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7 Lessons From Interviewing Podcast Guests #1862

Marketing School - Digital Marketing and Online Marketing Tips

Eric Siu and Neil Patel

Business, Marketing, Careers

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In episode #1862, Neil and Eric talk about their main takeaways from interviewing podcast guests. Having been at it for eight or nine years, they know a thing or do. Tune in to hear some of these golden nuggets TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:25] Today’s topic: 7 Lessons From Interviewing Podcast Guests [00:34] #1: Get a window into how your guest thinks about things. [01:21] #2: If guests don't give the meat and potatoes of their experience, you won't have a good interview. [02:01] #3: Do a lot of research and find out what they’re passionate about. [02:27] #4: Find previous interviews to get a feeling of what they talk about.  [02:50] #5: Ask what you can do for your guest at the end of the show. [03:49] #6: Interview people with followings because that will help you. [04:17] #7: Remember to repurpose your content [04:51] That’s it for today! [04:51] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information or call us on 310-349-3785!   Leave Some Feedback:     What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review.     Connect with Us:    Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout  Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel  Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Marketing School, the only podcast that provides daily top-level marketing tips

0:06.4

and strategies from entrepreneurs that practice what they preach and live what they teach.

0:11.4

Let's start leveling up your marketing knowledge with your instructors, Neil Patel, and Eric

0:16.8

Sue.

0:17.8

All right, guys, before we start, we got a special message from our sponsor.

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0:31.4

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site for low time.

0:37.7

And one easy way to do it is use the host that Eric and I use, DreamHouse.

0:42.1

So just go to DreamHouse or Google it, find it, check it out, and it's a great way to

0:47.1

improve your low time.

0:48.7

Today, we are going to talk about seven lessons from interviewing podcasts guests.

0:55.9

So this is something we've been doing over the last, I want to say, eight, nine years

1:00.2

or so.

1:01.2

So we know a thing or two about interviewing people.

1:03.0

So I'll start it off first.

1:04.6

The first thing I would say when you're interviewing podcasts guests is, at least for me, I love

1:10.9

getting a window into how they think about things, right?

1:14.0

And what that means is tell me what's one thing that you are, what's the best resource

1:19.3

that you consume recently could be an article, could be a podcast, could be a video, right?

1:24.3

And why do you think it's the best?

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