Remember when I posted about how I wanted to change my tactics for this year? Offer more freebies that way I can hopefully spread my name, and make money.
For those of you into photography, Or art.
I highly recommend giving away your stuff for FREE!
I was skeptical when I set up a profile on Pixabay.
A coloring page often takes me HOURS to draw. Giving it away for free, When the person who downloads it doesn't even have to mention me, Is a little scary. But after using this site to beautify my Steemit posts for over six months, I decided to give it a try!
This place seems almost baren.
Many of the contributors on Pixabay appear to be inactive, My number ranking is already at 94, and I haven't been on very long.
This could be a bad sign, Who knows.
On Pixabay there is a "Coffee" button, Where people can donate money to you, Pixabay also lets you upload a selfie and your website and such. They seem to work with artists/photographers so they can spread the word about the work that they do.
Today I received my first donation!
I randomly received a 2.00 payment via Paypal! How exciting.
Sure it's only 2.00 But I've been on the website for 16 days, And I was on vacation for a chunk of that time. So I wasn't able to upload much.
I'm going to keep experimenting and see if this a good way to earn a bit of extra money. Who knows maybe I can drive some traffic over to Steemit, That is why I used my Steemit sign picture :)
Most people are skeptical about giving away hard work for free.
I feel the same way, Especially when you work your butt of making something, Just to give it away and get nothing in return kind of sucks, But I feel like this is how businesses work these days. And it makes me feel better knowing that someone who may not be able to afford coloring books may be enjoying the free pictures I've been posting.
Would you give away your art for free? Why or why Not?