When it comes to audio interviews, in my opinion the best marketing tips and ways to get started is to just do an interview for fun. I think just like public speaking, a lot of people are afraid to stand in front of people and speak in public. Well, I bet a lot of people have the same fear just by talking on the phone. I’m pretty comfortable talking on the phone, so I would tell anyone who is afraid of doing an audio interview over the phone that the best thing to do is to do one. Interview your mother. Interview your brother.
You’re going to need some equipment. I would go out and buy a digital recorder. You can get one from Radio Shack, or you can go on eBay. You can go to any electronics store. I got mine from Circuit City, and I’ll talk about the kind I’m using.
Buy a device that allows you to record digital audio, and then think if you’re in business or have a profession where you have someone to look up to who is an expert in your industry, just send them an email and ask, “Would you be willing to do an interview?” You don’t even have to have an ulterior motive. You can simply say that you are practicing with your new digital recorder and would like to learn a few things from this expert. Just ask them to do an interview.
I think if you can just do one interview, even if it’s for practice, or even if it’s something for money and to be able to do the interview, to be able to record, to be able to get the recording out of your digital recorder, to be able to put it on your computer, to be able to do just a little bit of editing. You don’t even have to know how to do the editing and be able to turn it into an audio. I’m going to share some tools, some online services that will help you do that, that will make it very easy.
So my advice would be to just make one. That’s the best way to start, just by doing a little bit of movement. So anyone who is afraid, just start. Get it going. Do something. Doing nothing is not going to do you any good.