You've got a great radio show, but you want to make it even better. How do you make those interviews with your great guests really pop Here are my top 5 tips for a great interview.

Tip #1. Know Your Guest

You had to have some reason to have this person on your show, so presumably you know something about them, but the more you know, the more likely you are to get the kind of interview you want. You don't need to know what kind of tea the drink (unless you are interviewing them in person) but you do need to know about the subject you will be asking them about. Listen to other interviews they have done if you can. Read their book, or at least a synopsis. Check out their website. Who is this person, and what do they have to offer to your audience

Tip #2. What do your listeners want to know

You have a lot in common with your audience or they wouldn't listen to your show. What things do you really want to know about this guest andor their subject Whether it is personal or professional, if you want to know it, then your audience probably does too. What first intrigued you about this guest Why did you want them on your show Use your most burning questions to get your audience what they want to hear.

Tip #3. Have your Questions Ready

Often guests will have a list of questions they would like to be asked. If you your burning questions aren't on their list, send your questions to them. Unless you like controversy on your show or enjoy shocking guests, it is best that both parties know what will get asked. It is fine to have follow up questions on the same subject, just don't hit them with things like, So, I hear you are getting a divorce! unless you never want to interview this person (or any of their friends) again. Use your list of questions to keep you on track during the interview.

Tip #4. Set Your Audience's Expectations

What do you want your listeners to get out of this interview Make sure in your advertising beforehand that you set your audience expectations accordingly. If they come in expecting a hard hitting interview and you give them fluff, they won't keep listening. If they are expecting a spiritual experience and you hit them with hard science, even about spirituality, it will jar them. Make sure that your audience expects the experience you plan to give them.

Tip #5. Know Your Guest's ProductsBooks

Your guest is an expert in their field. Otherwise, why would you be interviewing them Know enough about that field to ask intelligent questions. If their latest book just came out, take the time to read it. Your show isn't all about selling, but if your audience is interested in the subject, let them know where they can get more if it. Make sure your guest knows that this interview is not all about selling. You want good information and something useful your audience can have now, not just hype and a promise of more if they buy something. The more information your audience gets, the more likely they are to want more. Make sure your guest knows that, too.

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With the advent of Web 2.0 comes from a completely new medium called Internet Talk Radio Live. And while it was for a time before Web 2.0, at that time was expensive, lacked the web interfaces to deliver a production control and requires that you purchase expensive equipment or radio studio. So the days have gone.

Now you can have your own live talk radio station (the account), created and running in literally 5 minutes FREE!

You already have everything you need

Although it is granted no more to learn about accommodation and  or produce their own live program on Internet Radio Show and take advantage of it, and if you have a computer with Internet connection, you can point and click with the mouse, you can write (30 words per minute is good, but not essential), you can dial a phone number and have a conversation, you can host your own talk show on Internet Radio Show from the comfort of your home office .

Internet Talk Radio Do they really work
In fact it does and you can listen now. I'll be heading to various places where you can listen live online radio immediately. But for now just understand how it works, you can listen live, on demand through web sites, links and players (Widgets on websites) or as podcasts.

Internet Radio is to talk very trendy now!
There are actually several answers to that question. I will go in each of the following benefits in detail in a later chapter. But I will break their bases here for you now, so you can get a clearer understanding of the power of having your own talk show on Internet Radio Show. Here (in no particular order) are the main benefits

or achieve expert status By Proxy In an Internet server Live Talk Radio Show, you get more exposure to yourself as an expert in your niche or in their chosen field by interviewing experts in place. I guess that listeners are more informed about your niche, as a result of meeting and talking with people in place who are recognized experts. You could say that winning a reputation as an expert in building its reputation as such through its partnership with its customers or its agent.

or FREE - Eliminates cost as a deterrent You can literally start making their live Internet talk radio show without spending a single penny. While there are tools you can buy to do your show hosting easy and is certainly recommended, are not absolutely necessary.

Contrary to what used to cost now or the costs of producing a live chat on Internet Radio Show by some vendors or a terrestrial radio program, of which two could cost thousands of dollars, the cost is not the ability inexpensive to produce their own live Internet talk radio is a great advantage.

or promote their products and more Auto promote their products, offers membership and  or make money with affiliate offers guests the expert. Coordinate launch or the launch of an invited expert with the program of live Internet radio talk and buzz generating massive traffic and profits.

or even offered as MP3Podcast or Flash Media can also deliver his speech live on Internet Radio Show as a podcast and build your audience. You have the ability to record every one of its programs through its system of accounts.

or build your contact list Promoting free reports to build your list of contacts with the announcement of his press page URL on his radio show live via the Internet Talk.

or charge for private placements You can listen to a private show is only available to people who sign up for the special How + Q & A shows with one of its invited experts similar to a Tele-seminar. (For more on this in the collection in the chapter.)

or Tele-Seminar Enjoy greater control benefits Unlike doing a tele-seminar where all your listeners are on the bridge of a phone and you have to open up the line to allow all calls to be heard. The noise can be deafening and very unprofessional. With I-Talk Radio can be selected individually one at a time called the caller, and other listened to himself and his expert guest. Just think about recent tele-conference that was where the line was opened to questions. The background noise of children crying, screaming children spouse, TV playing loud music, neighbors with a leaf blower and the list goes on. Not with a live radio program on Internet Talk. Is good, so quiet, clean and professional to do a talk show or Tele-seminar.

or direct marketing This should be fairly obvious, but, of course, you must provide sufficient information in his talk to his listeners know that there is a solution to the problem of X and perhaps some clues about how you or your guests have solved the problem and where listeners can buy the solution, (eCourse, report, ebook, membership site, video tutorials, software, etc).

or pre-launch Buzz Think about the type of pre-release buzz can be created for a product launch next or the next big affiliate deal where you are making a joint venture with the developer, if you had your own I-Talk Radio Show as his expert guest.

membership or subscription only Talk Shows If you have a membership site, you can do live shows that are only available to paid members. (More information on the collection in the chapter.)

Producing live or Internet radio programs for others Once the production process down, nothing prevents you from producing shows for other companies for a fee. If you do not know of existing forms free and easy to produce your own program or are too busy to mess with it, you can certainly produce the show for what the traffic will bear fees.

or promoted as a Coach  Consultant Using your own Internet talk show radio program to promote their own coach or consulting services are a natural. The perceived value of being mentored by someone with his own radio show live on Internet Talk is several times more powerful than another coach or consultant with a website and blog.

You can also private coaching calls are recorded in the system of their client to consult. Only you and your client will have access to the recording.

Because of these new advances in technology and the availability of sites such as BlogTalkRadio, Speaker.com and uBroadcast, it's now easy, affordable and lucrative to start and run your on web radio station. I can think of many, many reasons why someone would want to start their own online radio station as their primary home based business. However, I'll give you just 5 below which I'm sure will get you thinking.

1. Though starting an online radio station of your own CAN require costly materials such as microphones, mixers, headphones, a station website and server space, there are ways you can eliminate all of these costs and materials. By creating your own online radio show with BlogTalkRadio.com or a comparable platform, you can have your web radio station up and running and earning you money within a matter of hours for free.

2. Once you have your own radio show, celebrities and the rich and famous will tend to seek YOU out! When you're a host of your own radio show, you'll be able to invite all kinds of interesting and well-known people to be on your show. Steve Harrison has a publication RTIR (Radio and TV Interview Report) that you can get signed up for at his web site, and he'll send you contact information on how to get famous guests and writers on your internet radio show.

3. People buy products that are endorsed by the famous and who know famous people! So, imagine that your doing your radio show on the net; You cut for a short commercial break. The music fades out and a wonderful commercial plugs your new ebook, your service, and your name. And voila! Your bank account grows. Because you can utilize celebrity endorsements, you now have greater credibility to sell your products or services on your own radio show.

4. With your own radio show you can use affiliates ads to get companies to send you cheques. It works like this You join an affiliate program and place banner ads on your website where your radio show is broadcast from. The banners earn you money whenever they're clicked or when the products sell. The affiliate company tracks the click-through from your site by a code put into cookies, and you are mailed a cheque for your commission on the sales. You can also promote affiliate products on your show, giving you an additional way to promote the product and increase your sales.

5. The big money will eventually come from advertising. Now you can, as they say, do the math yourself. If you were on normal radio, it might cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars to find and develop relationships with advertisers, and then create the ads for them. But, by being on the internet, blogging, my-space, and through other PR techniques, you got a good amount of listeners and advertisers will seek you out. And, when you do decide to approach companies with an advertising program proposal, all those listeners you've accumulated will help you impress your prospective advertiser.

So let's look at some numbers. We'll assume for this example that your show is one hour long. Now you're not talking for the whole hour, you're playing music and ads and news pieces in between talking segments. That's where more money comes in for you. You can sell your advertising time for a few dollars. One 60 second spot on one show on the Radio Internet Broadcast Network (RIBN) nationally costs over $1400.00.

So let's say you decide to sell your ad time at RIBN (Radio Internet Broadcast Network) for $600.00 a minute. RIBN puts the ad in for you and you get it all produced with little effort on your part other that finding some advertisers and talking on your show. RIBN gives you 10 minutes for your own ad time on your show. Other companies have other offers and charge more for their show time on the net (some even charge as much as $10,000.00 a show). So to add up your 10 minutes at your price per spot the total is $6,000.00 a show! Now last time I checked there are 52 weeks in a year. 52 times $6,000.00 equals

That's $312,000.00 a year!

So you see, there are actually hundreds of thousands of reasons to start your own internet radio station-)

If you take your internet radio business seriously, and if you enjoy music, talking and learning, there could be an amazing future for you in this business. And if you would like more details on the specifics of starting your own internet radio station, I recommend you read Your Internet Radio Station.