August 31, 2025 • 23 mins
Ready to conquer the digital world, my friends? This episode dives headfirst into that pivotal moment all artists face: sharing your work online for the first time. It’s a wild ride of emotions, right? I mean, the fear of judgment can feel like a monster lurking under your bed—totally terrifying! But here’s the scoop: it’s less about being “ready” and more about being brave. We’ll spill some juicy tips on picking the right platforms, building your confidence through consistency, and flipping that vulnerability into your secret weapon. So, buckle up, grab your courage, and let’s show the world what you’ve got!
1. The Emotional Leap: Overcoming Fear and Doubt
- Talk about the inner critic. It’s totally normal to feel vulnerable when you share creative work. Remind listeners that fear is part of growth.
- Use exposure as strength. Emphasize that every artist starts somewhere—sharing is a courageous act that inspires others.
2. Choosing the Right Platform
- Pick one to start. Whether it's Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or a personal blog—focus on where your audience hangs out.
- Consider your format. Visual artists might thrive on Instagram, writers on Substack or Medium, musicians on SoundCloud or Bandcamp.
3. What to Share and How
- Don’t aim for perfection. A work-in-progress or a behind-the-scenes look is often more engaging than a polished final product.
- Add a short story. Share why the piece matters to you—it builds emotional connection and gets people invested.
4. Handling Feedback and Silence
- Prepare for crickets. Sometimes no likes, no comments—it’s okay. Algorithms and timing play a big role.
- Build resilience. Negative comments may sting, but they don’t define your art. Curate your space and block trolls if needed.
5. Creating Consistency, Not Perfection
- Small and regular beats big and rare. Try posting once a week to build rhythm.
- Make it fun. Don’t turn it into another job. If you're not enjoying it, scale back.
Topics covered in this series
Sharing Your Work Online for the First Time
Dealing With Criticism and Rejection
Finding (or Building) an Artistic Community
Collaboration as a Creative Catalyst
Staying Motivated Long-Term
Art Challenges & Social Media Trends
Mental Health & Creativity
Art Challenges & Social Media Trends
Setting Up a Creative Workspace
Creative Constraints & Prompts
Measuring Growth as an Artist
Why Do You Create?
When to Call Yourself an Artist
Lessons From a Year of Creating
Setting Creative Goals Without Killing the Joy
We break down how to choose the right platforms for your art. Instagram? TikTok? Maybe even your grandma’s Facebook? Each platform has its vibe and audience, and finding your digital home is crucial. Plus, we discuss the importance of consistency—because let’s face it, nobody likes a ghost artist. You’ve got to show up regularly, just like your favorite TV show, so your fans know when to tune in. We’re all about creating visibility here!
Takeaways:
- Sharing your work online for the first time is all about bravery, not perfection; dive in!
- Overcoming the fear of judgment is crucial to your creative journey; let's embrace vulnerability together!
- Consistency in sharing your art builds confidence and keeps your audience engaged; be their regular source of inspiration!
- Choosing the right platform for your art is...
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(00:01):
Hey, friend.
This is Timothy Keemo BryanCreate Art podcast.
You know who I am.
And this is the nextinstallment of our new Artist Compass
series.
And today we're going to betalking about that big moment in
everyone's creative journey.
Sharing your work online forthe very first time.
(00:23):
You're going to love this.
Some great ideas.
Let's dive in.
(00:48):
Alright, so I know the feelingcan be intimidating about sharing
your work online for the firsttime because guess what, the whole
world is going to be seeingit, you know, so this can be scary
for some of you.
I know it was scary for mewhen I first did it.
The first thought that comesthrough my mind is, hey, what if
(01:10):
people don't like it?
You know, what if nobodynotices because the World Wide web
is huge.
It's mind bogglingly huge.
I don't know if mindbogglingly is a word, but we're going
to go with it.
But here's the truth.
Putting your art out in theworld is less about being ready and
(01:32):
more about being brave.
You got to put it out there.
You really need to, becausethat's where, you know, people kind
of live in our digital worlds.
So today I'm going to sharesome tips with you about choosing
the right platforms, you know,building confidence through consistency
(01:53):
and turning vulnerability intoyour strengths.
Because your work deserves tobe seen and the world is out there
waiting for you to show your work.
So let's dive into that, shall we?
And let's be brave together.
(02:20):
So my first point in thiswhole episode is to overcome your
fear of judgment.
I know that's huge, guys,that's huge.
You know, it's a real fearthat we all have and we're going
to help you break away fromthat a little bit.
(02:40):
First, let's understand thatvulnerability is part of the creative
process.
We're sharing our souls, we'resharing our innermost ideas.
People have access to the deepdark reaches in our head, which is,
you know, kind of way back here.
And we're exposing ourselves.
And who likes to expose themselves?
(03:01):
Well, I mean, maybe there'sone or two of you out there that
is a little bit, you know,sick in the head.
But normally, you know, wedon't like to expose ourselves.
We don't like to let everyoneknow what those deep dark ideas and
thoughts that we have in ourhead are all about.
But here's the thing.
Art is about bringing thoseideas to the forefront and going,
(03:25):
hey, listen, this is how I seethe world.
And I approach it like this.
This is how I See the world?
How do you see the world?
You know, is it same?
Is it similar?
Is it different?
I want to know.
So that's, you know, one ofthe reasons why I do art.
Then, of course, we're, youknow, fearful of, well, it's not
perfect, it's not ready to go.
(03:48):
Well, it's never going to beready to go.
Okay, you got to put it outthere, and then you can fix the errors
and mistakes, whatever theyare, the happy accidents is Bob Ross
likes to say, you can fix thatlater, but you got to put something
out there in order to knowthat it's not perfect.
(04:09):
Because you don't know in yourhead, it may be perfect, but you
put it out there and it'slike, oh, you know what?
I can tweak this and I cantweak that, and you can always do
another edition of it oranother version of it.
Oh, my gosh.
If you're struggling forideas, well, put one out and then
update it and change it and dodifferent iterations.
That's something I've learnedfrom project management is, you know,
(04:32):
these different iterationsthat we can do.
So, you know, we have 1.0 outthere, and then we have 2.0 out there,
and then 3.0 out there, andthen 4.0, and.
And we go on ad infinitum.
But if you never put it outthere, you're never going to know.
And while we're doing theseiterations, we're going to focus
(04:52):
on our growth and connectionrather than, you know, likes and
comments on our social mediachannels and all that kind of stuff.
We're going to focus onputting it out there, getting out
of our head onto the page,onto the canvas, onto the stage,
and let's see what ouraudience is thinking, because they
(05:14):
may be able to help you out.
I know.
Kind of weird thought.
Your audience can help you out.
Absolutely.
They can help you out, butthey can't help you if they don't
know about it.
All right, now you'rethinking, okay, I'll put my stuff
(05:36):
out there, Tim, I'll put itout there.
But where do I put it?
What should I go with?
Should I go with this social media?
Should I go with that social media?
Should I go with YouTube?
Should I go with Venmo?
Should I just put it on a website?
Different audiences are goingto use different platforms.
If you can find a way to findout where your audience is, where
(06:00):
they consume their stuff, andsometimes you're gonna have to try
out a few things.
That's where you want to be.
Now, if we think about it, youknow, TikTok short, you know, less
than three minutes.
If we do Instagram, that'sgreat for just images.
If you do YouTube, which is,you know, one of the things that
I use that's great for longerstuff or even YouTube shorts, you
(06:25):
know, how I do my podcast is,you know, a few days before the episode
comes out, I'm going to putsomething out on all the socials,
you know, just a short littleminute to three minute video telling
you what I'm going to talk about.
So that way you can getexcited about it and go, oh, I've
got to listen to that.
You know, I've got to listento that episode.
But whatever it is, find outwhere your audience is.
(06:49):
Now, I know that a lot ofpeople listen to me on my podcast.
There's some people that wantto know more about what I'm doing
on the different social medias.
Guess what?
I'm not a master of all social medias.
There's stuff out there thatI'm like, I, I don't know, you know,
like Snapchat.
I don't get Snapchat.
Reddit.
I hear a lot of people talkingabout, Tim, you need to be on Reddit.
(07:12):
You need to, you know, get allthis great information.
Well, I.
No.
Or a Slack channel.
What am I going to do with slack?
I don't, I don't want to be a slacker.
I'm Generation X guy.
You know, you say slack to me,I'm like, oh, well, you know, that
person doesn't really careabout what happens.
They're a slacker.
So don't try to master all of them.
Don't be a jack of all trades,master of none.
(07:34):
Be a master of one and findout where your audience is so that
way you can continuallycommunicate with them and then, you
know, make your content,whatever it is, fit.
So if you're a painter, youmight want to be on Instagram.
I see a lot of, you know,photographers and painters on Instagram.
(07:55):
If you do movement, probablywant to be on YouTube and TikTok.
If, you know, you just arereally social or you're a writer.
Twitter or X and blue sky,that might be more your speed.
But whatever it is, make sureyour content fits.
(08:17):
Whatever social media you'reout there now, I'm, you know, I'm
guilty of this.
I'm gonna put a square peg ina round hole all the time because
I'm like, you know, I've gotpeople listening to me over Here,
over there.
Most people listen to me on apodcast, some people watch me on
YouTube.
And that's where I am at.
(08:40):
That's that, that's the twoareas that I'm trying to master.
The other stuff, it's justlike, hey, I've got something coming
out.
Enjoy it is what it's all about.
But my main content is podcastand YouTube and that's where I want
to be.
You might want to be someplaceelse, but wherever you want to be,
make sure that you'remastering it and then you put your
(09:02):
content towards that.
You can use the other onesjust to announce stuff, but I would
say just tailor whateveryou're doing to what you're using.
(09:25):
The next thing I want you tothink about is building confidence
through consistency.
If you're there, you know,every day, every week, once a month,
every other week, whatever itis, commit to putting something out
there and engaging with youraudience on a consistent basis.
That way they know, hey, he'sgoing to come out with another episode
(09:46):
at 4:00 clock on Sunday morning.
I don't know how he does it.
Guy never sleeps.
But you know that with thisshow, I put out episodes Sundays
at 4am Eastern Time.
What does that do?
Well, it creates visibility.
People will know when to findyou, they'll know where to find you.
(10:09):
And if you just do, you know,little things, it's better than put
something out and then maybe ayear later you put something else
out and then maybe six monthslater you put something else out.
And there's no consistencywith it.
So if you're always puttingsomething out just a little bit,
doesn't have to be super long,but just put something out there,
(10:30):
a thumbnail out there, a shortvideo, whatever it is, constantly
communicate with your audience.
It could even be just a simplenewsletter that comes out, you know,
twice, twice a month.
So that way they know, hey, itkeeps them in the front.
It keeps you in the front ofyour audience mindset.
They know, hey, Tim's comingout with something on Sunday, so
(10:53):
I'm gonna, you know, clear myschedule and see what he's got out
there.
They know it's like, you know,back in the day, the newspaper, you
know, it would come at certaintime in the morning or if you're
subscribed to like a literaryjournal, like, I'm subscribed to
a couple of them.
And I know, you know, thisweek I'm gonna have this coming in
(11:15):
the mail.
I'm gonna have that coming inthe mail.
And it, it keeps me focused onwhat they're doing.
Because I'm a consumer too,you know, I listen to stuff, I look
at stuff all the time,podcasts that I listen to.
I expect, you know, DaveJackson of school of podcasting and
(11:36):
to be out Monday morning withan episode every Monday and every
Saturday he does a video.
I expect that to be out every Saturday.
And you know, I'll plan my,plan my world around that, plan my
life around that.
And that's what keeps meinterested in what he's doing.
So think of yourself also as aconsumer, Think about what you subscribe
(12:00):
to.
If it doesn't come out, areyou going to miss it?
For me, yeah, I'll definitelymiss it.
So be that person.
Consistently come out andthink to yourself, if they didn't
hear anything from me forabout two weeks or three weeks or
whatever it is, would theymiss me?
Make your art a part of theirlife and their schedule.
(12:23):
The next thing I want you tothink about is building confidence
through consist, consistency.
If you're there, you know,every day, every week, once a month,
every other week, whatever itis, commit to putting something out
out there and engaging withyour audience on a consistent basis.
That way they know, hey, he'sgoing to come out with another episode
(12:45):
at 4:00 clock on Sunday morning.
I don't know how he does it.
Guy never sleeps.
But you know that with thisshow I put out episodes Sundays at
4am Eastern Time.
What does that do?
Well, it creates visibility.
People will know when to findyou, they'll know where to find you.
(13:07):
And if you just do, you know,little things, it's better than put
something out and then maybe ayear later you put something else
out and then maybe six monthslater or you put something else out
and there's no consistencywith it.
So if you're always puttingsomething out just a little bit,
doesn't have to be super long,but just put something out there,
(13:28):
a thumbnail out there, a shortvideo, whatever it is, constantly
communicate with your audience.
It could even be just a simplenewsletter that comes out, you know,
twice, twice a month.
So that way they know, hey, itkeeps them in the front.
It keeps you in the front ofyour audience mindset.
(13:48):
They know, hey, Tim's comingout with something on Sunday, so
I'm gonna, you know, clear myschedule and see what he's got out
there.
They know it's like, you know,back in the day, the newspaper, you
know, it would come at certaintime in the morning or if you're
subscribed to like a literaryjournal, like I'M subscribed to a
(14:08):
couple of them.
And I know, you know, thisweek I'm gonna have this coming in
the mail.
I'm gonna have that coming inthe mail.
And it keeps me focused onwhat they're doing because I'm a
consumer, too.
You know, I. I listen to stuff.
I look at stuff all the time.
The podcasts that I listen to.
I expect, you know, DaveJackson of School of Podcasting and
(14:34):
to be out Monday morning withan episode every Monday and every
Saturday he does a video.
I expect that to be out every Saturday.
And, you know, I'll plan my.
Plan my world around that,plan my life around that.
And that's what keeps meinterested in what he's doing.
So think of yourself also as a consumer.
(14:57):
Think about what you subscribe to.
If it doesn't come out, areyou going to miss it?
For me, yeah, I'll definitelymiss it.
So be that person.
Consistently come out andthink to yourself, if they didn't
hear anything from me forabout two weeks or three weeks or
whatever it is, would theymiss me?
Make your art a part of theirlife and their schedule.
(15:31):
All right, so we've put ourwork out there.
We've chosen our platform.
We're consistently putting outthere, you know, what we're doing
now.
Let's talk about storytellingwith that work, you know, with the
stuff that you're putting outthere, tell a story with it, you
know, make it.
It's.
It's a never ending story.
The never ending story.
I'm sorry I went there, youknow, again, 80s kids here, but you
(15:56):
want to share an idea is, youknow, share the mistakes.
Share the process.
Not just the work, not justthe final output there, but share
the mistakes.
Share how you made it.
And that might inspiresomebody to, you know, do it with
you.
Or somebody might say, oh,yeah, no, I see why you screwed that
(16:17):
up.
You did it this way when youprobably should have done it that
way.
Something else that peoplelike is they want to know the background.
They want to know how you gotto that point.
A lot of DVDs or VHS tapes,you know, they show the director's
(16:38):
cut or they show interviewswith actors and stuff like that,
and people eat that up.
That's like bonus content.
You can use that bonus contentto tell the story of.
Okay, you know, I got thispainting done here.
This is all the stuff thatinspired it.
This is the process that I used.
This is the paints that I used.
Yeah, I had to start it overfive times because my dog took a
(16:59):
dump on it, whatever it isthat is content for you, that is,
you know, part of yourcreative process.
Not just the final product, but.
But how you got there.
That is what a lot of peopleare interested in.
And, you know, you show yourwarts and all, people would rather
people will connect with thatbetter than if you're always picture
(17:22):
perfect like me.
I've got, you know, a littlefive o' clock shadow going on right
now.
It's as I'm recording thisSaturday morning.
I'm in a T shirt.
I'm doing laundry while I'mdoing this and watching my kids.
So, you know, people want toknow these things.
People want to be into yourworld because they wanted to understand
what you're seeing and what'sgoing on in your head.
(17:44):
And, you know, that finalproduct may be a little obtuse if
they don't know the backstorybehind it.
So let them know the backstorybehind it.
Sometimes, you know, Iremember on VH1 or one of the music
video channels, MTV or VH1,they would tell the backstories behind
these bands, and it was reallypopular because people wanted to
(18:08):
know, how did they, you know,how did that happen?
That's why biographies andautobiographies are so popular, is
people want to know, you know,I. I idolize this person, but let
me find out a little bit moreabout them because it makes them
feel closer to that personwhen they know more things about
it.
Do that for your.
Do that for your audience andlet them know, hey, this is how I
(18:30):
got here, warts and all.
All right, so you've done allthese other steps.
You've done these four steps.
Now the fifth step is engagingwith the audience.
(18:51):
They've left a comment.
They've shot you an email.
Engage with them.
Let them know that, hey, I seethat you saw me do whatever it is
I did.
And thanks for your input on that.
Am I the best with it?
I try to be.
I just recently got a.
A message from my good buddyYork Campbell of the welcome to Earth
(19:14):
stories, also, you know, fromthe Poetic Earthling podcast.
And he really, you know, dugone of my previous episodes.
And I took.
It was an interview with, uh,Robert Bside Cardillo Jr. And York
sent in a message, and Iactually was like, hey, thanks, York,
for that.
Do you mind if I pass that onto my guest?
(19:36):
And he was like, yeah, go for it.
Passed on to my guest.
My guest was like, hey, thatreally made my day.
Thanks for sharing that with me.
And I helped somebody elsediscover somebody that I really enjoyed.
So you can do that for yourlisteners, for your audience, whoever
(19:57):
that is.
I say listeners because I'm apodcaster and that's what we do.
We have listeners.
But respond to those comments.
Respond to all of them, evenif they're negative.
Acknowledge them, respond them.
And your social mediashouldn't just be a portfolio of
all the stuff you've done.
You should be communicatingwith your audience, just like I like
(20:19):
to communicate with you and Igive you my email address so that
way you can communicate with me.
So feel free to do that.
Feel free to email me and I'llrespond back to you.
So make sure you're engagingwith your audience.
Be social with them on social media.
I know, crazy concept, but do it.
And that way you don't hearthe crickets anymore.
(20:42):
That way people will go, hey,you know, he, he is a real person.
Trust me, I'm a real person.
I've got the bills to show itto you.
But yeah, you email me and Iwill definitely respond back to you.
Positive or negative, whateverit is.
Feedback is feedback.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
There's just, you know,responding with crickets to your
(21:06):
audience.
Foreign.
Well, I want to thank you fortaking a listen and watching the
video on YouTube and fortaking a listen to this on your podcast
(21:29):
app of choice.
And if you got something outof it, make sure you're passing along
to a friend.
You know they're going to getsomething out of it too.
Share that.
Be generous with other people,just like I'm being generous with
you.
That's the cost.
Be generous with somebody else.
And if you have comments onthe show, if you have critique of
the show, feel free to email me.
(21:50):
Timothyreateartpodcast.com youcan tell people, email me.
I respond back.
Sometimes I will respond in anemail, sometimes I will respond in
an episode.
If you want to be on the show,that's the way to do it as well.
Email me.
Timothy, create our podcastdot com.
Now, I do want to remind youof a couple of things here.
(22:11):
First and foremost, I haveanother podcast.
Speaking about sharing, I haveanother podcast called Find a Podcast
about.
You can find that at Find aPodcast about dot xyz.
And that's where I help mylisteners over there tame, not tame,
their inner critic.
I help them outsmart the algorithm.
I'm going to leave that inbecause it's a, you know, that's
what I do.
(22:31):
I mess up on occasion, but Ihelp them outsmart the algorithm
and find their next bingeworthy podcast, and a lot of times
I'll have the podcast or on totalk about their process.
See, I practice what I preach.
The other thing I want toremind you about is that I have a
new business that I started inJanuary of 2025, and it's called
(22:52):
TKB Podcast Studio.
And that's where I help myclients over there create podcasts
so that way they can leadthrough the noise through quiet professionalism.
Go over totkbpodcaststudio.com to find out
more information.
All right, that's all I gotfor you.
Thank you so much for joiningme here today.
(23:13):
Now go out there, be brave,put your stuff online, tame that
inner critic, create more thanyou consume, and make some art for
somebody you love yourself.
I'll speak with you next time.
(23:35):
Sam.
Hey, friend.
This is Timothy Keemo BryanCreate Art podcast.
You know who I am.
And this is the nextinstallment of our new Artist Compass
series.
And today we're going to betalking about that big moment in
everyone's creative journey.
Sharing your work online forthe very first time.
(00:23):
You're going to love this.
Some great ideas.
Let's dive in.
(00:48):
Alright, so I know the feelingcan be intimidating about sharing
your work online for the firsttime because guess what, the whole
world is going to be seeingit, you know, so this can be scary
for some of you.
I know it was scary for mewhen I first did it.
The first thought that comesthrough my mind is, hey, what if
(01:10):
people don't like it?
You know, what if nobodynotices because the World Wide web
is huge.
It's mind bogglingly huge.
I don't know if mindbogglingly is a word, but we're going
to go with it.
But here's the truth.
Putting your art out in theworld is less about being ready and
(01:32):
more about being brave.
You got to put it out there.
You really need to, becausethat's where, you know, people kind
of live in our digital worlds.
So today I'm going to sharesome tips with you about choosing
the right platforms, you know,building confidence through consistency
(01:53):
and turning vulnerability intoyour strengths.
Because your work deserves tobe seen and the world is out there
waiting for you to show your work.
So let's dive into that, shall we?
And let's be brave together.
(02:20):
So my first point in thiswhole episode is to overcome your
fear of judgment.
I know that's huge, guys,that's huge.
You know, it's a real fearthat we all have and we're going
to help you break away fromthat a little bit.
(02:40):
First, let's understand thatvulnerability is part of the creative
process.
We're sharing our souls, we'resharing our innermost ideas.
People have access to the deepdark reaches in our head, which is,
you know, kind of way back here.
And we're exposing ourselves.
And who likes to expose themselves?
(03:01):
Well, I mean, maybe there'sone or two of you out there that
is a little bit, you know,sick in the head.
But normally, you know, wedon't like to expose ourselves.
We don't like to let everyoneknow what those deep dark ideas and
thoughts that we have in ourhead are all about.
But here's the thing.
Art is about bringing thoseideas to the forefront and going,
(03:25):
hey, listen, this is how I seethe world.
And I approach it like this.
This is how I See the world?
How do you see the world?
You know, is it same?
Is it similar?
Is it different?
I want to know.
So that's, you know, one ofthe reasons why I do art.
Then, of course, we're, youknow, fearful of, well, it's not
perfect, it's not ready to go.
(03:48):
Well, it's never going to beready to go.
Okay, you got to put it outthere, and then you can fix the errors
and mistakes, whatever theyare, the happy accidents is Bob Ross
likes to say, you can fix thatlater, but you got to put something
out there in order to knowthat it's not perfect.
(04:09):
Because you don't know in yourhead, it may be perfect, but you
put it out there and it'slike, oh, you know what?
I can tweak this and I cantweak that, and you can always do
another edition of it oranother version of it.
Oh, my gosh.
If you're struggling forideas, well, put one out and then
update it and change it and dodifferent iterations.
That's something I've learnedfrom project management is, you know,
(04:32):
these different iterationsthat we can do.
So, you know, we have 1.0 outthere, and then we have 2.0 out there,
and then 3.0 out there, andthen 4.0, and.
And we go on ad infinitum.
But if you never put it outthere, you're never going to know.
And while we're doing theseiterations, we're going to focus
(04:52):
on our growth and connectionrather than, you know, likes and
comments on our social mediachannels and all that kind of stuff.
We're going to focus onputting it out there, getting out
of our head onto the page,onto the canvas, onto the stage,
and let's see what ouraudience is thinking, because they
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may be able to help you out.
I know.
Kind of weird thought.
Your audience can help you out.
Absolutely.
They can help you out, butthey can't help you if they don't
know about it.
All right, now you'rethinking, okay, I'll put my stuff
(05:36):
out there, Tim, I'll put itout there.
But where do I put it?
What should I go with?
Should I go with this social media?
Should I go with that social media?
Should I go with YouTube?
Should I go with Venmo?
Should I just put it on a website?
Different audiences are goingto use different platforms.
If you can find a way to findout where your audience is, where
(06:00):
they consume their stuff, andsometimes you're gonna have to try
out a few things.
That's where you want to be.
Now, if we think about it, youknow, TikTok short, you know, less
than three minutes.
If we do Instagram, that'sgreat for just images.
If you do YouTube, which is,you know, one of the things that
I use that's great for longerstuff or even YouTube shorts, you
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know, how I do my podcast is,you know, a few days before the episode
comes out, I'm going to putsomething out on all the socials,
you know, just a short littleminute to three minute video telling
you what I'm going to talk about.
So that way you can getexcited about it and go, oh, I've
got to listen to that.
You know, I've got to listento that episode.
But whatever it is, find outwhere your audience is.
(06:49):
Now, I know that a lot ofpeople listen to me on my podcast.
There's some people that wantto know more about what I'm doing
on the different social medias.
Guess what?
I'm not a master of all social medias.
There's stuff out there thatI'm like, I, I don't know, you know,
like Snapchat.
I don't get Snapchat.
Reddit.
I hear a lot of people talkingabout, Tim, you need to be on Reddit.
(07:12):
You need to, you know, get allthis great information.
Well, I.
No.
Or a Slack channel.
What am I going to do with slack?
I don't, I don't want to be a slacker.
I'm Generation X guy.
You know, you say slack to me,I'm like, oh, well, you know, that
person doesn't really careabout what happens.
They're a slacker.
So don't try to master all of them.
Don't be a jack of all trades,master of none.
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Be a master of one and findout where your audience is so that
way you can continuallycommunicate with them and then, you
know, make your content,whatever it is, fit.
So if you're a painter, youmight want to be on Instagram.
I see a lot of, you know,photographers and painters on Instagram.
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If you do movement, probablywant to be on YouTube and TikTok.
If, you know, you just arereally social or you're a writer.
Twitter or X and blue sky,that might be more your speed.
But whatever it is, make sureyour content fits.
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Whatever social media you'reout there now, I'm, you know, I'm
guilty of this.
I'm gonna put a square peg ina round hole all the time because
I'm like, you know, I've gotpeople listening to me over Here,
over there.
Most people listen to me on apodcast, some people watch me on
YouTube.
And that's where I am at.
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That's that, that's the twoareas that I'm trying to master.
The other stuff, it's justlike, hey, I've got something coming
out.
Enjoy it is what it's all about.
But my main content is podcastand YouTube and that's where I want
to be.
You might want to be someplaceelse, but wherever you want to be,
make sure that you'remastering it and then you put your
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content towards that.
You can use the other onesjust to announce stuff, but I would
say just tailor whateveryou're doing to what you're using.
(09:25):
The next thing I want you tothink about is building confidence
through consistency.
If you're there, you know,every day, every week, once a month,
every other week, whatever itis, commit to putting something out
there and engaging with youraudience on a consistent basis.
That way they know, hey, he'sgoing to come out with another episode
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at 4:00 clock on Sunday morning.
I don't know how he does it.
Guy never sleeps.
But you know that with thisshow, I put out episodes Sundays
at 4am Eastern Time.
What does that do?
Well, it creates visibility.
People will know when to findyou, they'll know where to find you.
(10:09):
And if you just do, you know,little things, it's better than put
something out and then maybe ayear later you put something else
out and then maybe six monthslater you put something else out.
And there's no consistencywith it.
So if you're always puttingsomething out just a little bit,
doesn't have to be super long,but just put something out there,
(10:30):
a thumbnail out there, a shortvideo, whatever it is, constantly
communicate with your audience.
It could even be just a simplenewsletter that comes out, you know,
twice, twice a month.
So that way they know, hey, itkeeps them in the front.
It keeps you in the front ofyour audience mindset.
They know, hey, Tim's comingout with something on Sunday, so
(10:53):
I'm gonna, you know, clear myschedule and see what he's got out
there.
They know it's like, you know,back in the day, the newspaper, you
know, it would come at certaintime in the morning or if you're
subscribed to like a literaryjournal, like, I'm subscribed to
a couple of them.
And I know, you know, thisweek I'm gonna have this coming in
(11:15):
the mail.
I'm gonna have that coming inthe mail.
And it, it keeps me focused onwhat they're doing.
Because I'm a consumer too,you know, I listen to stuff, I look
at stuff all the time,podcasts that I listen to.
I expect, you know, DaveJackson of school of podcasting and
(11:36):
to be out Monday morning withan episode every Monday and every
Saturday he does a video.
I expect that to be out every Saturday.
And you know, I'll plan my,plan my world around that, plan my
life around that.
And that's what keeps meinterested in what he's doing.
So think of yourself also as aconsumer, Think about what you subscribe
(12:00):
to.
If it doesn't come out, areyou going to miss it?
For me, yeah, I'll definitelymiss it.
So be that person.
Consistently come out andthink to yourself, if they didn't
hear anything from me forabout two weeks or three weeks or
whatever it is, would theymiss me?
Make your art a part of theirlife and their schedule.
(12:23):
The next thing I want you tothink about is building confidence
through consist, consistency.
If you're there, you know,every day, every week, once a month,
every other week, whatever itis, commit to putting something out
out there and engaging withyour audience on a consistent basis.
That way they know, hey, he'sgoing to come out with another episode
(12:45):
at 4:00 clock on Sunday morning.
I don't know how he does it.
Guy never sleeps.
But you know that with thisshow I put out episodes Sundays at
4am Eastern Time.
What does that do?
Well, it creates visibility.
People will know when to findyou, they'll know where to find you.
(13:07):
And if you just do, you know,little things, it's better than put
something out and then maybe ayear later you put something else
out and then maybe six monthslater or you put something else out
and there's no consistencywith it.
So if you're always puttingsomething out just a little bit,
doesn't have to be super long,but just put something out there,
(13:28):
a thumbnail out there, a shortvideo, whatever it is, constantly
communicate with your audience.
It could even be just a simplenewsletter that comes out, you know,
twice, twice a month.
So that way they know, hey, itkeeps them in the front.
It keeps you in the front ofyour audience mindset.
(13:48):
They know, hey, Tim's comingout with something on Sunday, so
I'm gonna, you know, clear myschedule and see what he's got out
there.
They know it's like, you know,back in the day, the newspaper, you
know, it would come at certaintime in the morning or if you're
subscribed to like a literaryjournal, like I'M subscribed to a
(14:08):
couple of them.
And I know, you know, thisweek I'm gonna have this coming in
the mail.
I'm gonna have that coming inthe mail.
And it keeps me focused onwhat they're doing because I'm a
consumer, too.
You know, I. I listen to stuff.
I look at stuff all the time.
The podcasts that I listen to.
I expect, you know, DaveJackson of School of Podcasting and
(14:34):
to be out Monday morning withan episode every Monday and every
Saturday he does a video.
I expect that to be out every Saturday.
And, you know, I'll plan my.
Plan my world around that,plan my life around that.
And that's what keeps meinterested in what he's doing.
So think of yourself also as a consumer.
(14:57):
Think about what you subscribe to.
If it doesn't come out, areyou going to miss it?
For me, yeah, I'll definitelymiss it.
So be that person.
Consistently come out andthink to yourself, if they didn't
hear anything from me forabout two weeks or three weeks or
whatever it is, would theymiss me?
Make your art a part of theirlife and their schedule.
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All right, so we've put ourwork out there.
We've chosen our platform.
We're consistently putting outthere, you know, what we're doing
now.
Let's talk about storytellingwith that work, you know, with the
stuff that you're putting outthere, tell a story with it, you
know, make it.
It's.
It's a never ending story.
The never ending story.
I'm sorry I went there, youknow, again, 80s kids here, but you
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want to share an idea is, youknow, share the mistakes.
Share the process.
Not just the work, not justthe final output there, but share
the mistakes.
Share how you made it.
And that might inspiresomebody to, you know, do it with
you.
Or somebody might say, oh,yeah, no, I see why you screwed that
(16:17):
up.
You did it this way when youprobably should have done it that
way.
Something else that peoplelike is they want to know the background.
They want to know how you gotto that point.
A lot of DVDs or VHS tapes,you know, they show the director's
(16:38):
cut or they show interviewswith actors and stuff like that,
and people eat that up.
That's like bonus content.
You can use that bonus contentto tell the story of.
Okay, you know, I got thispainting done here.
This is all the stuff thatinspired it.
This is the process that I used.
This is the paints that I used.
Yeah, I had to start it overfive times because my dog took a
(16:59):
dump on it, whatever it isthat is content for you, that is,
you know, part of yourcreative process.
Not just the final product, but.
But how you got there.
That is what a lot of peopleare interested in.
And, you know, you show yourwarts and all, people would rather
people will connect with thatbetter than if you're always picture
(17:22):
perfect like me.
I've got, you know, a littlefive o' clock shadow going on right
now.
It's as I'm recording thisSaturday morning.
I'm in a T shirt.
I'm doing laundry while I'mdoing this and watching my kids.
So, you know, people want toknow these things.
People want to be into yourworld because they wanted to understand
what you're seeing and what'sgoing on in your head.
(17:44):
And, you know, that finalproduct may be a little obtuse if
they don't know the backstorybehind it.
So let them know the backstorybehind it.
Sometimes, you know, Iremember on VH1 or one of the music
video channels, MTV or VH1,they would tell the backstories behind
these bands, and it was reallypopular because people wanted to
(18:08):
know, how did they, you know,how did that happen?
That's why biographies andautobiographies are so popular, is
people want to know, you know,I. I idolize this person, but let
me find out a little bit moreabout them because it makes them
feel closer to that personwhen they know more things about
it.
Do that for your.
Do that for your audience andlet them know, hey, this is how I
(18:30):
got here, warts and all.
All right, so you've done allthese other steps.
You've done these four steps.
Now the fifth step is engagingwith the audience.
(18:51):
They've left a comment.
They've shot you an email.
Engage with them.
Let them know that, hey, I seethat you saw me do whatever it is
I did.
And thanks for your input on that.
Am I the best with it?
I try to be.
I just recently got a.
A message from my good buddyYork Campbell of the welcome to Earth
(19:14):
stories, also, you know, fromthe Poetic Earthling podcast.
And he really, you know, dugone of my previous episodes.
And I took.
It was an interview with, uh,Robert Bside Cardillo Jr. And York
sent in a message, and Iactually was like, hey, thanks, York,
for that.
Do you mind if I pass that onto my guest?
(19:36):
And he was like, yeah, go for it.
Passed on to my guest.
My guest was like, hey, thatreally made my day.
Thanks for sharing that with me.
And I helped somebody elsediscover somebody that I really enjoyed.
So you can do that for yourlisteners, for your audience, whoever
(19:57):
that is.
I say listeners because I'm apodcaster and that's what we do.
We have listeners.
But respond to those comments.
Respond to all of them, evenif they're negative.
Acknowledge them, respond them.
And your social mediashouldn't just be a portfolio of
all the stuff you've done.
You should be communicatingwith your audience, just like I like
(20:19):
to communicate with you and Igive you my email address so that
way you can communicate with me.
So feel free to do that.
Feel free to email me and I'llrespond back to you.
So make sure you're engagingwith your audience.
Be social with them on social media.
I know, crazy concept, but do it.
And that way you don't hearthe crickets anymore.
(20:42):
That way people will go, hey,you know, he, he is a real person.
Trust me, I'm a real person.
I've got the bills to show itto you.
But yeah, you email me and Iwill definitely respond back to you.
Positive or negative, whateverit is.
Feedback is feedback.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
There's just, you know,responding with crickets to your
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audience.
Foreign.
Well, I want to thank you fortaking a listen and watching the
video on YouTube and fortaking a listen to this on your podcast
(21:29):
app of choice.
And if you got something outof it, make sure you're passing along
to a friend.
You know they're going to getsomething out of it too.
Share that.
Be generous with other people,just like I'm being generous with
you.
That's the cost.
Be generous with somebody else.
And if you have comments onthe show, if you have critique of
the show, feel free to email me.
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Timothyreateartpodcast.com youcan tell people, email me.
I respond back.
Sometimes I will respond in anemail, sometimes I will respond in
an episode.
If you want to be on the show,that's the way to do it as well.
Email me.
Timothy, create our podcastdot com.
Now, I do want to remind youof a couple of things here.
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First and foremost, I haveanother podcast.
Speaking about sharing, I haveanother podcast called Find a Podcast
about.
You can find that at Find aPodcast about dot xyz.
And that's where I help mylisteners over there tame, not tame,
their inner critic.
I help them outsmart the algorithm.
I'm going to leave that inbecause it's a, you know, that's
what I do.
(22:31):
I mess up on occasion, but Ihelp them outsmart the algorithm
and find their next bingeworthy podcast, and a lot of times
I'll have the podcast or on totalk about their process.
See, I practice what I preach.
The other thing I want toremind you about is that I have a
new business that I started inJanuary of 2025, and it's called
(22:52):
TKB Podcast Studio.
And that's where I help myclients over there create podcasts
so that way they can leadthrough the noise through quiet professionalism.
Go over totkbpodcaststudio.com to find out
more information.
All right, that's all I gotfor you.
Thank you so much for joiningme here today.
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Now go out there, be brave,put your stuff online, tame that
inner critic, create more thanyou consume, and make some art for
somebody you love yourself.
I'll speak with you next time.
(23:35):
Sam.
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