Morning or breakfast TV programs are a great way to get your message across.

They are usually more informative, relaxed and friendly than current affairs orientated interviews.

They are often hosted by a team of two presenters - male and female. This format is a popular genre across the world.

It is a really good way to get known fast, build a profile and gain community support for a new idea.

Through a recent experience being interviewed for a breakfast TV program called Wake Up Perth, I want to share with you my insights and reflections.

Learn from my experience so you can perform at your best.

Here are Five Ways to Maximise Morning TV Interviews:

1. Prepare.

You must work out what your angle, hook or spin is. What is your key message? How can you make this unique, distinctive and memorable?

2. Look Good

TV is a visual medium. You must look good and dress well.

3. Supply Suggested Questions

Presenters and producers on breakfast and morning TV work bakers hours (for example they often start at 3 or 4am in the morning) - and this means they often are under time pressures. Make their life easier by supplying a suggested list of questions, short 1-page biography and suggested short introduction.

4. Share Something Personal

Make it personal - remember your audience and the interviewer will want to connect at an emotional rather than logical level.

5. Warm Up Your Voice

Sounding bright and bubbly at 5am or 7am in the morning is a real challenge. Always warm up your voice and be more animated than you normally would be.

Thomas Murrell

Thomas Murrell is an International Business Speaker and Managing Director of 8M Media and Communications, an integrated media, marketing and management consulting company.

Described by BRW Magazine as "committed to using creativity as a competitive edge", he is recognised as an expert on how to be media and marketing savvy.

His Integrity Marketing, Brand Building and Winning the Media Game topics are full of real life experiences and practical advice.

In a former life he was a TV and radio personality, executive producer and senior media executive ? describing his 12 years at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as an "apprenticeship".

The author of Media Fundamentals, How to Turn Your Big Marketing Idea into a Competitive Advantage and Web Marketing Essentials, he has just released his signature Media & Marketing Masterclass? series on six interactive CD-ROMs.

He uses metaphors from his experience as a National Junior Hammer Throw Champion to demonstrate the ?power of positive spin? and a Vincent Fairfax Fellowship helps put this within the context of ethical leadership.

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