In This Episode

I share my thoughts and clips from Podcast Movement 2017.

Links

* apexthis.com/survey

* apexthis.com/pm17

Episode Credits

This episode is hosted, produced, and scored by Mark W.

Transcript

Intro

Oh, Hi. My podcast?

Uh, it’s called ApexThis. It’s a meta podcast about me trying to start my own publishing and production company with the end goal of me taking my short-stories and other writers short stories and producing audio drama’s, and fictional podcasts. It’s like Startup, but with no money or experience.”

Yeah. Haha, I know. What about yours? Uh-huh.

If there was ever a need to have practiced my elevator pitch, being at Podcast Movement was one of them.

Coming up, I share my experience at Podcast Movement 2017.

To Go Or Not To Go?

I stared at the screen for the longest time. Thinking. I then closed the browser tab, went about my day, only to have it return when I hopped back onto the computer to write. This happened for days. I knew what I wanted but I was just too afraid to do it. One night, I came home and said: “screw it”. My phone buzzed and I was soon the owner of tickets for Podcast Movement 2017.

Seven months later, that decision would pay off.

Don’t Be Shy

The first day was intimidating…

To start, I was late to the first timer orientation. I awkwardly stood at the door staring at all the full tables thinking to myself If only I had gotten here 8 minutes earlier, I would have a seat. Not only had I left my room late, but I got lost outside walking to the wrong building.

And this is where my first tip comes in – if you are at a convention and find yourself lost, follow everyone else.

As I stood there, thankful that all eyes were on the front stage, A few more people snuck into the orientation and lined up against the back wall. I breathed a sigh of relief as I was not the only late arrival.

After some time, I began to slip my way into comfort in the back of the room but that was soon dashed as they called out for everyone to write down their goals, and not only that, but share them with everyone at the table. I was in a panic. I wasn’t at a table. I looked around and my eyes locked onto the table in front of me with an awkward chair between two gentlemen. It was almost out of place. As if it stealthily scooted its way behind the two men. Peering into their conversation.

So, I followed suit.

At every turn, after every session, in every line, I scooted between a group of people or into someone’s view and awkwardly started a conversation. And the very conference itself was the perfect ice breaker –

So, what’s your podcast?

Hollywood Hacks

I started the official first day of the conference attending the Hollywood Hacks session by Dan Klass. I did not have much of anything for notes from this session but there was one thing I wrote down as a Hollywood Hack. Dan told us that to improve our delivery, our performance, that we must decide who we are speaking to. No, not speak to our fishing audience if our podcast is about fishing. We need to picture Janet or David. That one specific image of a person, and speak directly to them. This would be repeated as a tip in another podcasting session that I would later attend further driving it home as something you and I should try.

Create a Show That Grabs Listeners And Keeps Them Coming Back

Another great session was by Joe Saul-Sehy from Stacking Benjamins podcast. Joe navigated us through how his podcast and another friends podcast was formatted. The feedback they received, and the changes they made. In this we listened to audio clips of another podcast that housed a long int...