Ten helpful tips for coaching and counseling clients on television
1. Remember that you’re working with a client – forget about the cameras and focus on the person.
2. Hold that no matter what the show is looking for regarding ratings that you focus on the best results for the client.
3. Be creative about making your work innovative and interesting so that people will want to tune in, while staying in integrity with the best outcome for the client.
4. Ask the question… how might what I’m doing really have a positive impact on the viewers? What techniques, tips or tools can you use that will benefit the client and others with similar challenges?
5. Relax! If you’ve gotten this far in your career, you’ve got a level of skill and ability under your belt – rely on that and don’t overload yourself with undue pressure about what you think it means to be on TV.
6. Where something colorful. We live in the world of HD-TV
7. Maximize the moment. Squeeze as much as you can from your 20 minutes of fame by blogging about your experience, sending out press releases, and listing the event on your bio, brochures and flyers.
8. Stay humble. Any success you have acheived is because someone poured into you.
9. Follow directions: The director, producer, camera crew have a job to do. They will walk you through the technical aspects.
10. Get ready for the response. Make sure your infrastructure is equipped to handle a large increase in phone calls, website hits, referalls, and critics.
Shannon Munford is the owner of Daybreak Counseling Service. His work has been featured in the Daily Breeze Newspaper and he has appeared on national television shows such as MTV Real World Hollywood, Decision House and Keeping up with the Kardashians.
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