What Works | Small Business Podcast With Tara Mcmullin

The Nitty-Gritty: * How Nicole Antoinette pivoted her business to focus solely on her podcast, Real Talk Radio* The question she asked herself to ensure the longevity of the podcast once she started it* Why she chose a community-funded business model through Patreon* How she structures her Patreon tiers, pricing, and rewards* What’s working to grow the number of patrons supporting the show Fill in the blank: I wish I could just get paid to __________. Maybe you said “make art,” “have great conversations,” or “write books.” Maybe you dream of being able to focus on world peace, doing sketch comedy, or telling stories about the world’s great philosophers. Plenty of creative, passionate business owners have the work they wish they could focus on and the work that pays the bills. The result tends to be a business model that is a bit fractured and unwieldy. You end up doing a bunch of little things to make it all add up at the end of the month. What if you could clean it all up and just