Feature Friday: Angela Hollowell
Highlighting Our People in Podcasting!
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday Saturday Love….
Oh lets rewind that back….to Friday, Feature Friday that is ✨
“ I started my podcast to be a conduit for stories in my community. “
Listen, we are still in January 👀, and resetting for those goals for the year…so while you’re at it maybe ask yourself how you can be a conduit for your community, just like Angela Hollowell.
Hey Angela! 👋🏾
I gotta admit I was happy to see her pop up on my list of folks because I had the pleasure of connecting with her last year. She’s pretty cool just like the work she’s doing.
First, she’s got `Rootful Media. A independent media production company that focuses on documentary filmmaking centered on the outdoors, the environment, human rights, and social justice issues centering Southern voices.
Then theres Creative Architects by Castos a branded show she hosted and produced for Castos, a podcast hosting company.
Oh but that’s not it, there’s also Honey & Hustle her independent podcast, that promotes the Please Hustle Responsibly community as well their digital and physical products.
Whew 😅…you see what I’m saying…Angela is out here doing all the things.
If you ‘re a regular reader of this newsletter, you know I always like to take a moment to take in the show art. This is straight and to the point, and we see Angela put her face on the show art, I see a lot of people are doing that lately and I’m not mad at it at all. We see ya’ll 💅🏾.
So what’s it all about? Honey & Hustle celebrates the North Carolina entrepreneurial ecosystem featuring storytelling interviews from founders, small business owners, and creators. There also seems to be a video component.
“In an age where video is king, impactful visual storytelling reigns supreme. Flashy videos grab attention, meaningful videos spark action. Whether its a documentary film, a commercial, a video podcast, or an original series, we make things that engage and inspire our audiences to be a part of the change they hope to see and amplify the people, organizations, and communities that are integral to that change.”
As social media, youtube and other spaces continue to grow we are seeing more visual podcasts and original series so it’s cool to see a company and podcast spearheaded by someone in our community who is really working to make change.
As you’re reading this, feel inspired. Lets all collectively work to accomplish our goals because you never know what may help you discover your passion. Angela came into podcasting by accident. She just started recording interviews with her cameras and then people starting asking if she had a podcast.
And here we are ✨.
So four years later What are some tips she has learned along the way?!
Continue to reiterate on your format, software systems help you produce a show more efficiently and consistently, choose guests based on their potential to add to the show premise not because of their perceived audience size.
Yes do what feeds your show, not what has the largest perceived audience size. It matters to go with the best types of guest for your show and those are often the shows we have the most fun with. It makes sense to quite simply get guest that make sense, and if they happen to be a good fit AND have a good sized audience well that’s a win win! 💪🏾
So hey go out and like Angela try a few different things.
It can all lead generate back to your podcast.
And hey, I hope you, my audience have enjoyed another… Feature Friday ✨
*by the way…feel free to tag me I love seeing ya’ll feedback*
Until next week
I’m wishing you
Peace ☮️ Love ❤️ Soul💪🏾 -Adell aka @iamadellcoleman on all socials 💋
If you’re loving my features….give your girl a share and a shout out on IG @iamadellcoleman and Twitter @iamadellcoleman too!
Psst…by the way if you’re interested in being my next Feature Friday🙏🏾 fill out this form …by the way…it could also mean an additional feature on my other newsletter Your Podcast Playlist as well!
Oh and a little about me…this is the hard part, talking about myself!
I’m Adell Coleman Chief Operations Officer of DCP Entertainment. I’m a multi-award winning podcast creator, producer, and host. I host and EP the podcast Say Their Name AND The Head Nod I like talking so you may have seen me around at a few conferences!
One of my favorite things to do is to amplify and uplift those BIPOC and marginalized creatives who aren’t just hosts but are doing many different things in the podcast space.
At DCP, we distribute podcasts that share stories, podcasts, interviews, and insights by and for underrepresented voices. Feel free to check us out!
Check out our website dcpofficial.com, IG, and Twitter @dcpofficial to learn more!
Feel free to follow me on IG @sky_kiss3d and Twitter @skykissed too! It’s just me sharing, my fav podcasts, my adventures, my husband, and a little of our two daughters we lovingly call CoCoBean.
Chat soon!
Adell C
Another great feature friday from Adell!