Helpful tips for autHor radio interviews （有用的小贴士作者电台采访）.pdfVIP

Helpful tips for autHor radio interviews by Rob EagaR **Bonus article based on Rob Eagar’s Sell Your Book Like Wildfire () 1. Take a sheet of paper and write out your interview questions with accompanying sound bites. Keep this piece of paper in front of you during the interview. The radio host won’t mind if you have a cheat sheet, and the listening audience will never know. Use it to help calm your nerves and keep you on track if you forget a par- ticular point. 2. On your cheat sheet, write down the host’s name and the radio station’s name. This will help overcome an awkward moment of suddenly forgetting your interviewer’s name. I learned this lesson the hard way when I did a couple of interviews back to back and got the host’s names mixed up. It wasn’t pretty. 3. Keep a glass of water nearby in case your mouth gets dry or you start to cough. There’s no worse feeling than getting nervous in  front of the microphone and leaving yourself stranded without water. 4. If you’re conducting an interview by phone, be sure to turn off the call-waiting feature before you get started. Otherwise your inter- view may get repeatedly interrupted by the beeping that occurs when another call is coming in on your phone line. And you will you look like an amateur. 5. If you take questions from live callers during your interview, re- member to repeat their questions aloud and express empathy to- ward their issues. If someone poses a difficult question, such as as- sistance with a complex personal problem, don’t feel obligated to provide an answer. Instead show how you understand their ques- tion, and try to suggest where they can get more infor