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Right here’s what occurred on Cling Time in April
Cling Time is a creator-first dwell stream hosted by Patreon CEO Jack Conte and our personal Taryn Arnold. Tune in each month for sneak peeks, interviews with the Patreon workforce (and particular visitors), and juicy suggestions for operating your creator web page.
In case you missed it, right here’s what occurred on Cling Time in April…
Introducing: Open Studio within the Patreon Neighborhood Discussion board
Questioning what Patreon updates are coming down the pipeline?
Ben Domanico, our Head of Design, dropped by Cling Time to talk with Jack about Open Studio, an thrilling, new collaboration between Patreon’s design workforce and also you.
Right here’s how Open Studio works: Each Monday (or so), within the Patreon group discussion board, a particular visitor from our design workforce will drop in and provides y’all a look-see at a future Patreon characteristic. They’re excited to share their creations with you, however in addition they wish to know what you consider them. In spite of everything, they’re creating them for you!
If you happen to’re already a member of the Patreon group discussion board, try Open Studio right here. If you happen to’re not but a member of the group, fill out this temporary kind and get began as we speak.
Take a look at their full dialog at across the 7:00 minute mark of Cling Time.
We launched our personal Discord group server
If you happen to’ve by no means used Discord earlier than, it’s an superior, free chat software that permits you to talk-it-up with different communities, or begin one in all your individual.
Philip James, our Senior Software program Engineer on the Platform Group, stopped in to offer Jack some large information: we began a Discord server that’s only for you. A whole bunch of creators have already joined to share Patreon suggestions, to supply one another emotional and artistic help — additionally, they’re simply hanging out.
If you wish to take part on the enjoyable, click on right here to get began with Patreon’s Discord group. Be at liberty to make use of your browser, or obtain the Discord app in your laptop.
Take a look at their full dialog at across the 15:00 minute mark of Cling Time.
Two Patreon Professional accomplice apps we’re over the moon for
Do you wish to create a deeper connection together with your patrons?
Alicia Fore, Patreon’s Partnerships Supervisor, joined Jack on Cling Time to share a few accomplice apps that Patreon Professional creators can use to foster group with their patrons:
1. Create a group Q&A discussion board with Discourse
To not be confused with the free chat software Discord, Discourse is a candy Q&A discussion board that integrates together with your creator web page. Make an area that’s in your patrons, and for them solely.
If you happen to’d prefer to study extra about what Discourse can do in your patrons, try this article we wrote about Kevin Morris, a bike teacher who used Discourse to offer his 2000+ patrons a spot to assemble.
Organising Discourse with Patreon generally is a little difficult, so earlier than you attempt it out, be sure you learn the help article, “How do I arrange the Discourse integration with Patreon?” Nevertheless, when you get it arrange, it’s an ideal device for constructing group that requires minimal effort in your patrons to affix.
2. Create a Discord server that’s simply in your patrons
We already dug into Discord earlier on this publish. However do you know you can create a Discord server (server is Discord’s phrase for chat room) that’s solely out there to your patrons?
With the Discord + Patreon integration, you possibly can foster group, and get priceless suggestions out of your patrons. Head over to our help web page and arrange Discord in your patrons as we speak.
Additionally, if you wish to try Alicia and Jack’s full dialog, you’ll find that at across the 20:00 minute mark of Cling Time.
Meet Sai Hossain, the CEO of Crowdcast
Do you utilize Crowdcast together with your patrons?
If you happen to haven’t found it but, Crowdcast is a web site that permits you to create dwell video streams which can be simply between you and your patrons. In actual fact, we use Crowdcast to host our month-to-month Cling Time dwell streams.
Sai Hossain, the CEO of Crowdcast, referred to as into Cling Time to offer us thrilling updates to the Patreon + Crowdcast integration, which make organising Crowdcast together with your patrons simpler than ever.
To see if Crowdcast is correct in your patrons, try this help article. And, if you happen to’re prepared to offer Crowdcast a shot, test it out on our apps web page.
If you wish to hear Sai and Jack’s full dialog, it is available in across the 32:00 minute mark of Cling Time.
Thanks for becoming a member of us for Cling Time
To look at previous episodes of Cling Time, and keep within the loop for future episodes, head over to our Crowdcast web site. Till then, see you subsequent month!