New Episode Out on Patreon Today

3 min

•Apr 3, 202616 days ago

Summary

The Bad Friends hosts discuss their Patreon membership offering, highlighting exclusive content including behind-the-scenes footage, ad-free episodes, and a new docu-series covering their tours in London and Dublin. They also recount a comedy performance at the Comedy Store, with one host critiquing the other's set while sharing humorous anecdotes from the night.

Insights

Patreon strategy focuses on exclusive, unreleased content and ad-free episodes as primary value drivers for subscribers
Documentary-style content (Tours and On The Road series) serves as a major content pillar for premium membership
70% discount for new members is used as an aggressive acquisition tactic for the subscription service
Live comedy performances and behind-the-scenes content creation are core to the show's content ecosystem

Trends

Podcast creators leveraging Patreon for premium, ad-free content distributionDocumentary and travel content as differentiator for podcast subscription tiersAggressive new member discounting (70% off) as standard practice in podcast monetizationMulti-format content strategy (audio, video, docu-series) to maximize subscriber valueLive comedy performances integrated into podcast content production workflow

Topics

Patreon membership strategy Podcast monetization models Exclusive content distribution Ad-free episode production Documentary content creation Comedy Store performances Tour documentation Subscriber acquisition tactics

Companies

Patreon

Platform used by Bad Friends to distribute exclusive, ad-free content and docu-series to paying subscribers

The Comedy Store

Venue where the hosts performed comedy sets and recorded content for the podcast

Quotes

"We release things that we cut out of the show. Yeah, stuff that you can't get on the show, you're going to get on Patreon."

Host•Opening

"For a full month, you get 70% off for new members. The new members, you're going to get 70% off for new signups to the Patreon."

Host•Early segment

"I was meandering through poop last night."

Host•Comedy Store discussion

Full Transcript

Hey! Hey guys, I believe our Patreon is the best in the business. We do, number one, we release things that we cut out of the show. Yeah, stuff that you can't get on the show, you're going to get on Patreon. And along with the fact that we've always been putting out episodes that are ad-free on Patreon. We're constantly filming. When we're constantly filming. Yeah. And also, Macon has put together a bunch of the docu-series of us, Tours and On The Road. We just released London and Dublin, which combined is two hours and 40 minutes of more bad friends content. So for a full month, you get 70% off for new members. The new members, you're going to get 70% off for new signups to the Patreon. So go to patreon.com.com. Bad friends and check that out today. Yep. Last night. I fell in love with you last night. You look good today. Your hair looks good. You look good. Really? You look smooth. Baby Asian boy. Baby Asian boy. So we're at... Okay. Go ahead. At the Comedy Store last night. Yeah, at the comedic store. Already dude. We were at the selling jokes. Already dude. Already dude. I'm just you from last week. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Already dude. Already dude. I'm you from last week. Yeah, I'm you from from three years ago, dude. I don't think I... I don't think I... I'm so sorry, dude. What's up? Tell the story. There is no story, dude. What's the story? I just... I don't know. What's the story, morning glory? See, what this? Nothing, dude. Okay. What happened last night? You're a little rude. What did I do? I'm at the comedy store. I'm watching your set. Great set. Terrible set. It was not a good set. I was meandering through poop last night. Sebastian gave me a great intro. I don't think I brought this guy on stage before. Yeah, he has. A fellow Chicagoan, ladies and gentlemen. He's got an Italian lashing me, doesn't look Italian. Yeah. It was such a good intro. He killed harder in the intro than I did on any of my shit jokes. He crushed. I thought you did good. I thought you did. And I went up there and just... Ha! That's all I did. Okay. For 15 minutes. I'm in the hallway. Fart, crap, poop. Oh, because then that was the reason. And then he's in the hallway. I can see him. I can see just a little dumpling resting in the window of the hallway. And I walk down and this is what he's doing. This is what he's doing. Leaning against the wall going... You know what that's about? What do you want my reaction to be? Do you know... Okay. Okay.