Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar are talking shop! Brad flew out to Los Angeles to attend PatreCon with his podcastin' pal Dave. Today, they talk about what they thought of the conference in general, what they learned, and most importantly how their approach to Patreon is going to change in the immediate future. BUT FIRST... Brad took delivery of the print run of his new book, and everything went wrong.
Show notes
00:00 — Brad took delivery of his new book, and everything went wrong
12:48 — Flying Spirit Airlines
19:53 — PatreCon… first impressions
24:10 — PatreCon… good food!
28:38 — SimpleCast has ComicLab considering changing podcast hosts
29:55 — Eyeing the Reddit/Patreon
integration
30:44 — The ComicLab Discord server is bustling with
activity
31:49 — Backerkit is pushing physical rewards… hard. Good
luck with that.
34:43 — PatreCon’s Main Stage… inspirational vs
pragmatic
41:03 — Brad’s major complaint… too many people on stage
with no skin in the game
45:08 — Dave’s note-taking is pretty amazing
48:14 — The biggest A-ha! moments of the conference
54:16 — Re-connecting with old friends
55:40 — The Patreon 3-Month Itch is a
concept you NEED to be aware of
58:27 — Three ways to expand your
Patreon
59:20 — Dave’s to-do list… THIRTY actionable items from PatreCon
$2 — support the show
$5 — submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast
$10 — record an audio question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast
$50 — Sponsor the show! We’ll read a brief promo for your comic/product and read it twice during the show AND you get the exclusive ProTips podcast
Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com
Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.
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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. He is available for personal consultations. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive. He is the co-director of the comics documentary, Stripped.
