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I was away at PodCon this weekend! It was a lovely time. Listening to people for 8 hours a day was exhausting, which I should have expected but I fully did not anticipate. I slept on a friend’s floor and passed out homemade business cards shaped like business bookmarks. It was a fun opportunity to use my typewriter! I reused some old cardstock that an office where I temped was going to throw away and I gave out 35 of 36, which is extremely successful in my book. I have some new podcasts to listen to and one or two that I want to contact about guesting on (I could go OFF about Tycho Brahe on Historical Hotties, if no one has already).
It was interesting trying to network and seeing what’s out there right now. It really is anyone’s game, podcasting. You just need time, motivation, and an idea. I shouldn’t be surprised, it was easy enough for me to do it. The hard part, of course, is getting folks to listen. There were tips I overheard about advertising yourselves and such but it still seems like it just depends on what market you tap into? I don’t know, I think the big thing is content and just persisting. I’ve seen it with podcasts I found that have a season or two and they’re gone. Sometimes it’s because they wrapped up and that’s great! Other times I wish there’d been more.
It was more fun than it was work, though! And it was so small for a con, I was relieved. The only other con I’ve gone to was Emerald City, which was also in the Washington State Convention Center, and that was Too Much. This one was a decent size. I hope it happens again! It was kind of inspiring to realize I’m part of a much, much, much larger movement of people who want to talk and made it happen.