We’re not in college anymore, Toto
These emails can be pretty difficult to write. Not necessarily the actual action of writing. I mean, we’re talking 300 words max. That’s how long my discussion board posts were in college, and I could pound them out like it was no one’s business.
But sharing things on your mind, personal things, with the intent to get people interested in what you do and say is different than a discussion on the Northwest Ordinance and its impact on modern American law with people you don’t see.
Yes, I wrote about that a few times majoring in political science back in the day. Topics like that are safe; you risk nothing to give your take on the actions of men and women 300 years prior. Even if you’re flat out wrong, it’s okay. It’s the Northwest Ordinance after all.
But sharing something more personal, with a pitch to buy or listen to something at the end? Different ballgame, Chuck. One is vulnerable in situations such as that. You risk being ridiculed, laughed at, the grownup equivalent of sitting alone at the lunch table, silently justifying why not joining that game of tag was the right thing to do. That happened to me a lot when I was a kid too.
Then you realize no one really cares either way, even if you make the occasional topy. You realize you’ve been psyching yourself out all along.
It’s the way of the creator, and there’s nothing we can do about it. We can be aware of it, and make adjustments based on it, but it will never go away.
Publishing podcasts aren’t that much different from writing emails. They’re often personal, and we feel so exposed doing it. It’s so tempting to just follow someone else’s template for success, rather than pursue that daring idea that will satisfy your soul, but leave you exposed, standing naked in the cold, subjecting ourselves to the ridicule from the Peanut Gallery of Life.
But taking the risky way is the way of the artist, and it’s why I love the Podcast Artistry name. It’s the most popular communication medium on the planet, yet with the savvy and integrity of a real artist.
If you’re thinking of getting into podcasting, and doing it in a way that only you can do it, that’s what we’re about, and we’ve got room at the table.
Check us out at: https://podcastartistry.com