Thanks again,
Jenn

@Mary:

Recording: I used an on add on to skype called skype call recorder that costs about 15 dollars. I think there are actually free versions of this too that you can find just by doing a search.

Editing: I’m a mac user so I usually just throw everything into garage band for the editing and it takes about 10 mins to do it and during the editing process is when I write up the summary of the interview.

Releases: As far as signing releases, no I haven’t had them do this. I think where that would become necessary is if I used the interviews to make money from them directly, which I don’t currently do.

Hope that helps.

Though recently I have been conducting interviews in real time and it’s made the interview so much fluent and readable. Which brings me to point 3.

I think it’s a must for all interviews.

Yeah, I can understand. Perhaps, many would give access for free!

Andrew

I found that giving an option of a video interview or an audio makes a big difference. Not everyone likes to be seen on screen.

-Roshan Ahmed 🙂

Thanks. Mary

ps. Maybe this is another blog post?

@Andrew,

That’s definitely an effective strategy. The main thing with me is that I interview 3+ bloggers a week so if I bought every single one of their products I’d be broke :). At this point, I’ve interviewed over 50 people so you can imagine how quickly the cost would add up. However, when I do get opportunities to look at their ebooks, I use the interview as a mechanism to promote their product. Recently one of our interviewees got 42 retweets and sold 2 copies of his ebook just by doing a giveaway of his ebook,

@Kathy: I think that email is a bit more challenging only because it’s not as dynamic or personal. That being said I think that you could use the same sort of thought process by anticipating the answers that each blogger will give and then build your questions around that. Also, one thing to do is take a look at the interviews that are written up already on some blogs.

I like how you broke it down into smaller components so we can really hit homeruns when we do interviews. I never thought about doing an interview, after reading this it has me thinking. 🙂

Chat with you later…
Josh

One of my first products was interviewing ‘famous’ people from across the world and the most important thing I did was to buy their product / book before doing the interview.

I could then delve a bit deeper into the subject and ask specific questions.

Andrew

Great Post man. These are awesome tips. I think Researching is the key to conduct effective interview. I like your 4th Point “Treat it as conversation”.. Great Point !!

Thanks for sharing this awesome Post.

I was just thinking, perhaps there should be another tip: “Crack a beer to relax.” Might not hurt.

Too many times I see an interview pop up but each question are almost identical to the ones asked previously in an older interview.

Do your research to see if there have already been interviews and avoid those questions like the plague. Ask something new and current, not the same old drudgery we’ve heard a thousand times.

You should also at least read their About Me page so you can accurately craft your questions to include a wider detail and touch on topics they are experts at.

I’d also add to #1 that if you comment regularly on the blogger you wish to interview, you’re going to have a much easier time landing your interview. Bloggers take note of who’s active – they’re most likely going to say yes to you over the blogger that’s never commented.