Artists Can Get Paid to Create with Patreon - Creative Insurgents Episode 17

1:02 Melissa's upcoming improv performance on July 20th in San Francisco, and upcoming live playshop, Unleash Your Inner Creative , on Saturday, July 26th. 3:45 Cole Palmer explains what Patreon is all about (ie, an "ongoing crowdfunding model, to allow artists to create a sustainable and reliable salary with the support of their fans). 4:37 How Patreon got started. 5:50 How Patreon is different from sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. 7:00 Cory likens Patreon to an updated, egalitarian version of the old patron system. 8:41 Cory shares his perspective as a supporter of the arts, who wants to pay the webcomic artists he loves, but they don't always have something for sale! 10:15 Melissa: "There are people out there who are dying to buy something from you... if you just have a way to make it available!" 11:35 Funding and community can be combined in one place. 12:03 What kinds of artists are most successful with Patreon? Artists who already have huge followings? Or do artists build audiences on Patreon? 12:46 Examples of successful artists on Patreon: Molly Lewis , a musician earning $2,695.27 per original song from 406 patrons, and Tom Merritt , a podcaster who is earning $11,333.68 per month from 4,156 patrons. 14:34 How did Patreon create this level of success? Why is it better for an artist to use Patreon than to set up a donation button on their own website? 16:41 "I'm an artist with a vision of creating a body of work, and being supported to do that. What does Patreon do, and what do I do, to make sure I'm successful?" 19:00 How have visual artists used Patreon to good effect? (Hint: it works best to intersect the digital world and the analog world.) 21:21 Creative and unusual ways that Patreon has been used: Chalk Children's Hospital 24:50 Some visual artists who are using Patreon: Jennifer Miller , Shayla Maddox , Ricky Colsen 26:32 Patreon's grand vision! 27:39 Tips for creating a successful Patreon campaign:

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Artists Can Get Paid to Create with Patreon - Creative Insurgents Episode 17 is an episode from Creative Insurgents: Living a Creative Life by Your Own Rules by Cory Huff.

This episode is 28:57 long.

This episode was published on Jul 18, 2014.

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