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180. Prep for Your Interview as a Podcast Guest

Book Marketing Mania - Podcasting tips to market your book and grow your author platform

Book Marketing Mania - Podcasting tips to market your book and grow your author platform
180. Prep for Your Interview as a Podcast Guest
Nov 07, 2025
Kim Stewart, Book Marketing Strategist for Nonfiction Authors

You finally got the yes — that email from a podcast host saying, ā€œI’d love to have you as a guest!ā€ Cue the happy dance! šŸ’ƒ

But now what?

Let's walk through how to prepare for your guest episodes including what to send your host ahead of time, how to personalize your stories for their listeners, and how to show up calm, confident, and ready to serve.

Related episode:

5 Lessons Learned Guesting on Podcasts with Kristine Brown 

šŸ’› FAVE PODCASTING RESOURCES*

šŸ“£  PodMatch

šŸŽ™ļø  Buzzsprout

šŸŽ§  Listeners to Readers (private podcast)

šŸ“„  Private Podcast Reader Magnet

ā˜‘ļø  Start Your Author Podcast Checklist

šŸ“  Podcast Pitching Tracker

šŸŽ™ļø  Microphone

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šŸ–„ļø  Descript

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**I love talking to author guests about book marketing, but the episode is not a book endorsement (unless I say so on the episode).