We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Willie & Fionna Porter. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Willie & Fionna below.

Willie & Fionna, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

During the pandemic and the social justice uprising, I began listening to podcasts as a way to escape what was going on around me. The more podcasts I listened to, the more I started feeling inspired to give it a try. So, I began doing research on how to start a podcast. I indulged in as much information as I could. I looked at how much would it cost to get started. One of the few things left to do, was to figure what I wanted to talk about and how I wanted to present this new idea. After a long consideration, I decided to ask my wife Fionna, how she would feel about doing a podcast together. This was a big risk because I had no idea the kind of money I would end up spending or how the time and energy would effect our marriage.

Willie & Fionna, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

My wife and I have regular jobs. I am a warehouse lead and professionally trained chef and my wife is an elementary school teacher. We have a very loving marriage built on the foundation of a deep friendship so we used this as the premise of our podcast. We know relationships can be tricky, whether it’s friends, family, or a romance, but they are an essential part of life. On our podcast we delve into the day-to-day makings of how these different relationships work. Each episode contains information you can relate to or gain insight from as you navigate through daily life.

We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?

Building an audience is probably the most essential, yet difficult part about being an podcaster. One of the things I learned during my research was when you first publish your podcast, you should share it with family and friends. From my experience I’ve learned they don’t always care that you have a podcast. Another thing I learned the hard way is everyone doesn’t listen, or even know what a podcast is. I turned to social to get exposure to a broader audience. Creating a clever post or maybe a short video may sound easy, but social media is something you have to do consistently. The same energy you put into creating that segment is the same energy you need to promote your platform. Another way to grow your platform is to collaborate with other podcasters. Whether you’re on their platform, or they are on yours, podcasters have a very supportive community if you’re willing to put the work in.

How can we best help foster a strong, supportive environment for artists and creatives?

We’ve been podcasting for a few years now and we still haven’t fully figured out this algorithm thing yet lol. It is constantly changing. Once you feel like you got a good rhythm going, the algorithm changes. Truthfully, all we ask is that when you listen to a podcast, leave an honest review about the show. If you just want to put your two cents in, that is welcome as well. Alot of us want the feedback, it let’s us know how you really feel about the show and allows us the opportunity to improve and it shows your support. Lastly, if you like it, then share! Sharing is caring. Yeah, it may sound corny, but that kind of support goes a long way and we greatly appreciate it.

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