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Pod Crashing Episode 495 When Guests Don't Show Plus The Art Of Rescheduling · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: So have you been there yet? Arrow.net, A-R-R-O-E.net, a collection,
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  Speaker 1: My name is Arrow. I'm the host of the weekly podcast,
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  Speaker 1: Podcrashing and Podcrashing 101. These are the episodes that connect
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  Speaker 1: since March of 2019. The original goal was to put
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  Speaker 1: focus on helping up-and-coming podcasters to have the right information
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  Speaker 1: about hosting as well as surviving inside the podcast world.
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  Speaker 1: The purpose of Podcrashing One-on-One is to help you build
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  Speaker 1: your own platform, to promote it, and to maybe make
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  Speaker 1: some money. This is Podcrashing One-on-One. Episode number 495, your
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  Speaker 1: guest has not shown up. What is the best way
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  Speaker 1: to reschedule or walk away? First, it happens all the time.
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  Speaker 1: Let me say that again. It happens all the time
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  Speaker 1: and you should never take it personal. How you handle
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  Speaker 1: the moment can deepen the relationship or push you onto
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  Speaker 1: a list of people who are not friendly or open
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  Speaker 1: to the lifestyle of those who are your guests. Podcasting's
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  Speaker 1: top dogs pretty much agree, claiming it's not worth getting
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  Speaker 1: emotional over. Podcasters live in a very messy world. The
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  Speaker 1: time zones, the tech issues, and I am so guilty
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  Speaker 1: of this, double bookings. When to go for the reschedule? Well,
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  Speaker 1: if the guest shares a reasonable reason why they were
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  Speaker 1: a no-show, then you got to let them back on.
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  Speaker 1: It was explained that travel and sickness was standing in
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  Speaker 1: the way of the talk. Okay, I get it. We're
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  Speaker 1: not going to do it. We'll reschedule. and everything's been
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  Speaker 1: professional ever since, right? Well, now we go into the rescheduling,
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  Speaker 1: if you can. So many promotion groups have their guests
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  Speaker 1: for only one day for a very few short hours.
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  Speaker 1: When the blow-off is part of the interview process, that
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  Speaker 1: doesn't communicate into a cancellation. Now you've got to work
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  Speaker 1: your way back into that to make it something that
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  Speaker 1: is worth checking into. Don't ever chase an interview. You're
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  Speaker 1: wasting your time. That dynamic rarely, if ever, improves. You're
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  Speaker 1: just going to get in the way of yourself. Or
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  Speaker 1: how about this? You're going to get in the way
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  Speaker 1: of your ego. Coming up next, staying positive after a
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  Speaker 1: guest has dumped you. Hey, thanks for coming back to
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  Speaker 1: Podcrashing 101. Staying positive after a guest has unchecked your
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  Speaker 1: name from the interview list. What? Yeah, it happens all
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  Speaker 1: the time. The one that hurt me deeply was Phil
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  Speaker 1: Donahue and Marlo Thomas. I mean, everything was to the T.
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  Speaker 1: The I's were dotted on the schedule. Books were sent.
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  Speaker 1: Reminders were sent. I was told everything is going to
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  Speaker 1: happen within a matter of hours. And then I was
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  Speaker 1: told I was too small. So what are podcasters supposed
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  Speaker 1: to do in a situation like this? Always have a
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  Speaker 1: backup plan and keep a short list of guests on call.
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  Speaker 1: Or just do as I do, which seems conceited, but say, eh,
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  Speaker 1: that's okay. It's their freaking loss, not mine. I was
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  Speaker 1: professional enough to be ready for the conversation. Now let
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  Speaker 1: me see your top talent and see how they handled
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  Speaker 1: the prep and delivery. Don't let it eat away at
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  Speaker 1: your vision and drive. I did say it happens all
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  Speaker 1: the time. And when it does, the first time, just
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  Speaker 1: give them grace. A second time, okay, now you've got
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  Speaker 1: to let them see your structure and how you have
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  Speaker 1: to have things at a certain time. The third time,
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  Speaker 1: just kick them out. No, don't even do anything with them.
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  Speaker 1: Don't even answer the calls or emails. Walking away from
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  Speaker 1: a podcast interview is not about your ego. It's about standards.
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  Speaker 1: The tone you set will determine the kind of guests
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  Speaker 1: that you're going to attract. If your schedule appears as
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  Speaker 1: an option to them, well, you know what they're going
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  Speaker 1: to do. So is this an option? Well, my option
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  Speaker 1: is to say no, and they can get over it.
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  Speaker 1: It happens all the time. I'm Arrow, and that's Podcrashing One-on-One.