by Dave Pratt | Mar 30, 2026 | Podcasts, Quick Tips
INVERTED PYRAMID Do not waste time with idle chit-chat to open your podcast. Get right to the good stuff. Your first line should be powerful. I call this strategy the “inverted pyramid” and have taught it to thousands, including at conferences, conventions, and...
by Dave Pratt | Mar 30, 2026 | Podcasts
WHY PODCASTS FAIL (or succeed) By Hall of Fame Personality and Network Owner, Dave Pratt Most podcasters are playing a losing game. Why? Most podcasters talk about whatever feels interesting that week, without awareness that their biggest audience will be “on...
by Dave Pratt | Feb 18, 2026 | Life & Leadership
With tears in my eyes, she was handed to me swaddled in a tiny little pink blanket. When I spoke softly, she instantly recognized my low voice and her little head burrowed into my chest. After 3 older brothers, I kneeled and whispered to her Mom. “What do I know...
by Dave Pratt | Feb 18, 2026 | Life & Leadership
Like most of you, I once loved MTV! In fact, at one time, I watched MTV more than I listened to the radio, and being in radio was my lifelong dream. When MTV contacted me to co-host their big spring break or music festivals, it helped my own career catch fire. I was...
by Dave Pratt | Feb 18, 2026 | Life & Leadership
I wish all of you could have met my father. He was a real estate developer, and as a hobby, he owned racehorses. He had a horse in about 1968 that performed so well at Turf Paradise that it qualified for a big race at Santa Anita in California. My dad took me with...
