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🎙 New Podcast Episode
Mint Season 7 episode 5 welcomes Farokh, social media entrepreneur and Founder of Rug Radio. Throughout the hour, we dive into the world of web3 social, memes, and using NFTs to build communities.
We discuss the potential of monetizing your media using crypto primitives, common themes in viral meme pages and social media accounts, and strategies for turning web2 consumers into web3 collectors. Farokh also shares his motivation, focus strategies, and tips for other creators looking to start their own NFT-based media projects.
I hope you enjoy our conversation.
Timestamps
00:35 - Intro
04:50 - Common Theme in Viral Meme Pages and Social Media Accounts
08:21 - Comparing Web2 Followers and Web3 Collectors
10:02 - Being a Platform Rather Than a Follower
11:56 - Rug Radio
26:03 - Best Practices for Media Companies and Creators Using Crypto to Monetize
32:45 - The Potential for Making Money from a Select Few in Web3 as a Creator
36:03 - Potential Market Cap Growth in Tokenized Content
39:50 - Strategies for Turning Consumers into Collectors
41:58 - Suitable Types of Content for Tokenization
46:37 - Motivation and Focus Strategies for Farokh
48:59 - Tips That Would've Been Helpful to Know Before Starting Rug Radio
51:05 - Outro
Additional Resources
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