The Future of Publishing, Digital and Becoming More Community Centric with Charlotte Cijffers

Wanna know how the Internet is changing with content publishing and the focus on communities? In this episode, Matt Gottesman @mattgottesman sits down with Charlotte Cijffers (Journalist, Digital Strategist & Audience Growth Expert) and they go all-in on taking time to develop your skill sets and talents for the things you love, living in a time where we can merge passions and there are new roles, new responsibilities and new jobs, social is the new publisher and the responsibilities around it, who has the biggest reach versus who has the biggest conversations, creating community-centric content, the democratization of artists and musicians, personalizing our digital experiences, the future of digital publishing and so much more…   01:30  Music and art, what’s the artist missing behind it? 01:50  Who is Charlotte Cijffers. 04:40 Rapid fire questions - If all music is gone completely wiped out and you only had 3 albums that you could save, what would they be? 11:30 Name an influential person that you could sit down for a night to have a conversation with, who would it be? 14:40 What’s the best music focus film that you love? 15:10 Watch Dancing in the street made by BBC. You can find it on YouTube in a seven-part series. 16:50 What’s an important book, audible, podcast that really helps you navigate your creativity and passion? 19:20 How did Charlotte get to where she is at now? 24:20 The power of not feeling like you have to have it all figured out. 25:00 How has the information era created so many new opportunities for work? 27:20 How is the community playing a role in the media or new media, where do you see it going from here? 36:50 How long have we been saying the importance of engagement and community? 38:55 What are ways you have strengthened the connection with your audience? 41:20 The merge between the physical and digital world, I would love to talk about these and what it means for music and content creators? 45:30 NFT gives full financial and creative autonomy back to the artist, they can be in control of contracts, payments royalties etc. 50:05 Where do you see innovation in the publishing space, and where it might be heading? 55:10 How has  Substack been so easy and amazing to work with? 56:40 What do you think about more autonomy?  59:40 How is music evolving right now as a whole? 01:05:01 What do you have coming up?  01:06:20  Where can people connect with you online or social?    Check out this book mentioned in the episode: ENERGY FLASH A JOURNEY THROUGH RAVE MUSIC ENERGY AND DANCE CULTURE BY Simon Reynolds FEATURED GUEST: Charlotte Cijffers Instagram: https://instagram.com/charlotte_cijffers  Email: [email protected]     OUR HOST: Matt Gottesman Instagram: https://instagram.com/mattgottesman   FOLLOW US: YouTube | https://bit.ly/OrloveUTC  Facebook | https://bit.ly/2T9Q1ur  Instagram | https://bit.ly/2Z5nN7N Website | https://bit.ly/2zA5yNc  Website | https://bit.ly/2zA5yNc