Jun 16, 2026 · 35 min · 11 segments
How do you move beyond clicks and follower counts to create a space your listeners and viewers actually want to be part of? On this episode of First Frame, hosts Jennifer Park and Cameron Zinger take…
Stephanie DacreGuestRyan FisherGuestJennifer ParkHost
Cameron ZingerHostSo Stephanie, what's the difference between an engaged community and just having followers? That's a
And that's something that I think over the last two years or so that I've really focused on, maybe three years, really spending time to talk to people about their specific questions when it comes to mushrooms.
And I found that it makes all the difference in the world to spend the time to actually provide a custom answer to that question and make those people feel heard.
beneficial relationship there because I'll always learn something from them.
That's what I found is like, this is not just responding to a DM and then moving on.
They'll always offer some kind of a, oh, you know, I'm going to this event and it's a really cool mushroom festival and here's a photo of me there.
And I'm like, I didn't even know they had a mushroom festival, right? So I think the...
Really treating people like humans as opposed to just little profile pictures goes a long ways.
The engagement, like commenting back on everything is a really great way to start this, I think.
You know, there's something about like the identity of your group as a whole and fostering kind of a space where you see, for example, for how gay my content is, you If you see any kind of homophobic comment, come back.
I love the part of my community because people will always say in DMs, like, I love you, Dan, you're at live shows, like...
So Stephanie, what's the difference between an engaged community and just having followers? That's a
And that's something that I think over the last two years or so that I've really focused on, maybe three years, really spending time to talk to people about their specific questions when it comes to mushrooms.
And I found that it makes all the difference in the world to spend the time to actually provide a custom answer to that question and make those people feel heard.
beneficial relationship there because I'll always learn something from them.
That's what I found is like, this is not just responding to a DM and then moving on.
They'll always offer some kind of a, oh, you know, I'm going to this event and it's a really cool mushroom festival and here's a photo of me there.
And I'm like, I didn't even know they had a mushroom festival, right? So I think the...
Really treating people like humans as opposed to just little profile pictures goes a long ways.
The engagement, like commenting back on everything is a really great way to start this, I think.
You know, there's something about like the identity of your group as a whole and fostering kind of a space where you see, for example, for how gay my content is, you If you see any kind of homophobic comment, come back.
I love the part of my community because people will always say in DMs, like, I love you, Dan, you're at live shows, like...
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