Makers Gonna Make Podcast

This episode is a little different, because it’s just me, flying solo, but I still have lots of stories to share with you, and today we’re talking about VIDEO, SEO, and getting POLITICO, or political, as the case may be. Since I am flying solo, there’s a few extra stories, but too many more would have ruined my iteration there. Gotta stick with the poetic nature of my flow, am I right? Topic #1 Too Little Too Late Short Story: Twitter ups the ante on their video content, but are they holding a losing hand? Topic #2 Bandwagons are Better With Friends Short Story: Tumblr is partnering with YouTube to lay the royal smackdown on live video (or so they think). Topic #3 You’re Doing It Wrong Short Story: You think your Etsy SEO game is strong, but you may be wrong about that. Topic #4 Gimme My Money Short Story: Bullet points on how to get paid Topic #5 My Name is Paul… Short Story: Nobody really cares who you’re voting for Important Links Subscribe and rate the show in iTunes VidCon is this week, and I’ll be there

Please subscribe and rate the show in iTunes. +++ On today’s show, we’re talking about Branding, Influencers, and the power of Staying Local. To help me with this conversation is artist/printmaker Amantha Tsaros. Topic #1 The Future of Branding is De-Branding Short story: Stop trying to force your stuff down people’s throats. Instead, become useful and unavoidable. Topic #2 Creative Ways to Promote Your Product Through an Influential Blogger Short story: This one is about fashion influencers, but the implications go far beyond couture . Topic #3 Why Your Business Website Needs More Local Content Short story: The answer to your business problem may involve your neighbors Important Links Amantha Tsaros’ art Amantha on Instagram The English Room Subscribe and rate the show on iTunes

The show is officially on iTunes, so please go subscribe to the show on that platform, if you would be so kind. That will help us out a ton, thanks. +++ Today we’re talking about Con Artists, Content Marketing, and Culinary Art. To be fair, “con artist” might be a bit of a stretch, but I needed something to complete the alliteration, but I digress. This time, my co-host is my artist friend, the cactus flower of Arizona, Paige Poppe. If you’re not familiar with Paige’s work, she does acrylic and water color paintings, usually with her beloved desert motif, and you can find all her work at PaigePoppe.com. Topic #1 The Creative World’s Bullshit Industrial Complex Short Story: There’s no such thing as a 22-year old life coach. Topic #2 Is Content Celebrity the Future of Engagement? Short Story: Is the future of the internet PewDiePie? Topic #3 Netflix launches the 2nd season of Chef’s Table, and it is awesome. Short Story: You’re looking at this whole thing the wrong way. Important Links PaigePoppe.com Paige on YouTube Dave on YouTube Simon Sinek – Start With Why Creative Badass Mug

The show is officially on iTunes, so please go subscribe to the show on that platform, if you would be so kind. That will help us out a ton, thanks. +++ On this episode, we’re talking about Advertising, Algorithms, and Limitations. Before we dig into that, you might consider joining the email list while you’re here, because then I’ll send these notes directly to your inbox. Just add your email address to that box over there on the right, and you never have to worry again about tracking down links after listening. Now, today, I invited one of my favorite persons to co-host the show. Steph Gaudreau of Stupid Easy Paleo and StephGaudreau.com is here to help bring some much needed perspective. Aside from being my fitness and nutrition go-to, Steph is also an exceptional photographer, who makes art out of kale and kombucha. You should seriously go check out her stuff, or she’ll front squat you. Topic #1 Facebook starts selling offsite ads targeting non-users too Short Story: All those ads on Facebook, for products you don’t need, will now find you off platform too. Topic #2 Publishers and brands, get ready for the Snapchat algorithm Short Story: Shifting your news feed to relevancy is the new hotness, and everyone is doing it. Topic #3 How two weeks in the wilderness with one prime lens restored my love for photography Short Story: Your fancy tools are making you a weak and puny artist Important Links Stupid Easy Paleo What Steph’s photos looked like back in the day …Compared to today Steph’s books Canon 50mm f1.4 prime lens Canon 50mm f1.8 prime lens

SUPER IMPORTANT UPDATE! The show is finally up on iTunes, so please go subscribe to the show. I would surely appreciate it. For some unknown reason, the episodes are not showing up in the list, but if you subscribe, they will be there, I promise. Thanks for your support. +++ Today we’re talking about the killing of artists, communities, and Etsy. Yes, it’s a bit of a morbid theme, but with uplifting aspects. We’re like Dexter for the creative set. As always, to help me out with all this news and stuff, I’ve invited a friend to tag team, and this time it’s the lovely and talented, Lizzi (Elizabeth) of Forgotten Cotton. Lizzi is one half of a wife/husband team that makes fine wearables and accessories that you can find on both Etsy, and Amazon Handmade. You can find their work at ForgottenCotton.com #1 – Amazon Touts the Success of It’s Etsy Killer, Handmade Short Story: Amazon is a long way from taking out Etsy, but they have their sights set, and aiming for the kill #2 –How Instagram is Changing the Art World Short Story: Brooding artist complains about how Instagram makes art hard, and how it makes him a little less cool, but stops complaining when people buy his work through the platform. #3 – Why Your Brand Doesn’t Need to Participate in Anything Short Story: Stop asking customers to be your friend. Instead, focus on making great stuff. Dave’s Rant Short Story: Careful what you ask for, because you just might get it. Important Links Forgotten Cotton on Etsy Forgotten Cotton on Amazon “Don’t Make Me Rate You” – Time Magazine

In today’s episode, I talked with Sharon Fain of Academy of handmade, and we dig deep into social media, style awareness, and fighting over well. Before we dove deep into our main topics, I wanted to preface the conversation by asking Sharon about her experience with the Instagram changes. Some of you may know that I had Sharon on the old podcast to talk about her success with Instagram growth. With all the new changes that Instagram has implemented, I wanted follow up with her about how the changes have affected her growth in that area. She reciprocates by dropping knowledge. #1 – “Get More Pages Likes” Is Not a Social Media Strategy Short Story: We discuss how some people chase “likes”, and why that might be the worst idea ever. #2 – Style Over Everything Short Story: Why is sticking to your own, independent style is important for the future of your success. #3 – How I Create Time and Rarely Get Overwhelmed Short Story: We discuss how overwhelm happens, and how we individually deal with the situation. Important links: Academy of handmade Academy of handmade Instagram Merriweather Council article about Etsy sales stats Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert (aff) Sidenote: Still no news on iTunes yet. I appreciate the patience of everyone who has been waiting for the launch, as am I, and as soon as I hear something, I’ll tell the world. Fingers crossed that will be soon.

Today, in this first episode of the official Maker’s Gonna Make format, I have invited two lovely ladies to co-host the show with me; Kaarin Vembar and Lisa Rowan of the Pop Fashion Podcast. These two ladies, and their smart, witty banter around their chosen topic (and others) make Pop Fashion one of my favorite podcasts to listen to, and I have absolutely no business listening to a fashion podcast. Not only are Lisa and Kaarin and inspiration to me, they are also quite smart, and perfectly adept to talk about the our 3 big topics: Commodities, futures, and liberty. #1 – Podcasts Surge, but Producers Fear Apple Isn’t Listening Short Story: We depend on Apple to help get our podcast out to the world, but do they really care? #2 – Apple Stole My Music, No Seriously Short Story: Careful who you give control over your digital bits. #3a –  Artist who drew Donald Trump naked, with small penis, assaulted by Trump fan. #3b – Street Artist Likens Trump to Hitler, Gets Death Threats Short Story: Freedom of speech, just watch what you say. Important Links Pop Fashion Podcast Sign up for the Fresh Rag News Rate & subscribe to the show Find me Instagram Snapchat Youtube Twitter Facebook

As much as I enjoyed producing my old podcast, and I think it still provides a ton of value, even though it’s gone dark, in order for me to make this new show better than ever, is to burn the old one down. In this episode: Why my old show wasn’t thrilling me anymore Why I couldn’t just change it to fit my ideas How I’m planning on turning Makers Gonna Make into the podcast I’ve been dreaming about What this all means to you, and how you can get involved. Enjoy this conversation, and share it with your peeps. Also, I know you might be listening in a place where you can’t be checking your phone (in the car, at the gym, etc.). I’ll be talking about links to stories that are important to you, and you might want to get that information, but won’t have a pen and paper handy. Fear not, I have an answer for you. If you sign up for our email updates, you’ll get sent all the information directly to your inbox. That way you’ll never have to worry about forgetting to check the website for links and information. You can sign up in that handy box in the sidebar, or when that annoying pop-up comes around again. Thanks for hanging out. We’ll see you next time, and THAT episode is going to be even more awesome!

Welcome to the very first episode of the Maker’s Gonna Make show. In this new podcast, we’re here to talk about the news and events that are important to your creative business… but not today. In fact, this episode will about about you and I getting acquainted, while I share my vision for the future. I won’t bore you with details here in the show notes, because I want you to listen to it all in the episode, but know that today’s talk is outside the norm of how the show format will run, once we’re up to full speed. So, why push out an episode like this, if it’s in line with the regular format? Simply put, I’m playing Apple’s game, and bulking up a few episodes before we launch officially, so when we hit the main stage that is iTunes, there will be plenty of content for people to chew on. Now, let’s get to it. See you on the other side. Links These links below are of other Maker podcasts that I appreciate, and cater to a wider variety of makers. This makes more sense when you listen in. MAKE Magazine MegaMaker Product People Makers by Crew Creative Pep Talk Clever