134 Dan Franks | Creating a Movement Around Podcasting

Dan Franks is one of three founders of Podcast Movement; a weekend gathering for anyone who is interested in or involved with podcasting that is chock full of speakers, panels, and breakout sessions from some of the most influential people in the industry. 2017 marks the fourth year of Podcast Movement and I spoke to Dan about how it got started, the challenges of planning for such a big event, and how he fell into the world of podcasting.

Show Notes

07:26 - The influx of podcasters who are no longer around
08:59 - Why some podcasts last and others don’t
10:58 - The first person who got him interested in podcasts
15:04 - When he knew he wanted to start his own podcast
17:02 - The approach he took when he interviewed John Lee Dumas on the Entrepreneur Showdown podcast
18:44 - What he learned from the Men Seeking Tomahawks podcast
20:41 - Understanding when it’s time to retire your podcast
24:23 - How Podcast Movement got started
27:19 - The Podcast Movement creators
30:00 - Launching Podcast Movement through Kickstarter and the lessons learned
33:58 - People’s misconceptions on the profitability of Podcast Movement
36:12 - How he started working for Midroll
38:16 - How it feels to be seen as a role model in the podcasting space
40:39 - Highlighting minority podcasters and other underrepresented groups
42:34 - The speaker submission process at Podcast Movement
44:10 - New apps appearing at Podcast Movement to help monetize your podcast
46:12 - The challenges of planning for an event like Podcast Movement
49:33 - Who in his family is surprised about the life he’s made around podcasting
50:38 - His biggest supporters
53:10 - How he manages the people wanting to be a part of his inner circle
54:20 - The one most misunderstood thing about him
55:02 - What he’s changed his mind about recently
55:49 - His attraction to event planning and live events
57:30 - Balancing the big name podcasters with the independent creators
59:48 - Working with the agents for the speakers at Podcast Movement