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@BryanBarletta Sounds awesome! 🙌

@valsopi Amazing album.

@nathanbarry @TurnerNovak This clip definitely hooked me!

Downloading this episode now. 👍

@threehourcoffee I remember that feeling! Nothing like it.

@alisonkinseym Looks like this post isn’t available anymore.

@SSandds @noahwbragg Yes, but the equivalent of crypto isn’t “ponzi stocks,” it’s other currencies.

@SSandds @noahwbragg But isn’t that volatility exacerbated with crypto?

In web3, we’ve seen how a single tweet can dramatically change the price/demand for a specific coin.

Also, in this latest financial crisis, we’ve seen that crypto is incredibly volatile.

@noahwbragg What “things” are we talking about?

Like, what product/service would I need to use these protocols in?

@SSandds @noahwbragg But, in practice, it’s not clear that crypto is actually better for those people.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/20/world/americas/argentina-cryptocurrency-value.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@noahwbragg Why would most people need “unlimited” access?

@noahwbragg @arbitrum All of these layers in crypto feel incredibly complicated (and seem to repeatedly fail).

https://www.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/wvekc9/aaaand_reddits_new_arbitrum_bridge_is_already/

@noahwbragg But is crypto's code for "sending money" substantially better than, for example, TransferWise's code?

TransferWise is also way more efficient than its competitors (Wester Union, etc).

When most people use fiat currency, "sending crypto fast" doesn't seem like an advantage.

And *where* you build that audience matters.

It's ok for people to discover you on YouTube, Instagram, FB, TikTok, wherever.

But ultimately you want your audience to be somewhere where you're in charge (email, podcast RSS, blog, etc...) https://twitter.com/nathanbarry/status/1565041678037450753

@miggynascimento Where is that actually happening?

@Levin_of_Indigo You can’t send *anyone* crypto though, can you? They need a crypto wallet.

Given gas fees, volatility, and the time it takes to complete a transfer, is it better than alternatives like e-transfers, wires?

If you want to invest in stocks, don’t you still need an intermediary?

People keep asking web3 folks this question.

I still haven’t seen a reasonable answer. https://twitter.com/mlevchin/status/1566297444505202688

RT @mijustin: What I’m railing against is the idea of writing long, benefit-driven copy, as opposed to specifically telling me what your ap…

@dvassallo Yes. Especially *really* looking at the downsides of possible opportunities, and how reversible they are.

You can explore a path, but you should have a trigger point where you go: “this isn’t going well. it’s time to get off this path.”

The tricky thing, for any indie creator, is that ultimately you’re beholden to market forces, and markets aren’t always kind. There’s winners and losers.

Typically, getting to a win is going to require some losses. Unfortunately, not everyone can sustain themselves long enough.

Owning an indie startup, or being an indie creator, can be incredibly rewarding.

In the right context, it can provide a better life: more margin, more freedom.

But getting there isn’t a sure bet. There are things you can do to increase your chances, but nothing is guaranteed.

As someone who successfully “built something in public,” I feel two opposing pulls:

For me, hearing the stories of other successful founders inspired me. I want to pass that on.

But I also want to be careful not to sell people on a path that might not work out for them.

@collinM_Sales @TransistorFM Love it! 🙌

@philipyoungg As soon as I was out of “desperation mode” I found “not sweating the small stuff” helpful (even when I wasn’t making as much money).

What’s interesting is the scarcity mindset can continue even once you have more money.

@mattwensing @randfish Yup. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1276611514850373632

@mikevardy YES 🎯

@JessePoteet 🥰

@JPvideoeditor Yup! 🥰

Naturally, this doesn't apply to folks who are in desperation mode.

(If you're in the desert, and you tip over your water bottle, that's more serious)

But many of us are operating on an old script about money that isn't serving us anymore.

If I accidentally tip over my water bottle the water isn't "wasted," it goes into the soil.

Why worry about the water I no longer have? (Better to enjoy the water still in my bottle).

The same is true with money.

For me, letting go of my obsession with "not wasting money" has helped me to be more generous.

I don't hold on to it so tightly; I'm more willing to let it go and do the good it needs to do in the world.

Some people still have a scarcity mindset, even after they're earning a good income.

$20 will fall out of their pocket, and it will ruin their day.

It's better to not hold on too tightly, to be OK with letting it go.

Otherwise, worrying about money will rule your life.

Many of us grew up in scarcity, where there wasn't a lot of $.

We were told that buying certain things was a "waste."
We were taught to be fearful of losing money.

But if you have zero threshold for "wasted" money, you give yourself (and your family) a lot of unneeded stress.

It's OK to waste a little money.

In the past, I would stress over every purchase.

But now, I've learned to be OK with wasting a little money:

Kids want money for the arcade? Give them some.
Water costs $5 at that concert? Just buy it.
$100 item you can't return? No worries.

@JackEllis I just finished @TransistorFM’s queue sitting here on the ferry ⛴😄

@ow Yeah, especially if you go up north (Prince George) the experience is a lot worse (no Superchargers).

@attaboy Honestly, this is where Tesla is winning right now.

The charging experience is really good. The built-in software automatically finds Superchargers for you, let’s you know how busy they are, and tells you how long to charge before continuing your trip.

Also, they’re fast!

@ow Honestly, this is where Tesla is winning right now.

The charging experience is really good. The built-in software automatically finds Superchargers for you, let’s you know how busy they are, and tells you how long to charge before continuing your trip.

Also, they’re fast!

@chrisfosterelli Congrats! 🎉

@AdriSheares Any sense of “what” they’re searching for on TikTok?

For me, video makes sense for “how to fix a faucet” (yes I’m old, haha).

Do we know what kinds of searches they’re making?

@bentoalson For me it’s more about my YouTube videos showing up for key searches (“How to start a podcast”).

I was surprised by this story!

It’s worth reading. https://twitter.com/mjwhansen/status/1565242260744175616

@robinc @TransistorFM @TalkRLPodcast 🙌 Yes! That made my day. Thanks for saying hi!

“Hey, are you the guy from @TransistorFM?”

So fun to run into a customer downtown Victoria, BC today! 😄

Check out @robinc’s show: @TalkRLPodcast (interesting chats about Reinforcement Learning).

🎧 https://www.talkrl.com/

@taylorotwell 👀

@taragentile Oh nooooooo!

@c_osazuwa Yes, it’s true!

@arithisandthat Hahaha. You’ve got to listen to this one next!

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/who-the-hell-is-hamish/id1451470931

@petersuhm @heyreform Congrats! Looks amazing.

Who do I know who lives in Victoria, BC?

@biTRACIal @BryanBarletta @arithisandthat @TransistorFM @buzzsprout @podbeancom @getredcircle @spreaker @sounder_fm @libsyn Curious: what terms were you searching? I’ll try to improve those Google searches for next time. 👍

@biTRACIal Yes! @TransistorFM does this:

https://transistor.fm/features/dynamic-ads/

@JamesCridland Yikes! Do people just forget what they've said online?

@garrytan Congrats! 🎉 Awesome opportunity.

🏹 “Put more wood behind fewer arrows.”

If a company like Google (with almost infinite resources) has to “put more resources towards fewer products,” than so do we. 😄

@earthlingworks @JackEllis @aarondfrancis @megamaker @marketingdevs @asmartbear Yeah, this is more about continually adding more to your plate with the hopes that you’ll reach the revenue scale you need (but then you have to simultaneously manage multiple projects/businesses).

"Put more wood behind fewer arrows.”

@aarondfrancis No, Transistor was quite a bit after the "try a bunch of things" phase.

I'm speaking from experience! 😅

In my "indie creator" phase (2016 + 2017), the @megamaker community + @marketingdevs was most of my income. (Despite having tried to make 100+ things in a year)

@clairestamant Great list! Thanks for sharing it. 👍

I've seen too many makers who keep creating (and maintaining!) multiple things at once:

podcasts
live events
communities
live webinars
info products
online courses
email newsletters
YouTube channels

It's too much!

Focus on 1-2 things that can give you the $ you need.

@scottw Yeah, sometimes the main thing you're doing can take you where you want to go.

Other times, you might need to give up on what you're working on because it's just impossible to push it past its current ceiling.

This means creators & entrepreneurs need to be clear about what they want from their indie businesses.

Make sure the *thing you're doing* can actually provide the *$ you want*.

Example: if you need $100k/year, be realistic about how attainable that is for your category.

The biggest temptation for individual creators (and small business owners) is continually adding more to their plate in the pursuit of earning their desired $/year.

Much better to find 1-2 "main things" that can drive the kind of revenue you want/need.

@iamjeremyenns 💯

@alphacolin Was part of the mistake showing pricing in this way? (Is it better to hide pricing and get them to contact you?)

@JamesCridland @grooveyardmusic @PodcastMovement Neither of the charts you shared answer the question: "are artists earning less since streaming?"

Overall revenue stats don't mean much (we'd need to see median income by artists over the years).

Stats Canada has a nuanced look at the problem here:
https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/corporate/transparency/open-government/economic-impact-music-streaming.html

@JamesCridland @PodcastMovement @Podnews You should do a session at @SoundsProfNews on “real world a/b tests and conversion rates.”

@NICKFRESH @TransistorFM 🙌🕺🏼🔥

@jay_yow07 @PodcastMovement @tedhosmann @MbyM @HatchEdits Next time!

(Or come skiing at @revelstokemtn or @SilverStarMR)

@stephenrobles @PodcastMovement @AlbanBrooke @zkahn Yeassssssss 🙌

@VicVijayakumar @PodcastMovement @tedhosmann @MbyM @HatchEdits 🥰 thx!

One of my favorite @PodcastMovement moments was watching @NICKFRESH get down at the @iHeartRadio party.

Check out his podcast: @choonspod!

#pm22

Conferences really are like summer camp for adults.

Had an amazing time at @PodcastMovement. So nice to meet everyone IRL.

I’ll be back next year! #pm22

@LindoMsane @arithisandthat Listening now! 👍

https://overcast.fm/+0TjgzjegY

Love these guys. https://twitter.com/jayclouse/status/1562960064658280448

There’s nothing more heartening than meeting your customers in real life.

I’ve been connecting with dozens of @TransistorFM users all week at @PodcastMovement and it’s been incredible.

Getting lots of ideas for what we should build next for podcasters! #PM22

@brittlestar Haha. That was amazing. We’ll done. 👏

@bentoalson @stauffermatt I’m down, anytime.

@BIPOCcreators @Maribel_QS @spotifypodcasts @arithisandthat @ZachInSpace @RockwellFelder @AnnaDeShawn @TangiaRenee Haha. Love it.

Fun vibe at the @spotifypodcasts event tonight.

Finally got to hang with @aarondowdtx 👋

#pm22

Just three indie podcast entrepreneurs (@ZachInSpace, 🙋‍♂️, @RockwellFelder) hanging out at @PodcastMovement.

📸 @arithisandthat #pm22

@LyceumPeripatos @TransistorFM @PodcastMovement @PodpageHQ @podcastpage @AllegraSinclair @thepodcasthost Yup! It generates a website for you using your existing feed (and automatically keeps it up-to-date when you post a new episode).

You can check it out here:
https://freepodcastwebsites.com/

Happy to walk you through it if you’re here at @PodcastMovement. 👍

@GeoffTRoberts 💯

@Tsukio_scoring @buildyoursaas @jonbuda Thanks for listening (and sharing). 🙌

RT @Tsukio_scoring: If your struggling on the startup hill and wondering “why am I doing this?” Listen to the latest @buildyoursaas (part 2…

@jayclouse 🥰

Nice to finally meet @jayclouse in person!

Jay has awesome podcast for creators that you should check out:

https://www.creativeelements.fm/

#pm22 #PodcastMovement

@BlakeThompson @stephenrobles @PodcastMovement @zkahn 🤣

@stephenrobles @PodcastMovement @zkahn Loved hanging out yesterday! 🙌

The @ApplePodcasts team put on a nice reception at Elm & Good.

Got to meet up with @stephenrobles (@appleinsider podcast!)

@zkahn @karaswisher @waltmossberg @WSJ @ApplePodcasts I’d never seen this one from 2003 before!

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/steve-jobs-in-2003-at-the-first-d-all-things-digital/id529997900?i=1000116189685

@JacentJackson 👋 nice to meet you today.

Nice to meet @webby2001 in person: “the calm voice of truth in the podcast industry.”

Now he’s on stage with some interesting @SoundsProfNews research on how different types of podcast ads perform when split-tested against each other.

#pm22

Nice to finally meet @colinmcgray, from @thepodcasthost, in person!

Colin was a really helpful partner early in @TransistorFM’s history. 👍

He’s also a member of the indie product community (👋 @calmfund)

#pm22

Lots of friendly faces here at #pm22.

Four years ago, @dzohrob (@ChartableDotCom, @MegaphonePods) was one of the first “podcast industry” people to welcome me. He even let me crash at his office in Brooklyn!

So nice to see him again. 👍

Here’s a highlight thread of my first day at @PodcastMovement.

Started the day with @BryanBarletta and @webby2001’s @SoundsProfNews sessions.

Not allowed to talk about it 🤫 but it’s been really good. #pm22

Made it to the Sheraton!

Going to try to get some sleep and wake up for @SoundsProfNews’ sessions tomorrow.

Hope to meet a bunch of #pm22 folks!

@KateMYoung @ash_shroy @PodcastMovement See you there!

@SamuelLazarus @doubleelvisfm See you there! 👋

@RollosDeMujeres 👋 see you there!

@evoterra Looking forward to meeting you!

(My plane is just leaving Denver for Dallas now. Wish me luck! 🤞)