Before I get started, I want to thank everyone who has donated to Liberty Blitzkrieg over the years. I’ve been very encouraged by the generosity and kindness of so many people from all over the world. I’ve received contributions from readers in many different countries, including the United States, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and more. I try to send a personal thank you note to everyone, but I’m definitely behind schedule and I apologize if I haven’t reached out to you recently. You are greatly appreciated.
There is absolutely nothing more gratifying and empowering than reader-supported work, which is why I want to move more and more in that direction. Those of you who have been reading me for years have probably noticed a bit of a change in the website over the course of 2017. That change has been intentional. Whereas I used to try to put up as much content as possible, I am now only publishing one post per day. By centering my focus in this manner, I’ve been able to publish far more proprietary and thoughtful content, while avoiding the temptations of clickbait chasing. I think this strategy has resulted in some of the best work I’ve ever created, and I would like to continue to focus my time and energy in this way.
Seeing so many of you make one-time donations freed me up and permitted me to stop obsessing about how many page views I was generating. These donations, in addition to the wonderful partnerships I have with several businesses/organizations, put me in a position where I felt more able to focus on quality over quantity. To take things to the next level, I want to move further away from having third party corporate behemoth ad networks on my site, and Google Adsense is the really big one.
This desire has inspired me to launch a Patreon page, where readers can pledge a certain dollar donation per month and the site will take care of the rest. I know that some readers feel awkward about making a small one-time donation of only $5, but would gladly give $5 every month. Patreon is the perfect medium for this sort of donor, and has been recommended to me on several occasions.
My initial goal is to reach $1,000 per month, and I recognize this could take a while. To provide a bit of an incentive, I have pledged to remove all Google Adsense ads from my site once the $1,000 per month threshold is reached. I will not be offering any rewards to patrons at first, but if it proves successful, this is certainly something I will consider doing in the future.
If you have any interest in learning more about this new option to support my work, please check out my Patreon page.
When you go to support, you’ll see a default like this below. You can change the dollar value to whatever you want.
Meanwhile, absolutely nothing will change about the site. All content will remain free, and support will be completely voluntary. I am simply adding another option for those of you who are inclined to contribute.
If Patreon isn’t your thing, and you prefer to donate via Bitcoin, cash, check or PayPal, all of those options remain available. If you are interested in donating via another crypto coin, let me know and I will consider it.
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