Today’s guest is a serial entrepreneur, an innovative leader, and an expert communicator. Host of Association Strong and EO 360°, Dave Will is the Co-Founder and CEO of PropFuel. Dave joins host Casey Cheshire to sit down and talk about how to fuel your curiosity to stay engaged and keep your podcast feeling fresh. Dave shares how he prepares before interviewing a guest on his podcast, how to have authentic conversations with polished guests, and how to disagree with a guest on your podcast.
Takeaways: How To Keep Your Podcast Interesting For You And Your Audience
- A conversational interview podcast should feel like a face-to-face conversation over coffee or drinks. If it’s too highly produced it will lose the human element of the show.
- When listening to a podcast, the audience should feel like they are sitting down with the host and being a part of the conversation.
- The host should come to the podcast interview with some questions prepared but they should always be willing to explore where a single question can take the conversation using follow-up questions based on what they find interesting in their guest’s answers.
- Ask questions you can’t learn on the internet about a guest. Ask about their feelings and childhood experiences, it will help to develop a better relationship.
- Focus on the character, not the status of the person being interviewed. Oftentimes the character lies under the surface which can make for a great conversation.
- You want to keep your introduction to the guest short and to the point. That way they can talk about their own accomplishments and awards.
- It’s okay to not always hit every prepared question and only focus on two or three during the podcast.
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Quote of the Show:
“To me, a podcast really needs to be conversational, like a radio show. And I think if it’s too highly produced or too structured, it loses the human element.”
– Dave Will, Creating The Greatest Show Episode #002
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