- Are you falling victim to a bit of FOMO
when you hear your friends and coworkers
talking about the Clubhouse app?
Well, in today's episode,
I'm gonna walk you through what the CH app is,
explain how to use it,
and most importantly show you how to leverage
Clubhouse rooms and clubs for your dog training journey.
Let's get after it!
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Hey, guys, I'm Geryah Dingle
and welcome to another episode of Dingle Days.
Clubhouse is a new type of social product based on voice.
It allows people everywhere to talk, tell stories,
develop ideas, and meet interesting new people
all around the world.
It launched in the spring of 2020
with its founders Paul Davison and Rohan Seth.
Today, Clubhouse App has over six million users,
and is possibly valued well above $100 million.
Early adopters love the product
and it has been featured in publications
like The New York Times, Forbes, The Telegraph,
TechCrunch, The Information, CNBC, and WIRED.
As well as a ton of blog posts.
I'll link to a few in the description below.
As of right now, the app is still in private beta
and by invite-only.
Which means that an existing Clubhouse member
like myself has to on-board you.
Whoever invites you will be pinned to you for life,
so make sure you're comfortable with that attachment
when you prepare to send that invite.
Once on the platform, users will get one or two invites
they can share with people who have iOS.
That's right, it's only available to iOS users for now.
So, sorry Android fam.
The more engaged you are with the app
and contribute to the community,
think like the, Reddit App model,
the more invites are added to your account
and your ability to host Clubs opens.
The main feed or hallway if you would
needs a little work in my opinion.
It's also an infinite scroll that lists live chat rooms
categorized according to your areas of interest.
You can join open virtual rooms
and listen to others have free-flowing conversations.
You raise your hand to be invited up to speak
on the stage if you would,
or get tapped by those already speaking
to more actively participate.
You can choose to leave quiet
without disrupting the conversation.
Remember, the types of people you follow
will contribute to the curation of your hallway experience.
So make sure you think about that in advance.
Here are some of the topics covered in the app:
health, wellness, life, faith, arts,
culture, sports, you get it.
But I'm here truly focusing on the dog training journey
and being able to talk
to a lot of professionals in the field.
I'll link to a few awesome blog posts by these offers.
If you want an in-depth walkthrough
of some of the other key features of Clubhouse.
However, I think the place where dog owners
can best leverage the experience
of this platform is with Clubs and Rooms.
You can hit the explore icon on the homepage
to find people and clubs to follow.
Clubhouse alerts you whenever a session of interest
is about to go live
and you track upcoming rooms
through the calendar icon on the homepage.
When you enter a room, the audio switches on
and you can hear people speaking.
It's like walking into a conference room
where a panel or Q&A is happening.
The room's creator or moderators
can decide who gets to speak.
I will list a few dog training resources
in the description below that I have personally checked out
so you can begin to explore for yourself.
Nobody has to worry about how they look
and the terms of use make it so you cannot record
the conversations without every participant's permission.
Specifically, the decision to record any room
has to be made before you start the room,
so the appropriate notices are added for people to see.
This is your chance, yes even you introverts,
to ask questions,
and come away with key insights for pet parents.
Essentially, the app is a combination of a podcast network,
a virtual event space, and a live chat,
but with the energy, and immediacy,
and interactivity of an offline meeting.
Plus, you can gain a ton of value while multitasking
or going about your day-to-day routine.
Overall, as a tech tool for dog owners,
the app provides an outlet for fresh, engaging,
and informative content,
that's unlike other social media platforms.
The focus is only the conversation value,
not the production,
which is helping usher in an era
of voice-based social networks with audio-only chat
that we may see replicated across other platforms.
I see it as disrupter to the mundane
interactive content landscape.
And another platform for you to leverage
in your dog training journey.
While Clubhouse App is still in its private beta,
you may not be able to join
the Dingle Days community on the app.
You can still download the app
and reserve your username today.
But once the app opens up to the public,
I think it will be a great new place to engage
and connect with you and pet parents on tips,
strategies, and technologies that better enable our dogs
to share in our daily lives.
So what do you think,
are you going to download the Clubhouse app?
I've got no affiliate for it,
but I do think it's a great platform for you to get out,
share, and have some open and honest conversations
with some folks.
Curate your surroundings because like any social media,
you never know who's on the other end.
However, I have gotten a ton of value out of the app
and I think you will too.
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Until next time, continue to get after it.
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