Patreon Guide: How to Get Started & Succeed on Patreon

By Andrew Middleton

Welcome Artists & Creators!

Do you struggle to find ways to make a living from your work? Patreon is a platform that empowers you to attract patrons who help to fund you on an ongoing per/piece or per/month basis. What this means is that once you have enough patrons, you can stop worrying about how to make a living and just focus on creating things!

This book, Patreon Guide: How to Get Started & Succeed on Patreon, will help you get started on Patreon and empower your journey toward creative and financial independence!

Inside you’ll find chapters on:

- What Patreon is, how Patreon works, and why it’s such a big deal

- How to make a Patreon video

- How to create your Patreon pitch

- Best practices for setting up reward levels and milestone goals

- Examples of great Patreon pages

- How to launch a Patreon campaign

- How to get more patrons

- More tips and tricks

Download this Patreon guide now and get started on the path towards creative and financial independence!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrew Middleton
• Release date: May 20, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311881700

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PATREON GUIDE

How to Get Started & Succeed on Patreon

Andrew Middleton

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What is Patreon? Part 1

Patreon is one of the greatest things to happen to creators of all types since the dawn of the internet (perhaps since the dawn of time?) It’s a platform to help creators get paid for the things that they create. It has been described as an ongoing Kickstarter campaign – where instead of funding one project, fans (patrons) are asked to sponsor the creator on an ongoing basis. In return for their patronage, patrons are given VIP treatment and have access to a variety of rewards (each Patreon creator comes up with their own rewards). Patreon is, in essence, a sophisticated digital tip jar.

Why is Patreon a Big Deal?

One of the most difficult challenges that creators encounter is trying to find ways to support themselves that won’t get in the way of creating. If they can figure this out, then it means that they are freed up to spend more of their time and energy creating things, rather than on income creation. What Patreon has done is to create a system whereby fans can substantially support the people that create the things that they appreciate.

Patreon is great for creators because:

They don’t have to make a hard sell

They don’t have to hide their creations behind a paywall in order to be paid, which would limit the reach of their creations and would keep them out of the hands of people

Reviews for Patreon Guide

[magdalena3masters · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Helpful and to the point. For complete beginners and people new to the platform.