Alienation And The Relationship With Your Audience With Jacob Calta And Nicky P

While I question Jacob about some of the marketing he uses to keep contact with his audience, I managed to spark a bigger conversation about the nature of the relationship between creator and audience today. Jacob finds that his most passionate fans have become more like friends than fans and relationships like these make him consider Discord as a communication platform. But, while he has these relationships he also has what he calls a 'silent readership' of people who enjoy his creations but don't have much personal interaction with him.

This leads us down a road discussing how alienating working in this field can be. Historically you used to have agents editors and publishers to hand off manuscripts to directly. Those days are gone thanks to the modern digital age. The lack of interaction and feedback can feel a lot like apathy from the market.

Find the full podcast episode @ https://ironagemarketing.com