Category: Radio Interviews

Easy Internet Marketing Opportunities for Nonfiction Authors

Authors used to spend their time promoting themselves via speaking. Getting up in front of audiences offered the #1 way to sell books. It ran a close race with radio appearances—or any type of media appearances. Face time…in front of large audiences. That was the ticket to book sales. These days, however, the Internet is [...]

Friday November 25th, 2011 in Author Coaching, Blogging, Book Marketing, E-zine Articles, Guest Blog Posts, Internet Marketing, Platform, Publicity, Radio Appearances, Radio Interviews, Repurposing or Recycling Material, Social Networking, Social Networking, Social Networking, Social Networking, Virtual book Tour, Writing and Publishing Articles | No Comments »

How Authors can Seal Boards in a Platform with Recordings

These days you can hear me on the radio every Monday at 4:34 p.m. PT. I am the writing, publishing and blogging expert –and sometimes the spirituality expert — on Michael Ray Dresser’s Dresser After Dark radio show. This is a board in my author’s platform. Every week I get to speak to thousands of [...]

Wednesday October 5th, 2011 in Platform, Promotion and Publicity, Publicity, Radio Appearances, Radio Interviews | No Comments »

10 Author Essentials for Talking on the Radio

Once upon a time I was very nervous about getting media placements and talking on the radio. Like most writers, I preferred to simply write, not speak–even if no one could actually see me. I even remember a time when I used a complete script to answer questions asked by the radio host and never [...]

Monday September 12th, 2011 in Media Training/Coaching, Platform, Publicity, Radio Appearances, Radio Interviews | No Comments »

How Well are You Communicating with Your Audience?

Every writer needs to figure out how to reach an audience–through writing and speaking. It’s imperative to know how to get your message across, to communicate in a manner that allows you to actually be heard by your audience. Whether you put words on paper or out in the air or across the airwaves, you [...]

Thursday December 9th, 2010 in Media Training/Coaching, Platform, Radio Interviews, Speaking | No Comments »

My Media Coaching Experience: I Don't Know My Message!

I began my media coaching today with Michael Ray Dresser, host of the well-known radio talk show Dresser After Dark, my regular guest blogger and author of the forthcoming book, Why Do They Listen? Creating a Compelling Connection with Your Audience Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere. I discovered that media coaching has a lot in common with [...]

Wednesday August 18th, 2010 in Media Training/Coaching, Radio Interviews | No Comments »

What Your Audience Really Wants

Writers and authors dream of getting on radio and television talk shows so they can talk about their books. Why? Because this supposedly results in spikes in book sales. Not always. At least not according to media coach Michael Ray Dresser, host of the well-known radio talk show Dresser After Dark, a place where many [...]

Tuesday August 17th, 2010 in Creating a Bestselling Book, Promotion and Publicity, Radio Interviews | No Comments »

Creating Human Presence in Your Media Message

Last week I wrote about what I learned in my post interview session with Michael Ray Dresser after he interviewed me on his show, Dresser After Dark. One of the main points he drove home to me was that I failed to offer even one example of how any of my workshop attendees, coaching clients [...]

Monday July 26th, 2010 in Platform, Promotion and Publicity, Radio Interviews, Speaking | No Comments »

Four Tips for Author Radio Show Interviews

Yesterday I was interviewed for an Internet talk radio show. I thought I was prepared and ready. I sent in my questions, just as they asked, and I had a basic script with questions and talking points. I knew my material. However, the host decided to throw away my questions and simply have a conversation. [...]

Wednesday July 21st, 2010 in Platform, Publicity, Radio Interviews | No Comments »