Podcast Episodes

All You Need is Your Phone

This week we’re talking about what you need and yes, it can add up fast!

Right now, you can do just about everything with a single piece of equipment – your cell phone.

I’m not going to tell you which …

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Keeping up with Cosplay

The cost of getting into cosplay is one thing, but now you have to feed the social media beast, and continue to create more and more pieces as time goes on. 

Each has its own expense and it seems that…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Cost of Breaking Into Cosplay

There are barriers to entry in Cosplay

Yes, Cosplay is for everyone, but Cosplay is also expensive for everyone

The first few can be scary, discouraging, and you may not think much of them yourself (th…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Cost of Circulating in Cosplay

Posting is free, but circulating can be expensive too - and by that I mean, actually going out in public and being among other Cosplayers, as well as continuing to post on many different social media…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Production Costs

Cos PAY week continues as we talk about the cost of Production.

Videos, photos, digital art, memberships, audio, editing, software – it all costs something.

       This can get really expensive if you’…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Cost of Concept: Your Cosplay

Cos PAY which comes up a lot – today we’re talking about costume design costs.

Supporting makers – commissions can be anywhere from 100s to 1000s of $$!

Every pieces can be separate – a Cosplay can cos…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Gaining Attention

In terms of Marketing, what do you do or what do you want to bring attention to when you start Cosplaying – and do you have to?

                You can just go to a Con (when there are Cons to go to a…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Authenticity

How to be authentic and speak your truth? What is your truth?

Is this as simple as it sounds?

Get comfortable with what you do and how you do it.

Start small and simple – one platform that you like and …

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Cos-PAY

What is Cosplay for Marketing?

CosPAY

Do the industries Cosplayers support care about their efforts in marketing?

Cosplayers promote movies, toys, streaming services, comics, and Cons, and they don't ge…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago

Social Media is Marketing for Cosplayers

Social Media is a set of tools that are used for marketing.  

That’s how I see these platforms.

Marketing tools.  Bring people’s attention to something you do – let them know about something. It genera…

Published on 5 years, 5 months ago