Mango9
Member
The best marketers and businesspeople provide so much value that customers naturally want to pay them for their products or services. To have people throw money at you in exchange for five minutes of your time, some advise, or even some artwork, is the pinnacle of success.
This behavior is not being driven by the fact that you are trying to sell someone anything. They do this because they want to help you. The best business model in the world may involve providing your services for free and asking others to support your free content by making donations. For the content you enjoy, you directly pay the artists. The goal of websites like Patreon and Ko-Fi is to reward your fans with exclusive content, but you can go much further.
This behavior is not being driven by the fact that you are trying to sell someone anything. They do this because they want to help you. The best business model in the world may involve providing your services for free and asking others to support your free content by making donations. For the content you enjoy, you directly pay the artists. The goal of websites like Patreon and Ko-Fi is to reward your fans with exclusive content, but you can go much further.