What’s Next?
I want to make sure I make the best use of your time and to make sure you have fun! Below are some recommendations to get you ready for your interview…
Promote Your Work and Story
Help us share your story and work with as many people as possible by providing us with the following…
Your Bio
Who do you help? How do you help them? How are you different?
Your Headshot
Fun or formal works. Please share the largest and highest resolution files you have (original files work best).
Your Links
Send us links to your website, blog, social media profiles and anything else we can help promote.
Sound Your Best
If you’ve been interviewed before, you know there are a variety of tech glitches that can affect your audio quality. Here are some recommendations to sound your best . . .
Interviews are conducted using Zoom.
If you do not have a microphone, please download Zoom on your phone.
The audio quality from your smartphone will be better due to your mouth's proximity to your phone's receiver. And this will prevent you from sounding like you live in a fishbowl 😉
Find a quiet place
Noisy coffee shops don’t make an ideal location for podcast interviews (they also don’t always have the fastest Internet connections).
Turn off all notification sounds on your device.
The sound of “bing, bing” going off during our interview might not seem like a big deal, but you’d be surprised how annoying listeners find it!
Close down all other programs.
To help Zoom function more efficiently, we recommend shutting down all of your other programs and apps.
No swearing
We’re keeping it clean and trying to reach a wider audience, so we aren’t labeled as an “explicit” podcast on iTunes.
Interview Format & Questions
Your interview will be 35 minutes to an hour in length. If it is a group episode we will all share that time together.
I believe the best interviews are great conversations. At the same time, I also recognize our listeners are busy people craving actionable advice from you.
To help balance both needs we have settled on the following format and questions (be we will be spontaneous…).
Part 1: Your expertise. (25 - 35 minutes) Group Episodes (5 minutes each person depending on number)
- After a brief introduction, I’ll start asking you questions about the topic.
- The interview format I use is called Question, Question, Comment.
- I’ll ask you a question. I’ll then ask you a follow-up question about something you said. Then I’ll add a comment if I feel like it will add to the conversation.
- It’s a pretty natural back and forth. Rather than a game of 20 questions, my goal is to be present, be curious and pull out your best insights.
Common questions include:
- Tell me about topic___?
- Why is it so important?
- How did you get started? Talk me through it.
- What are the common myths?
- What are some fears people have around your topic?
- What are common objections to doing things this way?
- Who will get the most out of this advice?
- What do people struggle with? What are some roadblocks to watch out for?
- What support or resources are available?
- What can people expect to achieve by doing things this way?
Follow up questions include:
- Why?
- What was important to you about that?
- What did that feel like?
- That’s really interesting – can you tell me more?
- What else should I know about that?
Part 2: The Kaizen Questions (3-6 minutes)
I may also ask these 2 questions:
- What’s been your most influential book and why?
- What is your favorite productivity tool or resource?
The Gospel Couch Checklist
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Send bio, social media and preferred headshot via podcast booking form.
Book time to record the podcast
Think of a quiet place where you will record.
Have headset or mic ready.
Bonus
Don’t let this Cheat Sheet overwhelm you (especially the audio stuff).
You’re going be great!
