Back From Podcast Movement with Free Stuff, Cool Apps, and a Worried Mind

Podcast Movement was a well-oiled machine as always where the hallway meetings were in some cases better than the sessions. I found some cool stuff, created some free resources, and have worries about the future.

Quicknotes From This Episode

Don't forget the Book Launch Webinar Next Week.

Have a conversation with me on Volley (aff link)

Check out Dave's new FREE Classes

Find Your Red Thread: Make Your Big Ideas Irresistible (book)

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The Three Main Players in Podcasting

I've said in the past that a podcast needs three things to survive podcasting (support, health, and attitude). The podcast industry needs to make sure as it moves forward to take steps that benefit all three main players. Who are the main players?

The podcasting companies (media hosts, agencies, etc)
The podcaster (creators).
The Listener (you).

If we don't keep all of them happy (especially the listener) we all lose.

A New Great App For Community and Coaching

I discovered the Volley app (aff link) listening to a podcast on the way home from Podcast Movement. I tried it out, and it is SO COOL. Especially for those people who hate Facebook. It's like Loom, Zoom, and Slack had a baby. If you want to build a community, this makes it easy as its available on Android, iOs, Mac, and PC. You can have group discussions in public, or in private as well as private one-on-one sessions (where each member's conversations are organized together).

You can communicate via:

Video
Screenshare
Audio
Text
Gif

It's a pretty amazing app. There is only ONE FEATURE I REALLY HATE.

It's free. I am interviewing one of the co-founders, and he insures me they will monetize eventually but are (for now) working on their feature set. I just hate to build on something free. With this in mind, I'm using it in conjunction with my Facebook group instead of replacing it.

I look forward to having time-shifted video/audio conversations with my students.

You can learn Volley by joining my Volley Space on learning Volley (I know how meta can you get?)