Good news: We’ll soon find out who’s making all of these podcasts. Sounds Profitable’s first research project, in partnership with Edison Research, is the first credible study of the profile of podcast creators in America. “The Creators” will become an annual release, marking a turning point in podcasting’s history.
The impact will be profound, says Sounds Profitable editor Bryan Barletta. “Podcasting’s audience has become much more diverse over the last five years, and now it’s time to empower more women to make podcasts, and also find ways to get the tools of podcasting into more lower-income creators – we need their ideas!”
This new data forms the clearest-ever picture, from demographics to listening behavior. As Barletta says, better representation starts with understanding whose voices we hear. “The Creators” will be presented by Barletta and Tom Webster in a free webinar on Tuesday, June 28 at 1:00 pm ET. Register and thank us later.
In his famous 2008 essay, Wired editor Kevin Kelly proposed that online creators only needed 1,000 ‘true fans’ to make a living. That optimistic theory may finally be realistic, writes Deep Work author Cal Newport in The New Yorker. “A shining example of the 1,000 True Fans model is the podcasting boom.”
One case study is Breaking Points, a year-old YouTube show and podcast run by two former network journalists. Newport dissects its premium-subscription business model, supplemented by podcast and YouTube ads. The hosts aren’t making a killing, but they’re doing well. Listener loyalty drives everything.
Podcasters, if there’s a must-read article of the week, it’s this one: “Earning a middle-class salary by talking through a digital microphone to a fiercely loyal band of supporters around the world, who are connected by the magic of the Internet, is about as pure a distillation of Kelly’s vision as you’re likely to find.”
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Nomono’s companion cloud service and web app make team organization effortless. (Explore for free in public beta to see the magic in action.) Ready for projects that move faster and sound better? Designed and manufactured in Norway, hardware will be available soon in the Nordics, US, UK, and EU.
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