Welcome to another episode of The PodGenies! This week, we will talk about slaying the awkward silence when doing your interviews. The point of having a podcast is to up your credibility and have amazing conversations with people you respect. When that awkward silence hits, you are broadcasting to them and everyone that you are that weird guy at the party that everyone makes lame excuses to avoid talking to. 

 

To save you that embarrassment and help you make even better content, here are the tips all the pros use to make sure they knock it out of the park on every interview!

[00:01 - 05:21] Opening Segment

• Quick fun chat between your Genies
• Overview of our topic of the week: "How To Slay The Awkward Silence Beast"
• Shameless plug to our company, STREAMLINED PODCASTS

[05:22 - 25:17] How To Slay The Awkward Silence Beast

• Do Your Homework
• • Do some research. Make sure you know who you are talking to
  • Karl talks about giving your guest an epic introduction 
  • • Know your strengths. Stay in your lane
• Have A List of Questions Ready
• • Kevin talks about the power of having a list of questions when doing your interview
  • Listen to a couple of shows that your guest has previously been on
  • • Try to fill in some things that were missed during those other interviews
• Pocket Questions
• • Have a set of extra questions that you can grab when you are in a pinch
  • • This will help you pivot and give you time to gather your thoughts while your guest answers your pocket questions
  • It's okay if you go off-script
  • • Be more interested in the guest than making the show interesting
• Have A Final Sequence
• • This is critical when wrapping up your interview on a great note
  • • Embedding 4 or 5 fun questions. You may learn something new about your guest
    • Build a relationship with your guest
  • You are collecting information about highly successful people
  • • You can use this data as lead magnets
• Check out this link for the full blog

[25:18 - 30:19] Lightning Round

• We are naming our Favorite Podcast shows
• • Hans: Think Like a CEO by Gary Keller & Empire Building
  • Dr. Rob: Entrepreneurs On Fire by John Lee Dumas
  • Kevin: How I Build This by Guy Raz
  • Karl: Real AF by Andy Frisella
• Final words from your Genies

 

Resources Mentioned:

• Screw The Side Hustle Podcast Interview Rundown
• Travis Chappell’s Build Your Network Podcast
• Bill Burr’s Podcast
• Amazon
• [email protected]

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