Want to be a guest on the Minter Dialogue podcast?

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I look for guests who are bona fide personalities, bestselling authors, novel subject matter experts and operational executives (corporate C-suite) as well as under-represented voices. The topics I focus on are around leadership, brand strategy and transformation. In principle, I don’t take unsolicited guests, especially if you (they) are not an author. However, if the topic or your/their book interests me, I can yet be tempted with the following provisos:

    1. I like the topic and think it will work with my audience. Please present why you think you (the guest) would be good person to have on my show. Please know that I am open to having people with diverse opinions and who come from a different background than myself.
    2. I like to hear the proposed guest on prior podcasts (please include in your mail).

Assuming all that’s good, I request, in exchange, that you (the guest) buy two of my books with proof of purchase. Each show takes five hours of my time, so it’s my only concrete ROI!

There’s a choice from six books: 

You can find all my books on Amazon and other fine e-tailers.

If you think this request is fair and you believe you have a good topic for me, please write to: NMinterDial AT gmail. I’ll also request a PDF version (or even a hard copy, if possible) of your book if there is one to read, a month in advance of the podcast recording date.

Podcastingly yours, ​Minter​

Guest guidelines (for confirmed guests)

Thanks so much for accepting to be a guest on the Minter Dialogue show.

The Minter Dialogue podcast cover art: Leadership, Brand Strategy & Transformation

The Minter Dialogue weekly podcast, which is just eclipsing its 500th episode, is designed to be a conversation, that’s organic in form.

Here are some of the important logistics:

Please be sure to check out these guidelines in advance to ensure the best quality show:

  • It’s an audio recording, although I enjoy having video for us to see one another.
  • Length of the recording is typically around 45 minutes (so I book out an hour).
  • I prefer to make the call and recording via Zoom, Zencastr or Skype to be able to record two channels. Be sure to find a computer with a high-speed connection, that is located in a quiet spot.
  • If possible, please find decent quality USB headphones with microphone (ideally not your native laptop microphone). I also suggest not to use the earphones with short cords as they often rustle against the chin and/or clothing.
  • During the call, turn off all other applications, notifications and browsers. Also, turn to silent/airplane mode all phones.
  • Bear in mind I don’t do editing of the interview — it’s basically always one full take unless there’s a four-alarm fire (although there is post production).
  • Please avoid time sensitive comments (although we’ll want to make sure to push people to your book if it’s just come out!) as I like to have a buffer of recordings to release weekly (on a Sunday morning).
  • In that I prefer a conversational style (and I believe that the audio attention span is best served that way), it’s best not to have long monologues. Shorter exchanges keep the listener more engaged.
  • Expletives and emotions are ok; and rebuttals are encouraged. Civility and listening, meanwhile, are my modus operandi.  

After the recording…

Send through to me links and items you’d like to feature in the show notes. You can also send me your preferred image (of you).

To be sure, I’ll ping you when the episode is live. Please share as you see fit!

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My podcast is hosted on Megaphone. The show notes are put up as a post on www.minterdial.com. All episodes are available on a number of typical podcast services, including Apple podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Podchaser, Castbox, Google Podcasts and Overcast. See here for all the locations.

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