The Joys of Patreon #1

The Joys of Patreon

Welcome to a new year on Tasha's Thinkings - I hope you're having a good one so far. (This is a repost from my other blog Tasha's Thinkings, but I thought people might be interested over here, and if you haven't guessed this was originally posted last week)

I have all sorts of exciting plans for this year, one of which is setting up my very own Patreon.

For those who don't know what this is, Patreon is a site where artists of all kinds, from authors to illustrators to bloggers, can set up a page to offer exclusive content to and create a community of patrons. Some people use it and ask patrons to pay on a per creation basis, others ask patrons to sign up for a period of regular donations, anything from $1 up.

It's an old traditional system brought into the 21st century for the internet age.

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Watch this space for updates as I plan everything out!

 

Do any of you already use Patreon? Any advice for a newbie like me? Many thanks.

The Patreon About Section #JoysOfPatreon 2

This is the second repost from my Tasha's Thinkings blog, the original went out today.

The Patreon About Section

The Joys of Patreon #2

So I spent all of Monday afternoon on this. Wow, it is hard.

 

The about section is where you sell yourself, and we all know how good at doing that we Brits are.

The first stop is Pateron's "How to Sell Your Page" in the learn more col on the edit page - which is actually titled "How to Sell Your Page in Your About Section" when you actually get there, which makes a lot more sense.( Continue Reading )

Anyone have any tips for the about section? How would you go about selling your skills?