Should I Add A Donation Button To My Blog?

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Pat Flynn

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4.9 • 638 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2015

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Today's question comes from Giovanni, who asks about the use of a donation button. Is it a good idea to add a donation button to his site? Giovanni’s site is http://liveanddare.com/. I talk about the Muse headset (http://www.choosemuse.com/) and the Headspace app (https://www.headspace.com/). I also mention the guide I created for my niche site, Green Exam Academy (http://www.greenexamacademy.com/). For more on pay-what-you-want, listen to Smart Passive Income Podcast #58 (http://www.smartpassiveincome.com/session58). Share your thoughts on this topic using #AskPat306. Do you have a question about monetizing your site? Record it at http://www.askpat.com/.

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0:00.0	AskPack. AskPack.com.com.
0:09.0	What's up everybody? Pat Flynn here and welcome to episode 306 of Aspat. Thank you so much for joining me today. Awesome. Now let's get to today's question from Giovanni.
0:21.7	Hi, Pat. First of all, thank's get to today's question from Giovanni. Hi, Pat.
0:23.1	First of all, thank you very much for your shows.
0:25.8	You have influenced my business journey more than you may imagine.
0:29.6	I blog about meditation and personal growth at liveandare.com.
0:34.5	That's there as in daring.
0:36.9	I'm doing a lot of research in putting out high-quality information for free on my website,
0:42.1	which, by the way, is only three months old.
0:44.4	I only publish a post if I feel that it's better than anything out there on the same subject.
0:49.6	At the moment, I have nothing to sell and no ads,
0:52.8	but I may monetize in the future with high-end
0:54.9	video courses.
0:56.9	So my question is, do you think I should put a donation button on my sidebar?
1:02.0	I think of this for three reasons.
1:04.8	First is to help cover the costs of keeping and growing the blog.
1:08.8	Second is because I feel that in this niche, it kind of adds authority to my blog and it puts
1:14.2	people in another mindset when consuming my content.
1:18.7	They are more in the receiving mindset rather than the consumer mindset.
1:23.3	And third, is if I can make a living off reader donations, that would be awesome, and I'll never need to sell anything.
1:30.2	What would you do in my place?
1:32.6	Thank you very much.
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