Comments on: Behind The Scenes of a Teleseminar http://thewordpresswizard.com/behind-the-scenes-of-a-teleseminar/ Turning Blog Posts into Profits Like Magic Fri, 10 Sep 2010 00:28:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: cathy http://thewordpresswizard.com/behind-the-scenes-of-a-teleseminar/#comment-2586 cathy Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:01:18 +0000 http://thewordpresswizard.com/?p=917#comment-2586 They KNOW, don't they?? :) They KNOW, don’t they?? :)

]]> By: Cecelia Jones http://thewordpresswizard.com/behind-the-scenes-of-a-teleseminar/#comment-2585 Cecelia Jones Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:32:20 +0000 http://thewordpresswizard.com/?p=917#comment-2585 I was thrilled to read your doggie story. I called in to a friend's radio show to comment on the show. My doggie sat perfectly quiet until halfway through the segment she decided to add her view - and quite loudly. She was only quieted when she heard my friend mention her name and say hello to her. Speaking of being discovered. You can say I had a few anxious embarrassing moments. After the show we both laughed about "Show Dog." I was thrilled to read your doggie story. I called in to a friend’s radio show to comment on the show. My doggie sat perfectly quiet until halfway through the segment she decided to add her view – and quite loudly. She was only quieted when she heard my friend mention her name and say hello to her. Speaking of being discovered. You can say I had a few anxious embarrassing moments.

After the show we both laughed about “Show Dog.”

]]> By: cathy http://thewordpresswizard.com/behind-the-scenes-of-a-teleseminar/#comment-2582 cathy Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:34:14 +0000 http://thewordpresswizard.com/?p=917#comment-2582 Oh Joyce - funny now but NOT funny then! I can picture us all racing around trying to take care of whatever and then getting back on the call all calm and collected!! Oh Joyce – funny now but NOT funny then! I can picture us all racing around trying to take care of whatever and then getting back on the call all calm and collected!!

]]> By: Joyce Hansen http://thewordpresswizard.com/behind-the-scenes-of-a-teleseminar/#comment-2581 Joyce Hansen Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:03:20 +0000 http://thewordpresswizard.com/?p=917#comment-2581 Dear Cathy, I was happy to hear your story and that I wasn't the only one. My little cat, Paintbrush, is sitting curled up asleep on my desk as I write this looking sweet and innocent. But, last week when I was leading a master mind call she decided she was going to use the carpet and not the litter box. I told everyone on the call to continue and I would be right back. I grabed Patinbrush and raced downstairs and put her outside and then made a mad dash back to call. I took a deep breath and then got back on the call. It was a relief to know that the call continued smoothly without me. Now I have a new rule when I'm leading a call all cats go outside. Dear Cathy,

I was happy to hear your story and that I wasn’t the only one. My little cat, Paintbrush, is sitting curled up asleep on my desk as I write this looking sweet and innocent. But, last week when I was leading a master mind call she decided she was going to use the carpet and not the litter box. I told everyone on the call to continue and I would be right back. I grabed Patinbrush and raced downstairs and put her outside and then made a mad dash back to call. I took a deep breath and then got back on the call. It was a relief to know that the call continued smoothly without me. Now I have a new rule when I’m leading a call all cats go outside.

]]> By: cathy http://thewordpresswizard.com/behind-the-scenes-of-a-teleseminar/#comment-2579 cathy Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:00:10 +0000 http://thewordpresswizard.com/?p=917#comment-2579 Those are GREAT - I really like the time-zone one because I rarely know what time it is anywhere else. I had one of those headsets too - muted myself inadvertently so many times that I got a different one. Thanks for your stories!! Those are GREAT – I really like the time-zone one because I rarely know what time it is anywhere else.

I had one of those headsets too – muted myself inadvertently so many times that I got a different one.

Thanks for your stories!!

]]> By: Roger C. Parker http://thewordpresswizard.com/behind-the-scenes-of-a-teleseminar/#comment-2578 Roger C. Parker Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:55:34 +0000 http://thewordpresswizard.com/?p=917#comment-2578 Dear Cathy: Great story. I've been relatively lucky with the more than 400 author and marketing interviews I've conducted, but I agree with your "can go wrong/will go wrong" idea. A couple of times, popular guests didn't show up for their planned call. I always tell guests to show up 10 minutes before the "official" start of the event, but these guests were AWOL. Luckily, I had planned for the eventuality, and had a series of questions ready I could ask callers "until the caller shows up." These "only use if needed" questions saved the day: after about 10 minutes of interaction with the callers, we all forgot about the "expert guest." So, I encourage everyone to plan ahead of time to convert a "guest dialog" into a "interviewer monologue." On another occasion, I was a panelist who was so intent on asking the right questions and making the right comments during the call, that I spent the hour before the call reviewing the guest's book and preparing for the call. Which would have been nice, <b>except</b> I had confused my time zones, and I showed up at the end of the call--all jazzed up with no place to go. Finally, my headset has a very pressure-sensitive muting switch. On more than one occasion, I've inadvertently muted myself during the call...not the best thing to do. Thanks for a great post! You're always on top of things. Roger C. Parker Dear Cathy:
Great story.

I’ve been relatively lucky with the more than 400 author and marketing interviews I’ve conducted, but I agree with your “can go wrong/will go wrong” idea.

A couple of times, popular guests didn’t show up for their planned call. I always tell guests to show up 10 minutes before the “official” start of the event, but these guests were AWOL.

Luckily, I had planned for the eventuality, and had a series of questions ready I could ask callers “until the caller shows up.”

These “only use if needed” questions saved the day: after about 10 minutes of interaction with the callers, we all forgot about the “expert guest.”

So, I encourage everyone to plan ahead of time to convert a “guest dialog” into a “interviewer monologue.”

On another occasion, I was a panelist who was so intent on asking the right questions and making the right comments during the call, that I spent the hour before the call reviewing the guest’s book and preparing for the call.

Which would have been nice, except I had confused my time zones, and I showed up at the end of the call–all jazzed up with no place to go.

Finally, my headset has a very pressure-sensitive muting switch. On more than one occasion, I’ve inadvertently muted myself during the call…not the best thing to do.

Thanks for a great post! You’re always on top of things.

Roger C. Parker

]]> By: cathy http://thewordpresswizard.com/behind-the-scenes-of-a-teleseminar/#comment-2577 cathy Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:47:35 +0000 http://thewordpresswizard.com/?p=917#comment-2577 I remember that! Not funny at the time but funny now in retrospect! Yes - life stuff happens and like it or not, we must deal with it! I remember that! Not funny at the time but funny now in retrospect! Yes – life stuff happens and like it or not, we must deal with it!

]]> By: Diane Eble http://thewordpresswizard.com/behind-the-scenes-of-a-teleseminar/#comment-2576 Diane Eble Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:32:39 +0000 http://thewordpresswizard.com/?p=917#comment-2576 I can remember several times when I was on a teleseminar in which I was supposed to be a coteacher. The class happened at a time when my teenage son came home from school. Last spring, around prom time, he was having a crisis concerning a girl and the prom. I put the call on speaker phone and attended to my son, with half an ear open to the class. (Terrible multi-tasking, I know.) When I heard the teacher say, "And what do you want to add to that, Diane?" I raced the 25 feet into my office, grabbed the phone, opened my mouth and said something that was, miraculously, pretty good, especially considering I had no idea what I was going to say half a second before! (Believe me, when I have a choice, I schedule my own teleseminars at a time when I don't have to do this kind of thing!) By the way, I must have gotten through to my son anyway, because he actually handled the situation the way I suggested, and it worked out okay. (Nevertheless, I still don't recommend multi-tasking like this. But as with Cathy, sometimes Life Stuff happens and you have to deal with it.) I can remember several times when I was on a teleseminar in which I was supposed to be a coteacher. The class happened at a time when my teenage son came home from school. Last spring, around prom time, he was having a crisis concerning a girl and the prom. I put the call on speaker phone and attended to my son, with half an ear open to the class. (Terrible multi-tasking, I know.) When I heard the teacher say, “And what do you want to add to that, Diane?” I raced the 25 feet into my office, grabbed the phone, opened my mouth and said something that was, miraculously, pretty good, especially considering I had no idea what I was going to say half a second before! (Believe me, when I have a choice, I schedule my own teleseminars at a time when I don’t have to do this kind of thing!)

By the way, I must have gotten through to my son anyway, because he actually handled the situation the way I suggested, and it worked out okay.

(Nevertheless, I still don’t recommend multi-tasking like this. But as with Cathy, sometimes Life Stuff happens and you have to deal with it.)

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