Patreon Power Hour

<p>Today's episode is sponsored by  <a href="https://www.bonjoro.com/?utm_source=comiclab_podcast&utm_campaign=comiclab_superbears_march_april_2021" target="_blank">Bonjoro</a>  — an amazing app that enables you to quickly send personalized welcome and thank you videos to your readers, clients, patrons, or backers. As Twitter launches a subscriber service, we discuss how every platform is introducing subscriptions. Also, after a decade of social-media dominance of the Internet, what happens NEXT? Then, we spend the rest of the hour discussing Patreon best practices.</p><p><strong>Questions asked and topics covered...</strong></p><ul><li>Twitter launches Super Follows</li><li>Everything platform is becoming Patreon</li><li>What happens AFTER social media?</li><li>Are comic conventions coming back — and would you go?</li><li>How to create Patreon tiers</li><li>Great ideas for exclusive rewards</li><li>The "Panic" Patreon</li><li>It's impossible to spam your Patreon backers</li></ul><p><strong>You get great rewards when you</strong> <a href="http://patreon.com/comiclab"><strong>join the ComicLab Community on Patreon</strong></a></p><ul><li><strong>$2 —</strong> Early access to episodes</li><li><strong>$5 —</strong> Submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast</li><li><strong>$10 —</strong> Record an audio question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast</li><li><strong>$50 —</strong> 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</li></ul><p>Brad Guigar is the creator of <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/episodes/evil-inc.com"><strong>Evil Inc</strong></a> and the editor of <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/episodes/webcomics.com"><strong>Webcomics.com</strong></a> Dave Kellett is the creator of <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/episodes/sheldoncomics.com"><strong>Sheldon</strong></a> and <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/epi