The best way to get booked on radio is to be a good interviewee. Once radio hosts and producers know you understand the game, they’re willing to book you on their show over and over. One of the most important things in doing radio interviews is knowing how long your answers should be and how to keep the flow of the interview going. Watch this short post I taped before a radio show I did on Wall Street at Jim Cramer’s The Street.com, and see what you think about this strategy. I’ll look forward to your comments. Steve Siebold ( 1:09 )
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20-30 seconds long! That’s challenging.
How can you do that if the question is generic or requires a deep long answer?
Like for example, if the interviewer asked you about what inspired you to write this book, or what your success story is.
I can’t imagine answering this type of questions in less than 5 minutes.
Correct. Be great and you will be invited back. and the real power of radio is when you are heard frequently by the same audience. Occasional one-shot appearances don’t do much.
Steve,
That was hilarious!!
What camera and mic are you using for these videos?
Thanks,
Jorge
Viacom MTV Counsel
Founder of The Online Bar
http://obacard.me/Jorge
Good information for those of us who are exploring radio options. How exciting to be on Wall Street – It must have been a thrill!
Like Jorge, I’m curious what camera/mic you’ve been using for these tour videos – Do Tell!
Denise Fowble, The Tailored Speaker
Great info, Steve and very timely. Today, I am doing the first of 3 interviews over the next two days with more to come next week. I also appreciate what you and Stone had to share last week in Atlanta. Thank you for always delivering great content!
~JT
Thanks to everyone for your comments. I travel with the Kodak Zi8 camera and audio technica microphone. You can get the camera at Amazon.com and the microphone at http://www.worldclassaudiovideo.com The whole setup was less than $300.