Day 3:

Ok - I have now hit the 3rd day in the Generosity campaign.
This will be my last update of the campaign, unless something exciting happens.


The bit that caught me off-guard and surprised me somewhat was the fact that there are opportunistic companies/people out there looking to make money from those not making money... does that make sense?

Let me give you an example.... after day1, there were $0 donations.
But my campaign did not go un-noticed.... I got a message telling me that my campaign could get a boost !!

How ?

Well, all I have to do is pay someone some money, and they will either generate some traffic, or market my campaign for me on various social media sites.... it will cost me $50 per tweet !!!!


Then I got another message, which told me that I could pay someone to donate a lesser amount to my campaign.... what the ???

The idea is that once people see that someone has already donated, they are more likely to donate. Like a restaurant... once you see other people enjoying a restaurant, you are more likely to choose that one, over the one that has no one in it.

I just couldn't do something like that... I find that deceptive.
If people want to donate, they will, and if they don't want to donate, well that is ok too.....

I have been doing this for a few years now - and my goal is simple.

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Well what a day it has been !! 





Ok, maybe a bit slower than anticipated, but I think the idea to "spend money to support a content creator" is still sinking in... or maybe it is just sinking......Haha !!


Here are the stats so far...







After 24 hours, there were 43 people who paid a visit to see what this campaign was about, and I am pretty sure they ran out the virtual door to get their check books.... I eagerly await their return :)

Ok - so in total, after counting all the bills and all the change,






My total earnings for my entire site for that day when you include advertisements was:  $0.02



So from my calculations, the number of days until I will be able to afford an Oscilloscope, not accounting for inflation,  and also assuming the price of the Oscilloscope will remain the same is:






That time-frame is a bit hard to comprehend, so re-adjusting the calculation to years, I get this:








Ok - this is a bit slow... but the campaign is just warming up :)



But what if no-one does???
That is ok...



I will just have to keep working harder to improve the quality of my tutorials, and have confidence in myself.
In fact I was very hesitant to put this campaign up. I did not know how well it would be received.


However, I wanted to go through the experience, to understand how the Generosity.com system worked.
And now if people feel inclined to provide a tip for my work, they are FREE to do so.

And you know what that tip will be spent on... yes - you guessed it..



I am not sure if anyone will read this page... or will even get down to this line on this page... but if you do... feel free to say hello in the comments - or recommend a good DSO to buy....Bear in mind though, it has to be a good brand/product -


Hope you have a great day !!