Variety and Value within Independent Podcasting
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The lived experience of independent podcasters is one of both liberating freedom and unique challenges. How can the TrueFans listening platform address those challenges and help indie creators keep creating?
Through an interview with Joana PR Neves, host of Exhibitionistas podcast, and conversations between Sam and Claire, this episode of Creators discusses:
- The power of podcasting to give voice to independent creators who might otherwise go unheard
- How asking for financial support for your podcast can meet listener resistance
- TrueFans features that help creators earn directly from listeners through streaming payments
- The challenges of describing visual experiences in an audio format
- How chapters and image attachments can enhance the listener experience
- Recent research that shows that audio-first platforms still dominate despite YouTube's growing presence
- How to claim your show and start earning on TrueFans
- The independent podcasts shortlisted for the International Women's Podcast Awards
- The incredible diversity of content being shared by independent podcasts
- An indie podcast wins at the True Crime Awards
Discover how TrueFans can help your independent podcast thrive through improved discovery, direct monetization, and enhanced listener engagement.
And if you'd like to chat with us about your independent podcast or music, send a comment or super comment in TrueFans to any Creators episode by clicking on the speech bubble icon or on the comments tab.
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Chapters
1. Variety and Value within Independent Podcasting (00:00:00)
2. Exhibitionistas Podcast Interview (00:01:54)
3. Useful TrueFans Features for Exhibitionistas (00:13:53)
4. Question of the Week: How to Claim Your Show on TrueFans (00:24:10)
5. Click and Add Email Address to Claim Show (00:24:39)
6. The TrueFans Creators Dashboard (00:26:14)
7. Fanbox: Your Comments (00:27:02)
8. Podcasty Updates (00:28:58)
9. Indies in the Shortlists for IWPAs (00:33:35)
10. Congrats Watching Two Detectives (00:36:38)
11. Support This Show (00:39:29)
12. More from Joana PR Neves and Exhibitionistas (00:40:12)
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