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@jesseleite85 Lol. Born in 80 baby

@bpcronin @wasimlorgat @JamesClear For me, religious beliefs were the problem.

My friends and family that questioned those beliefs early in their life seem to have been less stuck than me.

@inversecos I have four kids (born 2002-2008) so I feel pretty connected to Gen Z. 😄

Although, I can see the divide as well. They definitely challenge me on a lot of my beliefs (which I think is healthy).

@djthedev Definitely a problem.

@danieldibartolo My bones mostly feel ok, but I am more stiff...

@owenconti Oh gosh. 0%

(Did my chiropractor tell you to ask this?) 😅

@marshal You can’t buy an empty lot that big in the PNW for $600k 😯😯

@DavidSpade loved your episode on @ConanOBrien’s podcast. I laughed a lot! 🙌

RT @AlPalVipond: This is *the way* to build a marketing page in 2021. A few years ago, it took me weeks to figure out a setup that was half…

@pjrvs Maybe we’re both high on mushrooms 🍄 right now

@pjrvs Does this mean you always seem older than you are?

RT @mijustin: ⚡ Your ability to launch a product relies on hundreds of events in your history:

The people you know
​The skills you've lear…

@nickbulljs Can you give me an example?

@prmsltd @TransistorFM Awesome! 🙌 Thanks for choosing Transistor!

I'll take a look at this.

In the meantime, I have some podcast audience growth tips here:
https://transistor.fm/ideas-promote-podcast

@jtwebman In this case “bootstrap” is more of a mindset.

@derrickreimer @OrionSeven Keep in mind that Twitter is building their own version that will be native inside Twitter:

https://transistor.fm/spaces-clubhouse/

@ninjaparade lol.

@davidhemphill Hahahaha

@jmlacroix All it takes is one podcast to grab you, and then you’ll be a fan for life. 😉

@dohertyjf Odd. That hasn’t been my experience.

There are always problem customers, but many SMBs are great to work with.

@dohertyjf Not sure what you mean by that?

@kylegawley @crisp_im Also relevant:

https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1359229216391262208

@kylegawley @crisp_im Yes, I agree. Generally, you're anchored to your competitors.

But (in your example) there's clearly an opportunity for a $29/month product that offers more value for a lower cost.

https://justinjackson.ca/charge-more

@jessethanley @_KevinGraham @Bento Bento looks awesome, but it looks like you don’t have live chat as a feature? (With iOS app for agents?)

@mikecodemonkey @elevioapp Do they offer live chat?

@JanisKelemen @helpspace @honeybadgerapp We’ve had it for 3 years, and it’s felt pretty significant.

Generally, even as a small team, we’re able to respond pretty quickly.

We often triage chats “on the go” on the Kayako mobile app.

@JanisKelemen @helpspace Gotcha.

Live chat is really crucial for us. It's one of the ways we stand apart from our competitors (we can often respond immediately).

We also need to be able to chat via iOS app (as we're often on the go, triaging from home, etc).

@JanisKelemen @helpspace Do you offer live chat?

RT @mijustin: Pent-up demand isn't unleashed until there's a solution that satisfies an audience's desire for something better.

Every time…

@ahmednadar Hard for me to know for sure!

MegaMaker was a paid community from the beginning.

I’ve never tried a free community.

@falexandrou Thanks! Did you just order that off Amazon?

@JamesCridland Yes! I find the experience is better on Spaces.

@jonnyburch @TwitterSpaces But, at $10B, that would be the 2nd most expensive acquisition ever for them.

(WhatsApp had 450 million users when they were acquired for $19B)

@typeoneerror @TwitterSpaces Yeah, but all those products were integrated. He didn’t just buy them to to destroy them. He bought them because they were a clear path to acquiring more users, and improve ad revenue.

@chrisbrogan @TransistorFM @pjrvs 🥰 the love goes both ways

@ajaypond @TwitterSpaces How can you be so sure when Twitter Spaces is still in beta?

@typeoneerror @TwitterSpaces Which acquisitions has made and done that with?

Haven't they mostly stuck around/been integrated?

@AlexanderHaque Have we seen memberships work at "Facebook-scale?"

(Or even, "$10B purchase price scale?")

The biggest player that I can think of is Patreon, and their annual revenues are currently around $35 million.

@ajaypond @TwitterSpaces Why do you think it's not panning out?

How would you move forward if you were Twitter?

@AlexanderHaque But… if memberships worked in that way, why wouldn’t they apply it to all the creators they have on Insta, FB, WhatsApp?

@ajaypond @TwitterSpaces Twitter is already building a competiting feature (@TwitterSpaces)

@arthcmr I’m not convinced.

You only truly get a sense of how well monetization will work once it’s in place.

FB could already put all those ideas in place for their existing features (video, events, groups etc) but they haven’t done much there.

They’re still (primarily) an ad biz.

@AlexanderHaque I’m not convinced by those monetization ideas.

You only truly get a sense of how well monetization will work once it’s in place.

FB could put all of those pieces in place for their existing live features (video, etc) but they haven’t done much there.

They’re still an ad biz.

@jonnyburch If the ultimate aim is to integrate Clubhouse into Facebook's social graph, it doesn't make sense for them to buy it for $10B (they could build it much cheaper, the same way @TwitterSpaces is).

If FB truly wants to keep Clubhouse separate, is it worth buying "6 million users?"

@AlbumEpitaph Nice! 🙌

@Swizec Wowser

@emmetgibney Yes!

@ashabed Building the marketing site for https://transistor.fm was my first big web-dev project that I undertook by myself.

It's built on @statamic, so I'm not doing a lot of actual PHP dev – but it definitely set me up so I feel like I could do more PHP stuff.

@patrickbjohnson @adii Sorry, what do you mean "more of a joke?"

@henrysward Does CartaX have something that would work for smaller, bootstrapped companies?

RT @PodcastTaxi: “Sure, it's not easy to build an audience. But if you take the shortcut, and outsource discoverability to a central platfo…

@fortelabs Which camera?

@felixledem How does the rev share work?

@jonnyburch A central platform aggregating all the shows and having all the leverage is *the* existential threat to the ecosystem.

When one company owns all of the distribution, they can apply downward pressure on creators.

https://justinjackson.ca/podcasts-and-capital

@alanklement Yup. Tracking that one. That acquisition feels more weird (definitely not a “native” feeling add-on)

@MJB_SF Twitter Spaces has emoji reactions which I’ve found really useful:

https://transistor.fm/spaces-clubhouse/

@le_james94 Thanks for sharing it!

@MartinHN In this case, my guess is that @TwitterSpaces will just win.

@breakfastbybill @theandreboso "Political debates, CEO interviews, q&a's, friend catchups..."

🤔 Wasn't that stuff happening on other platforms already?

@rickyio7 Remember how crazy everyone was about it?

@patrickbjohnson @verge All of these platforms have a moderation problem. 😉

@Clogish @TransistorFM Sure! Are you a current user?

@mattragland 👍

@mayankdhingra People get bored.

The experience becomes less novel.

The feature become available everywhere, and becomes less compelling.

Scammers, trolls, and marketers become more prominent.

(The monetization challenge is also significant.)

@StephenAfamO Very few “indie” social apps are able to stay indie. https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1356222114911535105

@mayankdhingra TikTok is still taking off. But it’s still relatively young.

Vine is dead.
HQ is dead.

Very few nascent social platforms make it long-term (or are able to stay independent).

@HugoAmsellem For 2021, is Clubhouse’s growth that impressive?

@iphigenie @ErikJFisher Agreed.

@__tosh My experience on Clubhouse is just different I guess?

I’ve found 95% of rooms very low signal, lots of noise.

Every time you bring a new speaker on stage there’s a huge risk for more noise.

A few rooms *have* been magical; but it’s rare.

@calebporzio you could be in BC catching 27 pound lake trout.

https://infotel.ca/newsitem/100-mile-house-man-catches-massive-27-pound-lake-trout/it80507?fbclid=IwAR0sS9uVoULhpS0rgjmiVi3Ql_79tHSZCpICwPQCTeVkTCetruLSX9EFTG4

RT @rosmiquel: It's always worth reading what @mijustin has to say 👇
https://justinjackson.ca/podcasts-and-capital

@helmi Thanks for sharing it Helmi!

There are definitely other communities that have been ruined by Capital before.

Any large infusion of cash changes things.

@ianmisner Which algorithm; YouTube’s?

@AlisterSarah_ 🙌

@ow It’s just really great.

@MapsRus Yup!

@glpatterson @typeoneerror 😂

@ianlandsman https://twitter.com/alexisgoldstein/status/1354605363287486466?s=21

@ianlandsman Have you read this one yet?

@tranhelen 🤣

@MattDickeyMan Thanks!

@Stphn_Lacey Thanks Stephen!

@nickfrosty @TransistorFM Thanks. 🙌

@scottmathson @JamesCridland Yup 👍

@HeyHeyESJ Thanks Eric!

Just compiled all my thoughts here:

https://justinjackson.ca/podcasts-and-capital

@mikecodemonkey @buildyoursaas @jonbuda So far, it feels like we have a pretty good network, and we’ve been able to hire contract developers (mostly friends).

For redundancy, I have a bunch of folks I can call on. 👍

@evoterra Appreciate it. (And appreciate your thoughts + care for podcasting)

@evoterra save this link for later and tell me what you think. 😉

https://justinjackson.ca/podcasts-and-capital

@MattGiovanisci Old habits (and media consumption patterns) die hard.

If radio is still doing "the job to be done" there's no reason to switch.

@jsullivan47 Thanks John.

Full blog post is here:

https://justinjackson.ca/podcasts-and-capital

@Clogish Thanks! Just published the full blog post:

https://justinjackson.ca/podcasts-and-capital

@jaykaydee Happy to be challenged on this, but from what I know, Spotify’s costs keep going up:

"in 2019, Spotify’s revenue increased 26% YoY while royalty payments increased by 30%. The YoY increase in royalty payments is up from the 20% YoY increase in 2018.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2020/10/13/it-sounds-like-spotify-is-in-trouble/?sh=786fff94813b

@erikd Thanks Erik.

I’m open to having my worldview challenged. 😉

Full blog post is up now:
https://justinjackson.ca/podcasts-and-capital

@webby2001 Thanks Tom.

Always open to having my worldview challenged. 😉

Full blog post is up now:
https://justinjackson.ca/podcasts-and-capital

@sgatz There’s still not much algorithmic sorting for podcasts.

Getting featured on Apple is still mostly an editorial decision (anyone can submit a request to their team).

Increases in listenership is still primarily driven by WoM, ads, social, tapping into existing audienes, etc.

@Clogish Thanks for sharing it!

@heycpj Old habits (and media formats) die hard.

@_will_archer Remember: there’s lots of other competition for small local advertisers.

Spotify isn’t just competing against local radio, but also Facebook ads, Google Ads, YouTube ads, etc.

@_will_archer Lots of folks are trying to build the “podcast ad marketplace” (including Spotify (their existing tech + Anchor + Megaphone).

Nobody’s quite cracked it yet.

I wonder if it’s the “local” factor with radio. Are most radio ads sold by local sales reps that understand the market?

@harriskenny Yup.

Increasingly I’m convinced that “natural expansion” is the best type of expansion.

Sustainable.