{"id":2925,"date":"2017-02-12T21:55:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T05:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/?p=2925"},"modified":"2017-02-19T15:39:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T23:39:57","slug":"becoming-a-patron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/featured\/becoming-a-patron\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a Patron"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ExploreEmag\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2926\" src=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/PatreonAd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>Adventuring Farther Afield<\/h1>\n<p>We have discussed many adventures\u00a0we have accomplished in a day or three\u00a0from our home in Klamath Falls, Oregon. \u00a0It is fortunate that we have so may outstanding outdoor opportunities with all the public lands immediately available to us. \u00a0We would, however, like to take our adventures farther afield and bring you a broader range of explorations.<\/p>\n<h1>Financing Travel<\/h1>\n<p>In an attempt to finance these journeys,\u00a0we added a wide variety of ads to the <a href=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/\">eMagazine<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/\">Blog<\/a> and our weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/discover-club-signup\/\">Outdoor News email<\/a>. \u00a0We learned that very few people actually click on the ads and go on to buy something from one of the great merchants we have selected to offer. \u00a0The income from those ads is barely enough to cover the annual cost of keeping EXPLORE! available to you, much less the cost of developing any content.<\/p>\n<p>No one pays us to explore, write articles, create videos, shoot photos and put it all together for you. \u00a0It all comes out of our pocket and the earnings from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcreations.com\/\">our other activities<\/a>. \u00a0Unfortunately these\u00a0&#8220;other activities&#8221; take a lot of time and keep us from exploring as much as we would like. \u00a0We don&#8217;t need to be paid a salary as we have enough income to produce local stories and an occasional sojourn farther away, like <a href=\"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/places\/white-pass-yukon-route-skagway-alaska\/\">our story about Skagway, Alaska<\/a>. \u00a0What we need is funding to cover travel expenses for more of these distant explorations. \u00a0Clearly advertisements are not going to help with that.<\/p>\n<h1>Patreon<\/h1>\n<p>We just signed up for Patreon. \u00a0Patreon is a web-based system designed to let people like you, that love the work of creators like us, contribute safely and easily to our work. \u00a0Patreon hosts creators of all kinds, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Photographers<\/li>\n<li>Video Producers<\/li>\n<li>Bloggers<\/li>\n<li>Musicians<\/li>\n<li>Comedians<\/li>\n<li>Writers<\/li>\n<li>Poets<\/li>\n<li>Game Makers<\/li>\n<li>and many more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is NOT like Kickstarter or other systems where people try to raise money for a specific project. \u00a0Instead it offers a way to pledge a monthly amount to support work that you already enjoy. \u00a0You can choose the amount you want to pledge, adjust that amount at any time or discontinue your pledge at any time. \u00a0Patreon then takes your pledge from you, based upon the payment information you provide to them, every month until you tell them to stop. \u00a0Patreon takes only 5% of your pledge to keep their system going for us. \u00a0We get the balance to expand the content in EXPLORE!<\/p>\n<h1>Goals<\/h1>\n<p>Patreon lets creators define goals. \u00a0Our first goal, after accumulating $1500, is to spend a few days at Lassen Volcanic National Park. \u00a0Our explorations there should produce several articles for the eMagazine as well as a blog post or two. \u00a0While not too far distant, \u00a0it is a place we have never been and is certainly worthy of several adventures.<\/p>\n<p>We would also like to eliminate advertisements\u00a0from our creations. \u00a0It probably won&#8217;t take long for that to happen &#8211; but we do\u00a0need a few more patrons\u00a0first.<\/p>\n<p>For the longer term our vision includes translating everything you see at explore.globalcreations.com into various languages. \u00a0Parallel websites could be erforschen.globalcreations.com (German), explorar.globalcreations.com (Spanish), utforske.globalcreations.com (Norwegian) and so on. \u00a0Each page would have links to the different language versions. \u00a0Hiring translators and linking all of the sites together will be an expensive proposition, but something we would like to do someday if people like you support that work.<\/p>\n<p>We would also like to purchase articles (with photos and videos) from other explorers. \u00a0While many community websites are set up\u00a0to get their content for free from people that report on their adventures, we think creators should be paid for their work. \u00a0Not only does this help them continue that work it also insures high quality articles for you.<\/p>\n<h1>Your Patronage<\/h1>\n<p>If you enjoy EXPLORE!, we would appreciate your patronage. \u00a0Here&#8217;s how it works:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to our Patreon Page at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ExploreEmag\" target=\"_blank\">www.patreon.com\/ExploreEmag<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Look at the right side column to decide upon the level of your support. \u00a0We have categories for $1, $3 and $20 per month, but you can adjust upward from any of those amounts.<\/li>\n<li>Click the button for &#8220;Choose $1 Reward,&#8221; 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