CHAPTER THREE - YOU NEED PEOPLE TO INTERVIEW
Television and radio are voracious monsters. They need to be fed often.
YOU NEED GUESTS
You have a scheduled slot somewhere – maybe even on your own blog.
When I started, no interesting people I knew were safe. I needed them on my show.
I was always scouting for talent.
THEN I HIT A GOLDMINE
Someone gave an audio tape of a talk by Deepak Chopra. This was before he was a household word. I found it fascinating.
I heard he was coming into town with a group of authors so I called him.
At his house!
He agreed to be interviewed if I brought a camera to the hotel where he was going to stay.
The hotel gave me a suite free for a few hours if I promised to open with a shot of their front entrance. Good publicity for them.
It was a great interview. He was as amazing then as he is today.
As he was leaving, he asked me.
“Would you like to interview Wayne Dyer? We are having lunch with a few people and we have some time.”
WAYNE DYER? Are you kidding? I had read every one of his books.
Wayne is like someone you knew from high school. He came in, sat down and gave a fabulous interview. He felt like an old friend.
As he was leaving, he asked, “Where do you get your authors?”
I had never interviewed an author before that day.
He said, “authors would kill to be on your show.”
“I’ll tell my publicist, Edna, about you. She’ll send you authors. You are a good interviewer.”
Publicity is a small town. Edna sent me authors – and then the word got around and I was besieged with requests from other publicists and publishers.
Wayne Dyer gave me my start. I’ll always be grateful to him.
The moral to the story is this –
Don’t be afraid to ask famous people to be on your new TV or radio show.
(Make a ten minute “reel” of some of your good interviews. About 2 minutes each. Look at my “Hire Corinne” post. You will see what a reel looks like. Scroll down to see)
Put it on You tube and send it out when you request an interview.
You will be surprised how often they will say – “YES.”
BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK.
WILL YOU?
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