on
their calendar or life shows up. If you
can’t make the interview, send a quick email to let the host know, so they can
reschedule the interview. You don’t want
them waiting on you to show up. That
doesn’t look good and I’m sure they will not be rescheduling.
Relax
This might be hard for you if
this is your first time, but if you have a great host like I did with Tyora it
can be fun. I always say a prayer before
I do any interview asking the Lord to guide my tongue because I have a habit of
talking and talking.
Have a conversation
Don’t give the host a hard
time of pulling answers out of you. This
is the time to talk and share a little about yourself, your book or
business. It’s not fun chatting with
someone and all you are saying is yes or no.
Have fun and smile
Listeners can tell if you’re
having fun or if you’re scared to death by your voice. If you find yourself smiling a lot it will
come across in the podcasts.
When I first started doing
the podcasts, I found myself laughing a lot and my guest did too. At first I was worried listeners wouldn’t
take it serious, but then I realized that laughing is a good thing. Yes writing is serious, but you still want to
have fun with it.
Promote your podcast
When the podcast goes live,
send out the link to your readers, friends, social media. Send a thank you note to the host.
Listen to the interview
How did you sound? What can you improve for the next interview?
I want to thank Tyora Moody
for my first podcast interview. When the podcast goes live, I will post the
link so you can hear what we had to talk about.
I hope this tips help you
when you have your podcast interview. If
you have any questions about podcasting or podcast interview, feel free to
leave a comment.
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