#2 - Fanducer Flywheel
What happens when podcasters invite their fans to participate in the production of their show?
Fanducer = (fan + producer) a fan of a podcast that also helps in the producing of that same podcast.
The Benefits:
A cure for content creation burnout
Builds digital butt funnels where fans have increased interaction opportunities
Builds a strong community with a shared purpose (that can be monetized)
Attracts new fans and grows your podcast audience
Outer wheel: Open a channel for your fans to contribute
Audience participates with clips, questions, stories, artwork, etc.
Praise and give feedback to the top fan contributions
Inactive fans compete for your praise and become active fanducers
Outer flywheel repeats
Inner wheel: Activate fanducer base
Give legitimate producing responsibilities to your fanducers
Features are created by the empowered fanducers who have now been given a shared purpose
Audience grows as new fans show up because of the enriched community-built feature set
Inner wheel repeats
#1 Example: No Agenda hosted by @adamcurry @THErealDVORAK
All built by fanducers:
Live stream & live chat
Fanducer Meetups in most major cities
Social network
Chapters breaking up each episode
Extensive shownotes
Artwork
Merch shop
Thousands of top fanducers in their field of expertise globally, contributing content
These fan-produced features make No Agenda unstoppable:
multiple ways for fanducers to make real connections with one another
free content generation from thousands of active fanducers globally
an easy community for new fans to join and participate and make real connections
#2 Example: Your Mom's House @YMHstudios hosted by @tomsegura @ChristinaP
They turn their fans into active participants (fanducers) by giving them a prompt. Here's an example they called “The Big Titted Challenge”.
[Link here: Your Mom's House - Ep. 592]
Unlock the Fanducer Flywheel
Podcasters go from content creators to being content curators when they:
open and promote channels for fans to participate
praises fan contributions
give legit responsibility to their fanducers
Outcome: free content generation and a thriving community w/ shared purpose
What other examples of podcasts do you know out there that are using the Fanducer Flywheel to create positive feedback loops with their audience?
Leave a comment below or send me an email patrick@pattynever.com and I'll feature it in my upcoming article.