Q&A with the Editor: The Technical Area, October 2024

This month at SCOUTED, we answer questions.

Dear readers,

Welcome to The Technical Area, your monthly behind-the-scenes look at our attempt to build a small media business.

This week, I asked you guys for questions on anything non-football: the industry, writing, our process, our finances, etc. I didn’t expect much response, given most are here for the football, but to my delight a handful of you responded. I started to think through my answers, began writing, then tumbled into a hole of hyperfocus and emerged a few hours later clutching almost 4000 words. Oops.

Before I get to said questions, I wanted to recap October at SCOUTED and follow up a few bits from last month’s blog.

In this month’s TTA:

• An update on our new website

• How to grow a football audience on Substack

• The costs of running a small football media business

• Advice for breaking into football writing and analytics, from an idiot

Let’s go :-)