Ep. 156 Speaking In Soundbites

<p style="font-weight: 400;">You may one day be interviewed on television, and you may have only 3-5 minutes to deliver your message. How can you be effective in such a short time? Darren plays clips from one of his recent TV interviews as he and Mark discuss the importance of ‘soundbites’. They also provide tips on how to prepare for a television interview, and how to make the interview experience unforgettable…for the interviewer, for you, and for your audience.</p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Prepare by timing your answers to interviewer questions</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Edit your content into sound bites</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Give short and succinct answers which include your soundbites</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Edify your interviewer</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Audiences will ‘vote’ for your best sound bites</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Use your soundbites at the ends of sentences, as ‘Punch Phrases’</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Prove your interviewer with ‘B Roll’ footage and other visuals</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Collaborate with your interviewer to tell a story together</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Be conversational</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">Be entertaining</li> </ul>