Category: PodcastCategory: Podcast

Q. I’d be curious to see a post on how you manage to pitch and get on sooo many podcasts, from Teodora.

A. If you wanna be on podcasts, show people what it’s like to have you on a podcast! A podcast host is taking a risk when they invite you on their show, especially if you haven’t shown that you’ve appeared on other podcasts – like me!

What I did was two-fold: I made more videos, mostly answering questions that people ask me, or doing Substack Live streams all by myself.

Most important behind all this, though, was having a passion for what I was talking about. I love helping people, and I love nerdy internet newsletter stuff, and I think that really comes across in these clips.

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I moved my VOICE NOTES podcast off of Substack, changed the name to SMEC: CURRENTS and moved it to Transistor.

Today I talk about the many moves I’ve been making, and how I’m trying to make things easy and calm, and not feel like “homework” or something you need to catch up on.

This podcast is not listed on Apple or Spotify, so listen above, or use your favorite podcast player to subscribe directly using this link: https://feeds.transistor.fm/smec-currents

Bryan Patton of As The Story Grows runs a successful podcast and deleted his social media accounts.

Bryan now has more time to work on his podcast – he’s doing 2-3 episodes per week now. That means 2-3 more times per week, a band or label or fan could post about the interview on their social media accounts, and someone could discover his podcast for the first time.

LESS TIME ON SOCIALS, MORE TIME FOR ACTION

I joined Twitter in 2006. I was one of the first 3,000 people to sign up for it. But I deleted my Twitter account this year, and now I have time to start hosting weekly Zoom calls with subscribers, which leads to better newsletter posts like this (I hope).

There are only so many hours in a day, so I use them in a way that gives me joy.

Here’s a few things you can do instead of spending hours a day doom-scrolling, or posting to socials for the “likes:”

Email/reply / DM a fan – delight a fan, give them a reason to talk about you with their friends

Work on your art – imagine 10+ extra hours a week honing your craft

Email key people – there are people out there who could help your project flourish (or replenish your soul) – find a mentor, a coach, or someone who’s been down this road already

IF YOU WANT A MAP, VISIT A GAS STATION

There’s no clear-cut way to get off social media and keep promoting your project, but there’s a direction you can travel.

I’d say you’re on that path if you’re reading Social Media Escape Club.

You can follow people like Cody Cook-Parrott who quit Instagram:

“I have had to completely unhook from the algorithm because I have never had lower social media engagement. I have 80K+ followers and often get 300 likes on a post.”

Listen to the Off The Grid Podcast, which is “for small business owners who want to leave social media without losing all their clients.”

Reach out to Bryan and ask him how he left social media, or email me (my email address is at the bottom of this post).

Businesses were built before social media. Bands released vital albums before hashtags. Art and photography existed before Instagram.

It’s scary stepping away from social media, I know. But it doesn’t have to be black and white – you don’t need to delete your social media accounts to be part of this club.

We’re all just trying to figure it out.