Interviews

I have probably done more than 200 live interview while on KEST the San Francisco Alternative Radio Station over the two years I had “Choices for a Healthier Lifestyle.” Then once my sixth book was released I started doing at least one interview a week, sometimes as many as four.

It occurred to me there were no guidelines. No one suggested using a land line or having a glass of room temperature water. So I started making a list and created a guideline anyone can follow. It will help you make sure you are covering all the details.

Interview Details
Here are the details for our teleseminar:

Date: January 4th
Time: 10:00 am PST 11 am MT 1 pm EST

Call in: 1 (309) 946-5100 *199571
(You must include the leading star key)

Please Send the Sign up form to your database one week prior to interview

http://www.creativeimpressionscorp.com/Teleseminar.html

Here’s some helpful guidelines:
1. Send 15-18 questions to me 3-5 days prior to interview
2. Post your interview on Skype and Facebook
3. Sign up for Skype- make sure host has your Skype address
4. Keep answers to 30 seconds to 2 min max
Answer one question at a time, avoid giving multiple answers to one question
(some times it’s hard to stay on the question when you want to cover all the bases)
5. Be sure to use a land line – not VOIP as weather patterns interupt the quality of calls
6. Be sure to watch your Skype during your interview
7. Turn off all other phones
8. Turn off call waiting (*70 on AT&T)
9. Have a room temperature glass of water (with lemon is best)

New Author Dilemma

I have another new author starting this week. He write SciFi and is amazingly talented. He has eight books written, but as of yet, has not learned the business of being an author.

I have talked with a lot of authors over the years and it surprises me how many truly believe that their only job is to write the book and somehow magically, the publisher will make them rich and famous!

Mark is not in that category. He jumps right in and searches for better plugins, widgets and even alternative article submission services. He is waiting for his book cover to be redesigned, so he’s spending a great deal of time teaching himself all the tricks and discovering all the resources that are available.

In truth, it is a full time job if you wanted to try and keep up with all the newest, latest, greatest widgets and plugins. Someone is always coming up with something new.

But the fact is, I am enjoying working with Mark because he has no limits, no boundaries. He just keeps digging in until he finds what he’s looking for and then he goes to the extreme in learning how to make it apply to his site! www.Maldene.com

Go check it out, it’s a fascinating world of Science Fiction with characters that virtually come to life!