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Growing Beyond Your Inner Circle: Leveraging Your Platform to Find Fans / Elsie Escobar

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
10:00 am - 10:45 am PDT
Virtual
Free

In today's snack/lunchtime Content + Clarity Download, we’re holding a Q&A with Elsie Escobar, a podcasting visionary, Academy of Podcasting Hall of Fame inductee, and Creator Success & Community Manager at Captivate.fm. We’ll help you navigate the tools on your hosting platform and build your audience in a way that feels rooted and sustainable.

There are a million and one creator platforms out there, and it feels like a new feature or tool is being released. Every. Single. Day. The information can feel dizzying, and the pressure to change formats to attract fans is high.

What strategies can you use to grow your audience for your platform, especially as a mission-driven creator, and do it in a way that feels rooted and sustainable?

Our discussion will include:

  • Strategic Growth: Moving past quick-fix tactics.
  • Measurable Metrics: Which indicators can you look for to help you find your audience?
  • Audience & How do you test or research where your listeners might be?

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Event submitted by Christabel Nsiah-Buadi

Speakers

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Christabel Nsiah-Buadi

Executive Editor & Founder of YPP

Christabel Nsiah-Buadi is an Executive strategist and Creative Producer who has launched podcast careers, worked with some of the world’s leading audio platforms, and led award-winning national broadcasters, including NPR and Spotify. She is also the founder of ‘Close Your Narrative Gap,’ a small group narrative development program for creators, entrepreneurs, and founders who want to own and shape their storytelling voice and develop content for their platforms.

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Elsie Escobar

Elsie Escobar is a longtime leader in podcasting and a champion of independent creators. After nearly two decades in the industry, she’s now focused on helping creators build sustainable, values-driven work through her mentorship programs and her media platform, Multimodalee.

Elsie also works alongside the team at Captivate as Creator Success and Community Manager, supporting independent podcasters inside their ecosystem.

FAQ

What happens if I can't make the advertised time?

The video will be made available for a limited period to anyone who registers for the event.