How one expert made a splash on CNN’S Paula Zahn Now, and how you can, too
Cosmetic surgeon, Dr. Robert Kotler’s New York based publicist, made contact with the Paula Zahn Now program on CNN to schedule an appearance. Here’s what happened next.
1. Map out the segment with the producer
*I was referred to one of the *bookers* who did a quick screening and then put me in contact with an associate producer. Over several phone conversations, we worked out the subject matter of the 3-4 minute interview.*
NOTE: Once you’ve passed the *audition* with a booker you’re passed to an associate (or other less senior) producer. Often after that first “audition” you must be screened by producers at higher and higher levels. If you’re chosen then you begin to create a segment together.
2. Help the producer shape the segment
*The *backbone* of the spot was my recently published book, SECRETS OF A BEVERLY HILLS COSMETIC SURGEON, The Expert’s Guide to Safe, Successful Surgery. The associate producer and I had discussed what I consider to be the non-frivolous and important consumer issues of the...