So now in your opinion, whenever someone's going to show up to be a guest,
what should they be prepared for or how should they go about the preparal process?
Yeah, so this is tricky.
And I think we found that there are people that treat it differently,
treat their appearances differently and come with different levels of preparedness.
And so you want to find, you need to do two things.
One, you want to try to weed out the people that aren't going to be professional or match.
They don't necessarily have to be professional.
Maybe your show is about, you know, beer, you know, maybe you're looking for someone different.
But it's to prepare them for it and then try to weed out the people
that aren't going to be a fit for that.
And there are a couple ways you can do that.
So first of all, ahead of the show, send them what your expectations are.
So say, you know, find a quiet space.
I mean, it's amazing.
I've heard of people getting calls in from people who are driving, you know, in their car
and they're calling in to record a podcast or my wife had a situation where someone's like,
yeah, I'm in the airport lounge.
I'm ready to do this, you know, interview.
She's like, no, that's not going to work.
Right. So you need to set expectations with them, explain to them, you know,
quiet place, external microphone.
Don't just use the microphone in your laptop.
Ideally, they have earbuds to help prevent echoes.
And then I like to also prepare guests with an outline of what we're going to talk about.
I don't necessarily give them the questions, but I say these are kind
of the five things we're going to talk about.
And I do give them the specific question upfront
if it's something they might need to research.
Right. So I might say, you know, how many, you know,
new customers are on your platform this year?
Well, you know, even if you ask me that about podcastguest.com,
I wouldn't know off the top of my head.
Right. So it's good to give that kind of question ahead of time
so that they have the answer that you're looking for.
And the other thing is, you know, weeding people out.
Ideally, you can listen to them on another podcast for at least a few minutes.
So you can kind of see, okay, are they coherent?
You know, are they just pitching their own product or service
which you don't want, that sort of thing.
So do a little bit of that legwork upfront to prevent those kind
of disaster scenarios with a guest.
Now, have you had any of these disaster scenarios?
I'd love to know.
You know, I've had a few where they get a little pitchy.
You know, they're like, well, let me tell you about my seven-step process, you know,
and that sort of thing.
And so, but, you know, out of the 400 I've done, there have only been a few.
And then there have been others where the person just gets really nervous.
And I've had even people where during our pre-interview, they're perfectly fine.
As soon as I tell them I'm starting a record, they just start,
they lose their train of thought, right?
Yeah.
And they can't do it.
Now, thankfully, podcasts you can edit, right?
Yeah.
You're actually able to stitch together a pretty coherent response sometimes from them.
But, you know, I think that the biggest things, as long as you set those expectations,
and I guarantee you not everyone will read what you sent.
I've had plenty of people show up without headphones, without headsets, that sort of thing.
But it definitely increases the odds that you're going
to have a good recording experience and a good podcast.