Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture

Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by chrshawkes on Thursday August 03, 2017 @03:36PM (#14923022)

I have 75,000 followers on YouTube and roughly 8.5 million views. Most people don't contribute even if they love your content. At least that is what my experience has been.

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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by erikpukinskis on Thursday August 03, 2017 @05:02PM (#14923861)

> Most people don't contribute even if they love your content.

You're making that too permanent, and too general. Right now, most of your viewers aren't contributing even though some of them love your content.

If you want people to contribute, you need to do specific things to get them to convert. It's the same as any other funnel optimization. Look at other successful channels, form hypotheses about conversion, and then test them.

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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by module0000 on Thursday August 03, 2017 @05:19PM (#14923994)

Do you ask them to contribute? If not, how do they know you expect/desire them to?

If you already have a witty zinger answer to those first two questions; how do you quantify "love your content"?

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Re:Inside Patreon, the economic engine of internet culture by sprsimplestuff on Thursday August 03, 2017 @05:52PM (#14924259)

it's a matter of how hard you're pushing your patreon, that's what I've seen from Youtubers w/ successful Patreons along with good perks

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