I have been giving interviews for the past year concerning the use of blogs in my jewelry business. On the one hand, it’s kind of nice becasue I know it’s bringing exposure to my jewelry. On the other hand, it’s something of a nightmare. I’ve never been good at talking about myself, especially in “important” situations.

Phone interviews are nice because when they ask me to come up with specifics, I can pull up the site and quickly scan it for something useful, but it just seems that I should be able to talk more easily about things that come from me. Chalk it up to my inherent shyness, my great desire to avoid the spotlight.

After I hung up the phone this morning, I started wondering if perhaps it might be in my best interests to create an interview prep file in my notes. Interviews are not going to stop coming my way, which is a good thing, but I should take them very seriously, and I’m not sure that I’m doing that at the moment. The notes file could contain responses to questions that have come up in each interview, and then a few out-there responses that might serve me well if someone throws an unusual question at me.

What do you think? How do you prepare for “guru” interviews?

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