When we first started podcasting – we quickly came to the reality that without a pre-established product or reputation we were starting from square one and building up. When we talked with the staff at Libsyn (the largest podcasting provider) the common period before making money in our field that was bandied around was 3 years. However, it wasn’t just “stick it out” it was “have a good, consistent show” for three years. It was a first few shows with little to no training in fields that there was no manual or expectation – our sense of quality was ever in the school of hard knocks. So, we had to make a tough decision from the start because doing anything for three years after countlessly dropping money into it is asking a lot from the common person. We decided then to be “fun first” and that we do what we do is primarily for the enjoyment of it.
However, we do also say in that line the word “profit”.
Honestly, in the Actual Play scene there are those who say you can only excel in one of these fields: either have fun or make profit. We’re letting everyone know where our intentions lie from the start. We’re here to have fun. We dream of a day when we can make profit. In the end if we don’t make profit but had fun we win. If we didn’t make money and fail to have fun, we doubly lose.
