The speaker discusses the advantages and disadvantages of building an audience through social media platforms like Facebook, pointing out that all of these big companies began with an email list. He likens building an audience on social media to renting an apartment, where the landlord can raise the price at any time, and argues that email is a more stable platform for audience building.
This episode talks about the journey from being disliked to developing a podcasting partnership. It explains how a person went from receiving backlash for their approach to developing a strong working relationship.
The speaker discusses the importance of having a positive impact on listeners through podcast interviews and aims to provide something that they can apply in their lives.
The founder of the scientific computing library SciPy discusses how it emerged from a collection of modules shared online in the late 1990s and how the community of users and contributors helped to shape it into what it is today.
In this episode of The Tim Ferriss Show, Tim and Seth Godin discuss Seth's lifelong writing practice, rules for writing and productivity, and his book "This Is Marketing" as well as how he manages his life using rules, principles, and obsessions.