>>I also want to open up perks to people for non-monetary support/contributions.<<
Well, first is plain old recognition. While some folks prefer to stay anonymous, many enjoy a listing on a Patrons page or whatever. My Fishbowl Report each month always lists that month's donors; individual poem posts list the prompter(s) and sponsor(s) of that poem. The Aphorisms of Kherishdar has a Patrons page and some of the names are even linked to that person's homepage: http://stardancer.org/kherishdar/patrons.html
Another possibility is special posts that are only visible to certain people. I do one for Donors but you could just as easily do yours for people who promote your work by linking to your journal(s) or whatever.
Just tie the perks to things you want people to do. Avepasifika offered to post extra episodes of her serial after reaching a certain number of new Friends, because she wanted to boost her Friends list. So you really need to ask yourself, what do you want to accomplish with this project? How can people help you achieve that?
>>I figure signal-boosting is a possibility (not sure how often/how many places), what other options would you, as a non-monetary person, consider doing?<<
The main thing is signal-boosting. I will quite casually post links on my LJ and DW journals. I may also post to the Crowdfunding communities, though I prefer creators to do that themselves for sake of diversity. My LJ echoes to my personal Facebook page; for writing/editing stuff I may hand-copy a link to my fan page there also. I have some email lists where I occasionally post things, but nothing photography related.
Branching out a bit, I can write reviews, usually of books but I've done other projects like music, personal care items, calendars, etc. as well. Sometimes I do small writing/editing bits for friends as a way to help a project -- it saves them having to hire someone to write, say, a press release. Or I can do barter for that stuff too.
On a few occasions, I've gathered addresses or other resources for friends, like libraries or newspapers. You might find someone to hunt down galleries for you, if you wanted to hang your photos in far-flung places; I know that artists and photographers sometimes do stuff like that. It's a bit outside my range.
Oh, and check with Quennessa over on LJ about ideas for advance funding of photography projects. She's done some of that and might be willing to share.
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Date: 2010-09-12 06:53 am (UTC)ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions and Originals". These cards have one main rule - they are 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches - the size of a trading card.
http://www.art-cards.org/
I chipped in for the Haiti Earthquake Charity Painting, and the donor perk for that is an ACEO card.
http://community.livejournal.com/therebirthofme/tag/haiti
>>I also want to open up perks to people for non-monetary support/contributions.<<
Well, first is plain old recognition. While some folks prefer to stay anonymous, many enjoy a listing on a Patrons page or whatever. My Fishbowl Report each month always lists that month's donors; individual poem posts list the prompter(s) and sponsor(s) of that poem. The Aphorisms of Kherishdar has a Patrons page and some of the names are even linked to that person's homepage:
http://stardancer.org/kherishdar/patrons.html
Another possibility is special posts that are only visible to certain people. I do one for Donors but you could just as easily do yours for people who promote your work by linking to your journal(s) or whatever.
Just tie the perks to things you want people to do. Avepasifika offered to post extra episodes of her serial after reaching a certain number of new Friends, because she wanted to boost her Friends list. So you really need to ask yourself, what do you want to accomplish with this project? How can people help you achieve that?
>>I figure signal-boosting is a possibility (not sure how often/how many places), what other options would you, as a non-monetary person, consider doing?<<
The main thing is signal-boosting. I will quite casually post links on my LJ and DW journals. I may also post to the Crowdfunding communities, though I prefer creators to do that themselves for sake of diversity. My LJ echoes to my personal Facebook page; for writing/editing stuff I may hand-copy a link to my fan page there also. I have some email lists where I occasionally post things, but nothing photography related.
Branching out a bit, I can write reviews, usually of books but I've done other projects like music, personal care items, calendars, etc. as well. Sometimes I do small writing/editing bits for friends as a way to help a project -- it saves them having to hire someone to write, say, a press release. Or I can do barter for that stuff too.
On a few occasions, I've gathered addresses or other resources for friends, like libraries or newspapers. You might find someone to hunt down galleries for you, if you wanted to hang your photos in far-flung places; I know that artists and photographers sometimes do stuff like that. It's a bit outside my range.
Oh, and check with Quennessa over on LJ about ideas for advance funding of photography projects. She's done some of that and might be willing to share.