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


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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com
Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.