The donate button can be found in the rigth sidebar or at the Bottom of this page.LeGuideStBarth.com has learned over the last year that many people are willing to pay for something they can get for free. Podcasts, websites, and even musicians are embracing a model where their most devout fans are willing to donate to help support what they love. The way it works is the content is free as it has always been, however if someone chooses to support the site financially they can.But I realize creating a tip jar will entice probably less than 1% of my audience to donate, so I’ve created some incentives that might grab another 2% or more. If you donate certain amounts, I will use the resources available to LeGuideStBarth.com to make sure the world knows how great you are. With each tier, you get everything else that comes on the tiers under it as well. Here is the current tier structure of donations: $2: Donating this amount will get my undying appreciation and I will say whatever you want me to on Twitter. $10: Not only do you get a tweet, but you’ll also get a minimum 500 word post on LeGuideStBarth about how great you are. $50: This gets you a 30 minute conversation with LeGuideStBarth.com over Skype and you’ll also get a minimum 500 word post on LeGuideStBarth about how you and/or your business.. $1,000: I put this up here just because you’d have to be insane to donate this much to LeGuideStBarth. However there are crazy people other there. So just in case: Donating $1,000 or more will get an in-person visit from me if you’re living on the island of St Barthelemy. I suggest you contact me privately before making the donation so we can make arrangements or seek alternatives. Larger donations might net you a flight and personal tour of the island. If that wasn’t enough to entice you to donate to LeGuideStBarth then I don’t know what will! Actually, there is one more bonus to may get some more donations. Half of all your donations will go to a cause of my choosing. Yes every $2 donation to LeGuideStBarth sends $1 to a non-profit. The donations will be made at the end of each year and I’ll do a post about it and how much was donated. If the program is successful I’ll perhaps create a widget that tracks donations. At every $1,000 interval (of non-profit money so $2,000 total) I will announce a new non-profit. The first organization to receive funds from LeGuideStBarth will be the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Finance Literacy. Started in 1995, Jump$tart seeks to encourage parents, educators, and governments to promote financial literacy from a young age. Not only do they work to spread financial literacy in schools, they also create materials for school systems to use in the educational efforts. Remember financial literacy is a very important part of LeGuideStBarth, and it starts at a young age. I haven’t decided on the next source to donate, however it might be the Humane Society. Perhaps after that I’ll open it up to the readers to choose. The following is a plain disclaimerYour donation to LeGuideStBarth.com is not a tax deductible donation. LeGuideStBarth is a company that seeks to earn a profit after expenses and is not a charity. You make this donation because you enjoy LeGuideStBarth and want to support it. 50% of all donations to LeGuideStBarth.com are donated to the current non-profit of The LeGuideStBarth.com’s choice. Announcements of the donation will be made annually, after the conclusion of a given calendar year. I reserve the right to hold off on donations until the $1,000 threshold is met.To verify that you do indeed qualify for my little treats you must contact me using our Contact Form here. Please tell me when you donated, how much you donated, and if you have any other requests. Once I verify the donation I will reply to your email and hash out any arrangements. If you do not contact me I will assume you are just happy to donate, and expect nothing in return. Incentives:Twitter: I will not saying anything inflammatory. LeGuideStBarth.com gets final approval of all tweets. |
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