Welcome to the latest edition of Creator Collab House. I’m your host, Simon Owens. For those who don’t know me, I write a media industry newsletter you should definitely check out. Today’s featured creator is Esther Kezia Thorpe, one of the people behind the
I can say from experience that working as a solo creator is really hard. What are the main benefits of partnering with other creators as you have done?
How did you go about finding sponsors for your sponsored episodes? Did you just create a spreadsheet of all the companies that service the media industry and start cold pitching them?
Can you talk a little bit about your process for your narrative documentary episodes? How do you map out the narrative? How much more time do these take than your episodes that focus on a single interview?
Hi Esther, thank you for sharing your audience growth tactics. I just launched an interview series (https://www.foolishcareers.asia) which has a newsletter and podcast, and thinking about this as an ecosystem of products is useful.
My question is: Is Media Voices something you see as a great side hustle or do you have dreams of turning it into your main or full-time gig? If the latter, what do you think is needed to get there?
I can say from experience that working as a solo creator is really hard. What are the main benefits of partnering with other creators as you have done?
How did you go about finding sponsors for your sponsored episodes? Did you just create a spreadsheet of all the companies that service the media industry and start cold pitching them?
Can you talk a little bit about your process for your narrative documentary episodes? How do you map out the narrative? How much more time do these take than your episodes that focus on a single interview?
Hi Esther, thank you for sharing your audience growth tactics. I just launched an interview series (https://www.foolishcareers.asia) which has a newsletter and podcast, and thinking about this as an ecosystem of products is useful.
My question is: Is Media Voices something you see as a great side hustle or do you have dreams of turning it into your main or full-time gig? If the latter, what do you think is needed to get there?