Welcome to Story Alley!

Being a creator is lonely. It requires being an army of one. You need to be a content creator, marketer, community manager and salesperson…all at the same time. No matter how much you love what you do, it can get tiring. Especially if you have no one to share the journey with. At Salley, we want to change this.

Today, we’re launching Story Alley to bring the creator community together and ensure you can easily find answers to any and all burning questions about being a creator. Twice a month we will deliver resources, opportunities to engage with the community and more straight to your inbox. Here’s how it works.

Our upcoming Twitter Spaces

April 1 @ 12pm ET: Creators: how to prevent burnout

We’re teaming up with podcasting rock star Danny Miranda for this one. Danny will be joining us to share his tips & tricks for managing mental health, answer questions and share his advice. Join us, it will be fun!

April 8 @ 12pm ET: How to attract an audience

Justin Gordon will be joining us to share his advice on finding and attracting your audience. As the host of several successful podcasts, he knows his way around distribution and will have a wealth of advice to share. Save the date! 

Asks

Do you have a question the community can help with? Maybe you have challenges with distribution or are not sure how to monetize? We can guarantee someone here can offer expert advice.

To submit your question, reply to this email. We will share it with the community and make sure you get the answers you need.

Offers

Is there anything you’d like to offer the community? Maybe you’re hosting office hours or just published an insightful Twitter thread others might find helpful? Send it our way and we’ll share it with the community.

Got news? 

Is there any exciting news you’d like to share? Maybe you just landed Elon Musk as a guest on your podcast, hit 100,000 subscribers or got a killer brand deal? We want to help you spread the word far and wide. Reply with your news, and we’ll share it with the community. 

Things you should know about

HubSpot for Creators: HubSpot just launched the first-ever creator accelerator to help great storytellers develop an engaged audience and monetize more effectively. You get full on marketing and ops support, so you can focus on doing what you love.

5 Stages of Content Creation: Salley community member Brett Dashevsky breaks down the 5 stages you go through while creating content in this Twitter thread. Check it out.

Just for fun

Did you know that today, March 27, is the last day of National Introverts Week? It also happens to be International Whisk(e)y Day. Cheers to that!

With love,

Team Salley