Hi There,
Charly Leetham from Australia here,
As a Mom who works from home and runs an Online Business and has a limited budget, I am always cautious about how much money I invest in new tools, or gimmicks, that supposedly help improve the revenue of your business. Generally, I am really disappointed in the results maybe they help improve revenue, but the cost just doesn’t add up. That’s why I like to recommend products that I have reviewed to my readers - products that are worthy of recommendation, that is!
I recently found the launch details for Interviewing Unwrapped by Heather Vale. Yes - I’m a fan of Heather Vale — another woman ‘doing it’ in the online business world — so I was intrigued by the new product she was releasing. I was also fortunate enough to get an early release of the product - Profit With Interviewing With Experts (Interviewing Unwrapped) - so that I could review it and check it out! This is certainly a product that is worth recommending…
I love Interviewing people. I love getting their story and finding out the nitty gritty information about them, their product, their life - whatever it is, a great Interview really uncovers all sorts of things - and you can create one (or many) awesome products from that Interview.
I believe that this love comes from being “people person”. I worked in IT for over 20 years - in a services role - my role was to create solutions to meet my clients needs. As a Sales Person I had to work out what those requirements were and believe me, the customer wouldn’t always give you the whole story. By developing my listening and interviewing skills, I was often able to uncover issues, niggles and desires that others often didn’t.
So when I moved to an online business and someone mentioned running teleseminars and expert interviews to create content - I thought WOW! I just wasn’t quite sure where to start because my experience didn’t really focus on creating content to sell or giveway.
I then heard this woman being interviewed on a Teleseminar about using Interviews to create content and I was captivated. The woman being interviewed was Heather Vale and the interviewer was Janet Beckers. Heather spoke so well, clearly and passionately about conducting interviews, what you needed to consider, what you should ask, what you souldn’t ask - a whole heap of stuff that was so simple that it inspired me to embark on my own interviewing campaign.
When I decided to embark on my ‘interviewing campaigns’, I listened to and read everything I could find about conducting Interviews for content - particularly, I reviewed anything I could from Heather, listened to interviews she had done and sat in on any number of teleseminars (run by Heather and other online Interviewers) - just so I could learn what worked and what didn’t. Coupling the information I learned with my own experience, I did o.k.
I have some great Interviews with ‘gurus’ in my niche. Not only did I get great content - I learned so much myself. I used these interviews as podcasts from one of my blogs.
But I knew I could do better! It would have been great to have a blueprint on how to conduct interviews just like Heather Vale did… and be as successful… but there really wasn’t anything available.
When I heard that Heather was releasing, Profit With Interviews (or Interviewing Unwrapped)…. I was intrigued - because I really believed it could help me, and help others …. so I ordered it - I wanted to know what was in the product and if it truly delivered content.
Interviewing Unwrapped Delivers
On Its Promise
When I first heard Heather Vale talking with Janet, I asked - Who is Heather Vale and how did she become known as ‘The Internet Interviewer’? This information is straight from Heather herself:
Heather Vale (now Heather Vale Goss) has been interviewing experts and celebrities since 1993, when she began her media career as host and producer of an award-winning Toronto TV show called WORD.
Following a successful run in the local market, she took her interviewing skills to the internet, being integral in the launch of Canada’s first WebStation before the dot-com crash. During that time she conducted thousands of interviews, and became known as one of the best interviewers in Canada.
After that she turned to the only medium she hadn’t yet worked in, and worked her way up from small market radio traffic reporter to major market news anchor at Canada’s #1 News-Talk radio station, CFRB.
Now she has returned to the internet, for the flexibility it allows in content creation, market niches and income stream possibilities. In just over a year online she has made her presence known in the internet marketing industry and the self-development field.
Since 2005, she has interviewed hundreds of top success experts and online gurus for podcasts, teleseminar series and best-selling info-products. Her own interview series include Success Unwrapped and Internet Marketing Unwrapped, and she co-hosted and co-produced Masters of the Secret, Manifest Life, Manifest More Wealth, Renegade Growth Pak and others with business partner, and now husband, Barry Goss.
She has also worked for top marketers as a freelance interviewer, including Brad Callen, Rick Raddatz, Mark Joyner, Codrut Turcanu and Joel Comm.
As a reflection of her “Unwrapped” brand of products in which she “unwraps” the secrets of success behind various niches, Heather is known as “The Unwrapper”™. She is also called “The Internet Interviewer” by her freelance clients because they consider her the go-to expert on all things related to interviewing online.
You may have also heard Heather referred to by various people as “The Barbara Walters of the Internet”, “The Queen of Online Interviewing”, and “The Dana Scully of Success”. She is now on a quest to share the interviewing skills she has developed with others so that they can create top-notch info-products too.
Just what is ‘Profit With Interviews’?
Heather’s “Profit With Interviews (Interviewing Unwrapped) - How To Conduct Top-Notch Professional Interviews For High-Demand Content-Rich Info-Products, Teleseminars or Podcasts” is not a digital download… It comes by snail mail in a well packed box containing three spiral bound books and a pack of 7 CDs. The books and CD box were shrinkwrapped together for added protection.
7 audio CDs, 3 Spiral Bound Note Books
Plus an online membership area
Why couldn’t I just download the audios and print the information - I WANT IT NOW!!!
Once the package arrived - I understood! The CDs are packaged in small sleeves within a hard plastic box which means that they can not fall out and become scratched during transport. They are in Audio CD format, which means I can simply pop them in my CD player and listen to them wherever I am. I have an early 2000 model Subaru (great for shuttling the kids around in) and my CD player just doesn’t do MP3 CD’s — at least I can listen to Heathers CD’s without a problem. I’ve now been listening to Heather talk about Interviewing for the last week or so! Better yet - I can rip the CDs to my iRiver, iPod or any other portable audio device… it’s real cool!
The spiral bound note books contain over 400 pages of information and transcripts! I really wouldn’t want to print that out on my printers! So I’m happy to get it printed and sent to me.
Over 400 pages of Information
In The Workbooks
To Get You Interviewing Experts
TODAY…
The Workbooks
Let’s take a look at the notebooks in the package:
Book 1 is a foundation manual and it’s based on everything Heather Vale learned, through trial and error. It contains information spanning more than 15 years of interviewing people for various forms of media, and in teaching others to do the same.
This book showed me I had been doing lots of things right - which was great - But I learned some real gems of information that had never crossed my mind.
In Book 1, and I’m only going to give you the headings here (there’s so much information in this book!) Heather walks through:
Part 1: The Introduction
1. Why Do Interviews?
2. Why Learn the Skills?
3. Can Anybody Do it?
4. Journalism Basics
5. Recording Basics
6. Transcription Basics
Part 2: The Truth About Popular Interviewing Myths
7. The Questionnaire vs. the Interview
8. The Conversation vs. the Interview
9. The #1 Skill Every Interviewer Needs
10. The Truth About Talk Show Hosts
11. The Introvert vs. the Extrovert
12. Grilled, Shaken, Stirred, Gently Tossed or Over Easy
(This fantastic cooking analogy discusses the ways to condcut an interview to ensure that it is balanced, enjoyable for all but still gets the ‘meaty’ information you need)
Part 3 - The Anatomy of a Great Interviewer
13. The Curiosity Factor
14. The Concept of the Conch Shell
15. The Map and the Forest
16. The Canoe and the Rudder
17. To Share or Not To Share?
18. The Three R’s of Interviewing Relations
19. Intimacy vs. Professionalism
Part 4 - The Anatomy of a Great Interview
20. The Topic
21. The Purpose
22. The Focus
23. The Research
24. The Pre-Interview
25. The Interview
26. The Post-Interview
Part 5 – The Anatomy of a Great Question
27. The Three L’s To Avoid
28. The Best Questions to Ask
29. Thought-Provoking Questions
30. Tough, Dumb and Columbo Questions
Part 6 – Presentation and Delivery
31. Filler Words
32. Stumbles and Repeats
33. Tips to Avoid Common Mistakes
34. Live vs. Recorded
35. The Power of Dead Air
36. Your Voice and You
37. Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway
Part 7 – Content
38. Info-Product and Membership Site Interviews
39. Teleseminar Interviews
40. Podcast and Streaming Audio Interviews
Part 8 – Getting the Guests
41. Building the Reputation
42. The Approach
43. Their Favorite Radio Station - WIIFM
44. The Adaptability
45. The Follow-up
46. Endorsements
And this is just Book 1. Heather really shares all of the information you need to become a successful interviewer. You should also know that a lot of this information will translate to offline Interviews - a fantastic skill to have!
If I had had this information when starting out, it would have been so much easier! Instead, I spent hours researching and search for resources - I made lots of mistakes and even lost one whole interview (and it was a great one too) — most of these issues I could have avoided, if I knew how!
In Interviewing Unwrapped Book 2 there are the transcripts of the 10 fantastic interviews that are on CDs 1 to 6 in the pack - Heather Vale interviews Harris Fellman, David Garfinkel, Willie Crawford, Martin Wales, Randy Gilbert, Harrison Klein, Lou D’Alo, Barry Goss, Shaune Clarke and Mark Joyner. These people represent some of the foremost talents in the Interviewing and Teleseminar arena today. These are people that I listen to on Teleseminars nearly everyday!
I’ll come back to Book 3 soon.
What about the Audio CDs’?
The package contains 7 audio CDs. The first six CDs feature 10 interviews which are featured in Book 2 of Interviewing Unwrapped. It’s interesting to note that some of these online interviewers conduct their interviews differently to Heather - and I was impressed to listen to how Heather asks these ‘guys’ about the differences and why they do what they do.
After listening to Heather for a while now, I really think that her interviewing strategies will work for nearly everyone - but as a trainer myself, I know that having options available (contrasts if you will) is important. Sometimes what Heather does may not resonate with you - but if someone else suggests something that works better for you and the customer? Having these other ’schools of thought’ is important to help you develop your very own interviewing style. It also provides perspective and comparison.
I was interested to see that the 7th CD features an interview with one of my ‘gurus’, Janet Beckers (another online interviewing expert). This is, infact, the same interview that I heard in the first place - that picqued my interest in Interviewing. In this interview, Janet and Heather speak about interviewing for content-rich interviews - and there is just heaps of great, honest information here!
The transcript for this interview is found in the 3rd Notebook. While some of the information discussed in the interview is also shared in Book 1, Janet asks Heather questions that aren’t there - so Heather has included Book 3 in the package, as it makes a very good supplemental resource.
Better yet, Heather includes the Action Plan and Cheat Sheet that Janet created from the Interview - so you can implement the strategies discussed STRAIGHT AWAY!
Who Is This Package For?
Firstly - you should seriously consider conducting Interviews with the experts in your niche. With the right interviewing strategies and techiniques - not only will you generate valuable information that others in your niche will pay for, you will LEARN so much more yourself!
I really think that Heather Vales Profit From Interviewing Experts (Interviewing Unwrapped) is delivered in a fashion that even a complete newbie to the world of interviewing can gain immediate benefits by putting into action the methods and strategies detailed.
The content is structured in a way that complete Newbies can take it, work through the information and start delivering content rich Teleseminars, Webinars or Interviews right away. For the more experienced Interviewer - this is a great review package. By listening to the material, you will hear several different views and strategies that you can assess, use or ignore (as you will) to make your Interviews even better!
Great For Newbie Interviewers
Excellent For Experienced Interviewers
But I’m An Introvert, or Shy - I Can’t Interview
Rubbish! Seriously, even if you are an introvert - you can conduct some of the best Interviews out there. Heather and her guests discuss the different personality types of Interviewers - and the discussion is fascinating - often an ‘introverted’ interviewer and get the best material…. but you’ll have to listen to the CD’s to understand why and how…
Downsides or Concerns?
I’m not really fussed on physical products. I’m always concerned that they won’t arrive and that I pay a premium to have someone else do the physical product creation. As I’m in Australia, delivery takes so much longer too! So, I generally prefer digitally delivered material.
In this case, I’ve been pleasantly surprised. My package arrived about 7 days after ordering it - that’s faster than getting a lot stuff delivered within Australia! The ordering process is simple and they obviously don’t muck around in getting the product into the mail.
Also, there is 7 CD’s worth of information and over 400 pages of printed material. I really wouldn’t want to have to print all that material - in fact, I probably wouldn’t print the material out (why bother?). Having the notebooks there while I’m listening to the interviews and reading along in the notebooks (with a highlighter in hand) has been great. It really reinforces the messages that Heather and her guests are delivering. Better still - I’ve been able to start listening to the CD’s straight away and take them with me in the car to continue my ‘education’.
Yes - there is a short delay between ordering and getting the product - but for the price, it’s well worth the wait.
If you are serious about doing Interviews to create content for yourself, or for your clients - you NEED Interviewing Unwrapped with Heather Vale.
Limited Time Only…
Heather Vale is releasing Interview Unwrapped on June 9 2009 and it’s only going to be available until June 12! You need to act on this — or you will miss out.
Bonuses For Purchasing
I think this is a great product and I’ve put together a fantastic collection of tools that will help you develop and improve your interviewing skills - if you purchased Interviewing Unwrapped through the link below.
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How To Order
Order Interviewing Unwrapped through the link below and receive my Online Business Accelerator Pack as my gift to you. You’ll get:
- Audio Presentation - Marketing Your Business With Low Or No Cost Resources ($97)
- Marketing Your Business Presenation ($27)
- Follow Up Email Generator ($47)
- Video Blogging Profits ($47)
- VLog Cast Domination ($47)
- Build Your Opt In List - Audio Course ($47)
- Article Marketing ECourse ($27)
- Twitter Blog Magic Report ($27)
- 10 Twitter Backgrounds With Private Label Rights ($27)
- Spotting Profitable Niches With Google Trends ($47)
- Step By Step Niche Profits ($47)
This bonus package is only available to the next 50 35 people who order Interviewing Unwrapped through the link below.
How to Claim Your Bonus
To claim your Bonuses For Interviewing Unwrapped (Profit With Interviews), you must:
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2. Order Interviewing Unwrapped through this link.
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4. Allow up to 48 hours for the delivery of your bonus.
* I reserve the right to remove this bonus offer at any time.
Special Bonus - Just For Reading This Page
If you have read this far, then you are obviously interested in interviewing to help create your business. I want to give you two interviews:
Shaune Clarke is a Canadian Talk show host turned Internet copywriter. He is also one of the Interviewers that Heather speaks to in Interviewing Unwrapped.
His talk show host experience brings a whole new dimension to copywriting. By effectively interviewing the target sudience he is able to uncover hidden emotions. Addressing these emotions triggers “the buying mechanism.”
Rather than use hype to sell he uses resonance, connection, and empathy. His writing is more human, more honest. He uses his own unique elements to gracefully persuade. Elements like, “The Power of Three”, Real-life Tidbits and Indirect Persuasion.
Shaune does not push a sale or “work a hard close”. He prefers to respectfully guide the prospect to a buying decision… a much different process!
You’ll also receive a subscription to my weekly Business Tips Newsletter - where I share hints, tips and advice on improving your business.
To receive this great interview simply complete the form below and then check your email and confirm your request by clicking on the link in that email message.
Just so that you know that I am a real person, here are my contact details:
Charly Leetham
info (at) profitwithinterviewsreviewed.com
PO Box 152, Calwell ACT 2905 Australia
To your great success,
Charly Leetham
