How to Build an Audience & the 7 Deadly Sins of Digital Media

Hello storytellers! This past week we hosted an awesome Twitter Space with podcasting whiz and Salley community member Justin Gordon. As the host of two successful podcasts, Justin knows a thing or two about building an engaged audience. He shared his tips & tricks for getting started and building a dedicated audience. Whether you have a podcast, a newsletter or a YouTube channel, Justin’s advice probably applies to you. Give the conversation a listen, it will be worth it.

Speaking of Twitter Spaces, we’ll be hosting such conversations every two weeks and have exciting guest speakers lined up. To make sure you don’t miss them, follow us on Twitter.

Upcoming Twitter Spaces

April 22: How to Create Content Consistently with Nicole Casperson

Podcasting queen, newsletter maven and founder of WTFintech? Nicole Casperson will be joining us to share her tips and tricks for staying consistent and producing killer content across multiple channels. Save the date, you don’t want to miss this one.

News from the Community

Speaking of Nicole, she recently exceeded her goal of 10k subscribers by April 18. More than 13k people now read her newsletter. Congratulations, Nicole!

Landon Campbell, host of In Their 20s, joined Hustle Fund’s 6th Angel Squad Cohort. Way to go, Landon!

Danny Miranda just hit an all-time high for downloads of his podcast. Keep up the good work, Danny! You rock.

Do you have news you’d like to share with the community? Send it our way and we’ll add it to the next newsletter.

Meet others in the community

It’s no secret there are amazing people in the Salley community. So, it’s a shame if we didn’t help them get to know each other.

Soon, we’ll be launching our Intros community to help you connect 1:1, get and share advice and make new friends. Make sure to join, if you haven’t done so yet. It only takes a minute.

Things you should know about

7 Deadly Sins of Digital Media: Workweek founder Adam Ryan knows a thing or two about building a successful media company. He also knows what not to do. In this thread, he breaks down the seven things creators should avoid when building their business.

Startups are investing in creators: The newest creator economy trend? Startups are launching funds to invest directly in creators. Fintechs are offering creators checks between $15K and $500K in exchange of a portion of creators’ revenue over time. If you needed proof that creators are the new SMBs, this is it.

Just for fun

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Team Salley