10 Tips for Giving Quotable, Notable Interviews: Part Two
10 tips for giving quotable, notable interviews: Part Two By Robyn Sachs, President & CEO of RMR & Associates, Inc. Part One of this article detailed my first five tips for steering an interview the way you want it to go. (Don’t worry if you haven’t read it yet; each part stands alone and can be read in any order.) Follow these tips and you’ll get your key points across clearly for quotable, notable interviews. Tip 6: Nix the cliches. If it’s been said a million times, don’t say it again. That means burying the adages about squeaky wheels, early birds and the sports analogies, too. They’ve all been done before. Be remembered by being different: an original. You’ve most likely witnessed celebrities promoting their movies by making the rounds of talk shows and telling the same stories at each one. Give each interviewer something new. Tip 7: Practice your key points. You don’t want to come across as rehearsed or exactly like other interviews you may have given. But you also don’t want to experience the horror of forgetting what you were about to say, especially when you are nervous or distracted. Repeat your two or three key points — the [...]