{"id":17572,"date":"2016-01-15T05:45:33","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T10:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=17572"},"modified":"2016-01-18T12:09:31","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T17:09:31","slug":"eps-45-staying-relevant-guest-cameron-strang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/eps-45-staying-relevant-guest-cameron-strang\/","title":{"rendered":"EPS 45:  Staying RELEVANT &#8211; Guest Cameron Strang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome!<\/p>\n<p><strong>This episode was originally an audio and visual conversation (on Blab- Cameron&#8217;s first!) and you can view that as a REPLAY below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cameron Strang is the founder of Relevant magazine and Relevant media group\u2013arguably the most\u00a0influential\u00a0media forces for Christians under\u00a0the age of 30 in the world. This powerhouse reaches\u00a0over 17 million people\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">per month<\/span> through their various media efforts of tv streaming, podcasts, books, music, magazines, and more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How did he do it? Why? What makes it work? What&#8217;s the future for Relevant? <strong>The answers will\u00a0surprise you.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16947\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/cameronstrange1-300x168.png\" alt=\"cameronstrange\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/cameronstrange1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/cameronstrange1-350x196.png 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/cameronstrange1-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/cameronstrange1.png 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FCameronStrang.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-45-staying-relevant-guest-cameron-strang%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/CameronStrang.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=17572-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/CameronStrang.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"CameronStrang.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 41:00 &#8212; 56.3MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('17572-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_17572-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_17572-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FCameronStrang.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-45-staying-relevant-guest-cameron-strang%2F&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-2&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe to Spark My Muse <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/spark-my-muse\/id988423690?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D17572\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/spark-my-muse\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/spark-my-muse\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/spark-muse-podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe to Spark My Muse\" rel=\"nofollow\">Subscribe to Spark My Muse<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>New here?\u00a0Well, then&#8230;.Here&#8217;s the skinny&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>SPARK MY MUSE is a twice-weekly broadcast!<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Friday<\/strong> episodes are longer conversational\u00a0ones with guests. 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(This is smart because some discussions are listed elsewhere with with colleagues on their accounts.)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Scroll down for Show notes marked by the minute.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Related links from the episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/relevant\" target=\"_blank\">\u2022 RELEVANT magazine on twitter<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17579 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/strang-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"strang\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/strang-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/strang-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/strang-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/strang-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/strang-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/strang-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/strang.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cameronstrang\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Strang on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.relevantmagazine.com\/relevant-magazine\" target=\"_blank\">RELEVANT<\/a> Magazine website!<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.relevantmagazine.com\/relevant-story\" target=\"_blank\">STORY<\/a> of Relevant (Video)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.relevantmagazine.com\/reject-apathy\" target=\"_blank\">Reject Apathy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rickwarren.org\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Warren<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RickWarren\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Warren on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SHOW NOTES<br \/>\nMIN 8: writing the business plan in college.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 11: Target demo is a psyco graphic &#8211; average reader is 27 years old.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 12: Reorganizing the company in 2012 &#8211; pruning process. Cutting 2\/3 of staff and going from 750,000 thousand viewers to 17.3 million each million.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 16: Working 8 years to get the 1st issue done. Doing a podcast for 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 18: What&#8217;s next?<\/p>\n<p>MIN 19:30: The surprising November (2015) cover about martyrdom.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 20:30: Reject Apathy themes are not marketable on newsstands<\/p>\n<p>MIN 22:\u00a0What the name for the magazine &#8220;Relevant&#8221; means<\/p>\n<p>MIN 24: When the church wanted to be relevant and changed it&#8217;s delivery method.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 25:30 Social Justice issues \/ Reject Apathy, sustainable change and help for the poor, and how that began with Rick Warren.<\/p>\n<p>MIN 30:30 Relevant.tv (since 2006). Moving past print and onto screens and living rooms,<\/p>\n<p>MIN 32:00 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.relevantmagazine.com\/podcast\/hillsong-united\" target=\"_blank\">Hillsong United<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIN 33:30 on pop music<\/p>\n<p>MIN 35:30 Why they are based in Orlando<\/p>\n<p>MIN 37:30 Where their readers are located and the surprising international readers<\/p>\n<p>MIN 38: Will Relevant be translated into other languages an go into other countries?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>VIEW THE Original LIVE conversation (replay)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/blab.im\/lisa-delay-a-conversation-with-relevant-magazine-founder-cameron-strang-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fspark_my_muse%2FCameronStrang.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Flisadelay.com%2Fblog%2Feps-45-staying-relevant-guest-cameron-strang%2F\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/CameronStrang.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=17572-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/content.blubrry.com\/spark_my_muse\/CameronStrang.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"CameronStrang.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 41:00 &#8212; 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