Hey new friend! Not a Real Job covers tech, marketing, philosophy, feminism, and much more. Every week so often Chris & Joel—longtime friends and collaborators—talk, joke, and ponder in your ears about the topics that have them excited/scared/laughing hysterically.
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On this week’s show, Joel shares updates on his book‘s marketing, and we brainstorm ideas to help him share the book with new people. Then Chris shares a branding problem that will be familiar to many small businesses and service providers. Be sure to send in questions for next week too so we don’t have to keep talking about ourselves!
Oh yeah, we also get a bit grumpy about Saint Patrick’s Day. You’ve been warned.
Joel’s short story, No Greater Love Than This, has been released! Go buy it. I’ll wait.
Bought it? Good. This week, we discuss the story’s release and touch on some of the marketing that Joel has done. We also answer a listener question about SEM and SEO (that’s “search engine marketing” and “search engine optimization).
This week, we share the results of our second ad on MBMBaM, gush about the awesome fans who came to our NYC meetup, and look at Patreon, a service for helping artists make a living doing their thing. Will it work for you? Listen and find out…
Oh, by the way, it’s Wednesday! We’re going to try releasing the show on Wednesdays from now on. Can’t promise we’ll be consistent about it, but that’s the new goal, at least.
The original show we recorded for Episode 29 was what we call in the podcasting biz “unlistenable”. Just the worst. So Chris and Joel, united once again — at last! — in New York City recorded an episode together that’s much, much better. Sorry if you’re still not, like, “Wow this is awesome.” It’s better, okay? Deal.
In this episode, we talk about using social media for your on-the-side business, and making the most of your off-season marketing.
Also, Chris has no memory of what happened after recording this episode because he got too drunk. So that’s pretty funny.
Our advice podcast finally has questions to answer! This week we answer questions from listener Oz, who has questions about web analytics and Kickstarter projects.