Only one week to go before @MuseumofLondon closes its iconic London Wall site. I get that things move on but will feel real loss for the building and gallery spaces where I worked for so long and proud of what we did.
Your job on social media isn't to gain a huge listenership if you could JUST post the right thing at the right time.
It's to post consistently helpful and relevant/entertaining information so that potential listeners begin to trust you and your expertise.
Now's a good time to think about what you want out of your social presence.
Are you using social media to find collaborators? Find guests? To pitch yourself as a guest?
Reframe your approach with the above question in mind.
As many of us podcast people venture to other social media lands (whether that's in addition to using Twitter or not), here are some things to keep in mind...
~A thread on some social media for podcaster thoughts I've been having🧵~:
Penelope, Queen of Ithaca, and Queen Elizabeth the First were both masters of rejection, batting away bevies of proposals throughout their reigns (is that too much alliteration?? or just ENOUGH??) https://t.co/lRMEKL9lt2
If you're a podcast person on Mastodon, reply with your handle so we can start populating our feeds!
I'll start: I'm @ https://t.co/8PXu9skUG7 (Follow me)!
Classics MPhil student Kitty Low's roundup of the most exciting events going on in the UK this month is LIVE on The Rostra: https://t.co/tEszoOGPUC
From unlocking ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics to a pop-rock musical adaptation of Homer's Iliad, there is something for everyone.
About to record my presentation "Towards a Mythological Game Studies?" for this year's @antiquity_media conference. My talk focuses on what some of the intrinsic characteristics of the medium mean for the reception of mythology in games.
#archaeogaming#ClassicsTwitter
Join us for the first online forum of The Chorus – CfA's network of young classicists.
Come along to hear from our guest speaker @poetclare and connect with like-minded young classicists from across the UK.
Sign up for free: https://t.co/LVVsr54ipD
So, you wanna join some podcast communities (possibly not on Twitter). I see you, I hear you.
Ok! Here are 🔟 podcast communities or entities you should consider joining/subscribing to:🧵
You know what, British Museum cataloguer? Maybe this artist was doing their best. Maybe it was their first go at dolphins. Maybe they've never even SEEN a dolphin up close. Maybe painting dolphins onto a pot is harder than it looks. God, everyone's a critic.