I have to wonder how much of this is by not being genuine about asking for donations. I didn't see the buttons on the page so not sure how this was done but ask

I have to wonder how much of this is by not being genuine about asking for donations. I didn't see the buttons on the page so not sure how this was done but asking for donations can work if you are genuine about asking for them. The best example I can think of is on the no agenda show. They literally have a segment of the podcast where the hosts ask for money. Its not begging, but a genuine "Provide money for value" proposition. You can hear about this business model on this podcast (Techzing) http://techzinglive.com/page/235/techzing-50-the-real-dvorak http://techzinglive.com/page/235/techzing-50-the-real-dvorak Another lesser example I can think of is Cord Killers which uses a middleman (patreon) http://www.cordkillers.com/ http://www.cordkillers.com/ but is essentially the same idea, where you ask for support and if you don't get it you don't provide the service. It's possible this only works for people with existing audiences though as both the examples did.