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Now here’s something cool Piper Thibodeau is trying out on her Patreon page: GIF’s of her works in progress! She posts daily drawings publicly, and works in progress for her $1+ patrons, and now she’s trying out combining the WIP images into a GIF progression. And it’s awesome! If you do WIP for your patrons,
One of the things I like seeing is when creators can really keep perspective on their career and following. One of the creators I love supporting posted to his Patreon this week that he tries to never be numb to the numbers. 10,000 views on a YouTube video is TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE watching! (You know, give
This week, I headed down to LA for Tyler Ward‘s Patreon family dinner! It was a blast. When he hit a certain milestone on his Patreon page, his reward was to set up a dinner just for him and his patrons, and livestream it for all those patrons who couldn’t make it to LA. Not
Something I’ve mentioned before and that’s important in getting patrons involved with your posts, is to ask questions. There are probably a bunch of patrons who see your post, they might even click the little heart, but sometimes they just don’t really have something to say. Sure, they get a good feeling, it makes them happy, but many
A post this week that made me go “Heck yeah!” was Amanda Palmer giving a shout out to her trusty team member, Alex, for his hard work getting her merch and orders out the door. Heck yeah! Give shout outs to your team! Patrons love seeing your gratitude and teambuilding relationships. Don’t have a team? Give
One thing that not many creators consider is accessibility with their images/video. When you put captions on your videos and text descriptions on your images, it enables your content to be viewed by a wider range of people – those with visual or hearing limitations, or maybe just non-native English speakers who can grasp your
One cool post I always love seeing creators share is when they’re working on sending out their patron mail! Taking pictures of the process has three awesome benefits: It gets patrons excited for the mail they’ll be receiving, and they often engage with your post. It reminds patrons at lower tiers that there are awesome
I don’t normally share an individual creation as a weekly win without some larger message, but this week I’m making an exception for Alex G & Danielle Bennet‘s new video, “Lighthouse”. During a time when the world is rocked by violence and hearts are shattered, these stellar artists came together to combine two different art mediums
This week’s win is a short one: I saw the awesome phrase on a creator’s video this week: Powered by Patreon. What a great way to word that! I’ve seen a lot of ways to link your Patreon – “Support me on Patreon”, “Help me make more content like this”, “Become a patron!” etc. But I think
Just about every creator both on and considering Patreon know that sneak peeks are a great reward option. People love being the first to see something and getting pumped for a release. But sometimes you can’t show a whole piece early, or even part of it, for various reasons. A great way around this is