#2002 - Q&A: "I tried donation-only yoga, but no one donated..."
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2022
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Today we hear from a yoga teacher who offers a class at a nearby community center. It went well, except for one problem: her donation-only model didn’t produce much in the way of donations.
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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| 0:00.0 | Today we hear from a yoga teacher who decides to offer a class in a nearby community center. |
| 0:14.0 | Now, great idea, and the class actually goes well. |
| 0:17.6 | All except for one problem, she offers the class by donation. |
| 0:21.6 | You know, people don't have to pay upfront, they can just come and pay what they will. |
| 0:25.3 | But guess what happened? |
| 0:26.8 | Well, it didn't go so well. In fact, well, you're going to hear more from her. |
| 0:31.2 | But to avoid featuring her on failure Friday, what can we do to turn this ship around? |
| 0:36.0 | In situations where your primary or your only means of payment is by donation, |
| 0:40.2 | are there things you can do to increase those donations? |
| 0:43.2 | Welcome to Sideosal School. My name is Chris Gillebo. |
| 0:45.6 | Got some good news for our listener today. |
| 0:47.6 | The answer is absolutely. There are absolutely things you can do. |
| 0:51.6 | So let's get on the mat and work it out and help out this yoga teacher |
| 0:55.4 | who's trying to do donation only yoga. |
| 0:58.4 | Detailed question and my answer coming right up. |
| 1:11.3 | Hello, Chris. This is Melissa and I'm a yoga teacher. |
| 1:14.4 | I have been hosting a weekly yoga night at my local community center. |
| 1:18.0 | I've done it for three weeks now and last week more than 15 people came. |
| 1:22.2 | The class is donation only, but this brings me to the problem. |
| 1:26.6 | Almost no one donates. |
| 1:28.4 | In fact, in the first two classes, I had two people pay a small amount, |
| 1:33.5 | but in the last class, no one did. |
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