{"id":29472,"date":"2017-12-10T10:18:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-10T14:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29472"},"modified":"2017-12-10T10:19:56","modified_gmt":"2017-12-10T14:19:56","slug":"inside-the-post-a-new-perk-for-patreon-patrons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/inside-the-post-a-new-perk-for-patreon-patrons\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Post: A new perk for Patreon Patrons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16299\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Back.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Back.jpg 800w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Back-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/SWLingPost-DXFiend-Vintage-Back-768x641.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quite often, I&#8217;m privy to information that has yet to be refined into a public post here on the <em>SWLing Post<\/em>. In the past, I&#8217;ve simply kept the new information and\/or evolving posts to myself.<\/p>\n<p>But as a small perk for supporting the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> via Patreon, I&#8217;ve decided to share this informal information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/swlingpost\/posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">privately through Patreon&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to be privy to the background processes and that go into the making of the <em>SWLing Post<\/em>, you can enjoy them (or ignore them!) here, simply by supporting us through Patreon. What I&#8217;ll share is\u00a0raw, random, and unedited information in the form of progress reports, tips, and even partial reviews. These logs and notes happen when they happen, depending on my time availability, and are off-the-cuff and ever-evolving.<\/p>\n<p>This private &#8220;behind-the-scenes&#8221; access to the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> is available to Patreon Patrons at <em>any<\/em> pledge level.<\/p>\n<p>As I&#8217;ve mentioned before, if you don&#8217;t have the means to give through Patreon, no worries, friend: we&#8217;re always here for you free of charge at the <em>SWLing Post<\/em>. If you would, however, like to support the <em>SWLing Post<\/em> through Patreon with a monthly contribution, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=7466002&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fswling.com%2Fblog%2F&amp;utm_medium=widget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">we welcome you as a Patron<\/a>.\u00a0 Your support helps keep the site going, and means I can do more of what I enjoy most\u2013\u2013sharing my love of all things radio with you.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you !<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=7466002\" data-patreon-widget-type=\"become-patron-button\">Become a Patron!<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/c6.patreon.com\/becomePatronButton.bundle.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For more information about supporting the Post, <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/patreon-a-new-way-you-can-support-the-swling-post\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quite often, I&#8217;m privy to information that has yet to be refined into a public post here on the SWLing Post. In the past, I&#8217;ve simply kept the new information and\/or evolving posts to myself. But as a small perk for supporting the SWLing Post via Patreon, I&#8217;ve decided to share this informal information privately [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[6691,6597,755],"class_list":["post-29472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-uncategorized","tag-inside-the-post","tag-patreon","tag-swling-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7Fm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28950,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/patreon-a-new-way-you-can-support-the-swling-post\/","url_meta":{"origin":29472,"position":0},"title":"Patreon: A new way you can support the SWLing Post","author":"Thomas","date":"October 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Dear SWLing Post readers: As the SWLing Post has grown to a community of over 7,000 daily readers, so to have costs and time. 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