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Author: linkarzu

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 - You can also `subscribe to my RSS feed` if you'd like to find out what I'm up
   to.
 
+## Is the blogpost my main medium?
+
+- No, the blogpost at the moment is not the main thing I do, it is complimentary
+  to my YouTube channel. Usually each article is related to a video
+- So if you have questions related to an article, watch the video. Here's my
+  [YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@linkarzu){:target="\_blank"}
+
 ## A bit about me
 
 - My journey in the IT world started when I decided to get my Cisco CCNA
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   migrated all my notes to Obsidian, so now everything is handled as markdown
   files and automatically uploaded to my private GitHub repo.
 
-## If you like my content, and want to support me
-
-- Consider becoming a YouTube member
-- [link can be found here](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrSIvbFncPSlK6AdwE2QboA/join){:target="\_blank"}
-- I have a daytime job, this helps me so I can keep creating similar content
+## Can the interviews I make be found as a podcast?
+
+- Yes, I upload them to all the major podcasting platforms
+- If for a strange reason the "linkarzu" podcast does not show in your
+  podcasting app, let me know and I'll add it
+- All the episodes are immediately uploaded to YouTube music without me doing
+  anything:
+  - [Link to Podcast in YouTube music](https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZWMav2s1MZRr93uiz6vjEWCdXL93QzGz&si=a7WJg4FxRVSwEetF){:target="\_blank"}
+- For other platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, etc, I have to manually upload
+  them to a podcasting hosting service, which means I have to export them as
+  audio, and upload them. So I'm a little behind there.
+  - If you don't see all the episodes, just give me some time and they'll
+    eventually show up.
+
+## Why do you ask for support, isn't YouTube Ads enough?
+
+- I was asked this in
+  [this reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1meuo52/comment/n74320l/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button){:target="\_blank"}
+  in a very rude manner, calling me a fraud and all that good stuff
+- The comment was deleted by the same user after my reply, but
+
+### Here's what I replied (grab your popcorn)
+
+Now, joking aside, for other folks reading this, I do 100% agree that I owe
+these interviews to my guests, I can't thank them enough. Prot and many of the
+other guests have dedicated years of their life into researching and figuring
+stuff out, to then share it with all of us in an easy way to understand. That is
+just priceless, all of that work and dedication, that is usually tied to paid
+education and years of experience, just being shared with us. So I admire and
+have so much respect for the guests.
+
+The reasons I do the interviews are:
+
+- I want to learn about these topics and I do so from people that I admire
+- I want to share the topics with my audience
+- I want to share a bit of my audience as well with the guest, so they can
+  subscribe and support the guest. Although my audience is quite small, but
+  still there's some that recognize and appreciate the guests.
+
+It may seem that there's not much work done on my side to publish these videos.
+So I'll try to explain a bit. Not for the person that started the thread, but
+for other folks that actually think it's just about hitting record, posting, and
+then receive the big bucks in your bank account living the `influencer`
+lifestyle:
+
+- There's looking for the guest, reaching out and ask if they agree to an
+  interview
+- Scheduling the call and making sure timezone is not an issue
+- Setting up the environment that allows both the guest and me to share our
+  screen, my interviews are mo dynamic compared to stuff currently out there.
+  Figuring this out and coming up with a system that works, took me months of
+  work.
+- Coming up with topics and questions to discuss
+- Setting up the live stream on youtube, announce it on social media and discord
+- Editing the video and add nice chapters to it. This means watching the entire
+  thing, removing extra noises, or parts that shouldn't be in there, adding
+  credits, images, animations, highlights section, etc.
+- Several times I export the guests audio track, process it in the "Auphonic"
+  tool to clean it up and "increase the quality a bit" (this is a paid service)
+- Create a thumbnail, video description, and the rest of the YouTube related
+  items
+- In some cases, manually editing the captions in several hour long videos.
+- Share the edited video in social media, discord, sometimes reddit
+- Reply to comments on YouTube
+- And the cycle starts over
+- I'm not complaining, I love doing this, but keep in mind I'm a 1 man band, I
+  do everything by myself, from start to finish. And keep in mind that I have a
+  daytime job, wife, kids, responsibilities and I'm the single provider in my
+  house. So all of this has to be done in my spare time, usually really early in
+  the morning (6am) or when my work shift ends
+  - Shout out to my wife, because without her taking care of most of the house
+    related items, nothing would be possible. I wouldn't even have a YouTube
+    channel to begin with, because she facilitates things so I can pursue this
+    "dream" that at the moment gives me a few dollars every month. That is not
+    even relatively close to help supporting my family.
+  - And double shout out because she blindly believes in me and supports me
+    100%, she says, as long as it makes me happy
+- I have a video (for my members only) in which I show how much I made off of
+  YouTube in the 1st year of having a channel. Yeah, shameless plug, but
+  needless to say, it's not what you would expect or what you have in mind.
+- So even if it may not look like it, I put a lot of work on my end too.
+
+Now regarding my communication skills, I 100% agree, I'm not the best host.
+English is not my first language and I've never studied anything related to
+communication or media. I'm just a network engineer that's trying to learn and
+share what I can, with the hope that some day, doing this, will actually support
+my family.
+
+Yeah, I get it, sounds like a lot of drama, but I just want to educate people
+that really wonder what happens behind the scenes.
+
+## What's the best way to support me?
+
+- As I shared above, YouTube is just a hobby right now, it does not provide for
+  my family. My day time job does.
+- The end goal is supporting my family doing what I do, which is sharing good
+  quality content that helps the audience and me grow
+- So to support me, the best way is with a recurring option. As bills are not a
+  one time thing and supporting the family is something that needs to be done
+  every month
+- Here are my recommendations, preferred at the top
+
+### 1. Become a YouTube member
+
+- There's different tiers, each one with different perks:
+  - You can watch all the interviews live and ask questions
+  - Access to member only videos and courses
+  - Name shown in credits
+  - And more
+- [Link to become a member](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrSIvbFncPSlK6AdwE2QboA/join){:target="\_blank"}
+- YouTube keeps 30% of what you pay, but I don't care, it feels like a more
+  integrated experience for the user, and it allows me to share members only
+  content in the same platform
+
+### 2. Monthly Ko-Fi donation
+
+- Ko-Fi is like system to leave tips, I don't have it tied to any benefits or
+  anything similar. All the benefits are tied to YouTube
+- But you can donate if you want to support me
+- [Link to donate in Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/linkarzu){:target="\_blank"}
+
+### 3. Ko-Fi one time donation
+
+- [Link to donate in Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/linkarzu){:target="\_blank"}
+
+### 4. 1password free trial
+
+- I have an affiliate link with 1password and in theory I get a small portion in
+  case you purchase 1password after the free trial
+- This is the password manager I've using for quite some time now
+- [Start your free trial](https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-101327218-15734885){:target="\_blank"}
+
+### 5. Setapp free trial
+
+- I also have an affiliate link for Setapp
+- I do also pay for setapp, and I like several of the apps that it includes
+- [Setapp free trial](https://setapp.sjv.io/QjKK1a){:target="\_blank"}
 
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