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Comedians: how to start and grow your Patreon page

Patreon

You've probably heard of Patreon. It's a way of asking a large number of people (anyone with access to the internet) to each give you a small amount of money, monthly.

It's a form of crowdfunding like Kickstarter, but while Kickstarter is a time-limited way of raising money for single project, Patreon is a constant stream of income intended to help or reward creative people such as yourself.

There are two main ways in comedians might want to make use of Patreon: as help to cover the everyday expenses of practicing as a comedian, or as the main way of...

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Published: Sunday 31st January 2021

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