Update: 10/31/22 – Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. Effective today, I will not be scheduling any more chats. Could I have another creative brainstorm in the future? I would not bet against it. But I would say that is much later than sooner. At some point, I will write about this wonderful experience.
Pre-pandemic, I LOVED going to podcast events where I could connect with so many people. At Podcast Movement 2019, including the panel I was on, I attended only 3 sessions because even as an ISFJ, I wanted to meet and talk to people instead. And through these introductions, I have made multiple friends. Unfortunately, due to my personal situation, I have made the decision not to attend large events of any kind until I feel I can keep my family safe, which robs me of all that fun.
At these events, I would meet many podcasters who would tell me about their show. So how could I hear from podcasters in a more personal, connected way than tweets and emails?
My crazy pitch experiment.
I want you to tell me about your podcast face to face, virtually. I want to meet the person behind the pitch and show. Twitter icons and cover art be damned. Let’s have fun. That’s it.
So how does this work?
- Click on this link which will allow you to schedule a 7-minute video chat.
- After your session is confirmed, please set up a virtual call using your platform of choice. Yes, I fully realize I’m making you do work here but this idea will fail if I have to do it all. Send the invite to Paul {at} PodcastGumbo.com. (Allot 15 mins for the virtual call to give us some leeway if we have issues.)
- Subscribe to my newsletter. (You wouldn’t want to miss my recommendation if I write about your podcast, would you?)
- Prepare for our chat as much or as little as you want. (This will be casual but consider it a good opportunity for you to dazzle me with a good pitch.)
- Show up for our chat (fully clothed)
Key notes:
- Due to overwhelming demand and because I’m a kind person, I have created an email list you can subscribe to below so you are alerted when new slots open up. I’ll typically send an email once a week (but at most twice a week if my schedule allows).
- You MUST have at least 3 episodes in your feed. (I need options if you are NOT serial-based.) A trailer is strongly recommended but not necessary. Hear a playlist of those that came before you.
- One chat per podcast. You could try to be sneaky but that will fail quickly.
- For posterity sake, I will ask to take a screenshot of our chat. I won’t post it anywhere and you can always opt out.
- If you don’t want to talk, you can subscribe to my newsletter and reply to one of those. I will no longer be taking pitches via twitter.
- I reserve the right to drop this idea in my bidet-less toilet at any time.
Podcast Friends
For all of you who I have met, shared laughs over a beer, taken selfies with, please know that I can’t wait til we can do it again in real life. But in the interim, if you are up for a chat, I’m all in. And don’t worry, I won’t hang up at the 7th minute. Just email me and we’ll get it done unless I email you first. If you don’t have my email, then were we really friends?