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Free Website Content - Podcast Interviews
Podcast Interviews
By Sharon Housley
Podcast Interviews
Conducting a successful podcast interview can be a tricky
proposition for a podcaster starting out. Once you have
determined individuals that will appeal to your target audience
contact potential interviewees and arrange a time to conduct
the interview. Following this guide will insure that the
interview goes off without a hitch.
1. Prepare Questions in Advance
Prepare a list of questions prior to the interview,
contemplate possible follow-up questions based on the expected
responses. Create a list of notes along with the questions
that are accessible during the interview and will help you
direct the conversation.
2. Research Interview Subject
Do your homework about the individual or individuals
you are interviewing. A little due diligence will go a long
way. Search newsgroups and Google for the interviewees name,
product, or company, and build a background. The research
will help predict the interviewees responses to your questions.
Listen to previous interviews in which the interviewee participated,
read their blog and articles to get a feel for the interviewees
position on issues.
3. Confirm Pronunciation
Confirm how the pronunciation of the interviewee's name
prior to beginning the interview! It will save you from
any potential embarrassment if the name is incorrectly pronounced.
4. Scope
Explain the scope of the interview to the person you
are interviewing. It is important they are aware of the
expectations, agenda, time and format of the podcast show.
Create a stock email to send to interviewees that explains
the format and tweak the email for any special cases.
5. Hardware and Software
Be sure to inform guests of any required hardware or
software that they must install prior to the interview.
The more advance notice your provide the easier it will
be for your guests to be prepared.
6. Test!
Test equipment prior to beginning the interview. Check
sound quality, and volume levels to make sure that the settings
are correct.
7. Relax
In order to relax your guest spend a few minutes chatting
before the interview begins this will put them at ease and
relieve some of the guests interviewer's nerves.
8. Avoid Yes or No
Ask your questions in a logical sequence. When framing
your questions, avoid questions that will result in "yes"
or "no" answers. Questions should be open ended and you
should encourage your guests to elaborate on their responses.
9. Provide Guests Tips
Make suggestions to your guest prior to the interview.
Encourage the interviewees to talk slow, articulate their
words, and to remain a consistent distance from the microphone
throughout the interview.
10. Stay in Control
Keep in mind that YOU are the interviewer and you should
be directing and controlling the conversation. Occasionally
that means you might need to interrupt your guest or bring
them back to the topic at hand. There are ways to effectively
do this without being rude, practice language that you might
use, or better yet watch television interviewers when involved
in a conflict and take a cue from the language and techniques
that they use.
11. Time Cues
Let your interviewer know that you will provide time
warnings and involve, use statements like: "one more question",
or "let's wrap this up, can you quickly tell me" to cue
your guest that time is almost up.
12. Give Thanks
Thank your guest on and off air. Provide them a copy or
link to the interview. Encourage your guest to link to the
show, this could potentially bring your show some additional
publicity for your show.
About the Author:
Sharon Housley manages marketing for FeedForAll http://www.feedforall.com
software for creating, editing, publishing RSS feeds and
podcasts. In addition Sharon manages marketing for RecordForAll
http://www.recordforall.com
audio recording and editing software.
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