About Trodvies
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August 2, 2018 Hi, call me Trodvies. I'm an entrepreneur both offline and online. I've been an entrepreneur for more than seven years offline where I

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Hi WA Family:

I received the ff. 2 offers by email concerning my YT Channel, and I would like to know if they are legit or scams. Please share your experiences and advic

They look like the initial emails of a scam to me.

The use of the word "esteemed" is a sign of someone whose native language is not English. Corel Studio would be unlikely to miss-spell their name as "Stuido". There are other suspicious markers as well.

As for the second one, "pay you for each video, regardless" is too good to be true.

Thank you, Phil.

Follow Kyle's advice, often they will ask for card details if they do DO NOT Ever give them away, they will then rip you off.

Thanks, Stuart!

Yeah, stay away from you. As a rule of thumb, any offer that you get solicited to you and that you didn't ask for is almost certainly a scam.

These will happen with frequency as you build out your business and you start to gain reach in search engines (and people start sending stuff like this through your contact forms or your comments).

Avoid them like the plague!

Thanks to you, Kyle.

Hi, Trodvies!

Good to hear from you. Unfortunately, these offers are scams. The Corel changed its name to Alludo and is based in Canada, not Estonia as stated in the first offer. The second offer appears to be written by somebody who is not a native English speaker.

I recommend that you ignore them both.

As you've always done, Gary! I'm so appreciative of your continued guidance. Even when I don't approach you directly, you're always there to help and guide. Thanks a million for everything you've done and continue to do. I'm truly grateful!

I'm always happy to help!

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Are these offers real?

Are these offers real?

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Hi WA Family:

I received the ff. 2 offers by email concerning my YT Channel, and I would like to know if they are legit or scams. Please share your experiences and advic

They look like the initial emails of a scam to me.

The use of the word "esteemed" is a sign of someone whose native language is not English. Corel Studio would be unlikely to miss-spell their name as "Stuido". There are other suspicious markers as well.

As for the second one, "pay you for each video, regardless" is too good to be true.

Thank you, Phil.

Follow Kyle's advice, often they will ask for card details if they do DO NOT Ever give them away, they will then rip you off.

Thanks, Stuart!

Yeah, stay away from you. As a rule of thumb, any offer that you get solicited to you and that you didn't ask for is almost certainly a scam.

These will happen with frequency as you build out your business and you start to gain reach in search engines (and people start sending stuff like this through your contact forms or your comments).

Avoid them like the plague!

Thanks to you, Kyle.

Hi, Trodvies!

Good to hear from you. Unfortunately, these offers are scams. The Corel changed its name to Alludo and is based in Canada, not Estonia as stated in the first offer. The second offer appears to be written by somebody who is not a native English speaker.

I recommend that you ignore them both.

As you've always done, Gary! I'm so appreciative of your continued guidance. Even when I don't approach you directly, you're always there to help and guide. Thanks a million for everything you've done and continue to do. I'm truly grateful!

I'm always happy to help!

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Hi all. FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE (and not just research), what could be the perfect platform to monetize one's subscriber base apart from YouTube membership? Thanks.

You can create your own funnel and get people to sign up and build those interested in that way.

So whatever your interest (niche) Is, give people a reason to sign up to your subscriber list.. The key is to offer enough reason (incentive) for people to sign up to your subscriber list. The what will they get is key. Here's a series on email marketing by Jay, WAs webinar instructor. Aweber is a good autoresponder

Hi George:

Do you know that it's just today - close to one year later - that I'm reading your reply for the first time? I'm just seeing it now, my friend. Thanks a million for providing such a great answer to my question.

I want to succeed and I'm not sure crafting supplies would be it. It is no wrong way to craft so how can I effectatively

Firstly as a niche is not a product vs a subject you would help people by giving them advice on an aspect, walk them through your journey and then promote products however relevant.

You ought to discuss an aspect of crafting to a qualified group of people who would be your target audience (that could be beginners or another group you have in mind).

The more focused a niche website is starting out, the better chance it has to start having traction and traffic.

Please be aware you also need to create lots of content addressing issues related to your focused niche website.

Most important is to be passionate and genuinely interested in your niche

I have a crafting one but I am uncertain want to just look and decide

As a niche you mean?

Are you after a funnel?

Resource
https://www.hooksounds.com/blog/10-best-video-monetization-platforms/

No, not a funnel. A platform to sell and manage memberships, and possibly receive donations/support from subscribers/fans.

Thanks, Abie.

Most welcome!

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Best platform for monetizing subscriber base?

Best platform for monetizing subscriber base?

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Hi all. FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE (and not just research), what could be the perfect platform to monetize one's subscriber base apart from YouTube membership? Thanks.

You can create your own funnel and get people to sign up and build those interested in that way.

So whatever your interest (niche) Is, give people a reason to sign up to your subscriber list.. The key is to offer enough reason (incentive) for people to sign up to your subscriber list. The what will they get is key. Here's a series on email marketing by Jay, WAs webinar instructor. Aweber is a good autoresponder

Hi George:

Do you know that it's just today - close to one year later - that I'm reading your reply for the first time? I'm just seeing it now, my friend. Thanks a million for providing such a great answer to my question.

I want to succeed and I'm not sure crafting supplies would be it. It is no wrong way to craft so how can I effectatively

Firstly as a niche is not a product vs a subject you would help people by giving them advice on an aspect, walk them through your journey and then promote products however relevant.

You ought to discuss an aspect of crafting to a qualified group of people who would be your target audience (that could be beginners or another group you have in mind).

The more focused a niche website is starting out, the better chance it has to start having traction and traffic.

Please be aware you also need to create lots of content addressing issues related to your focused niche website.

Most important is to be passionate and genuinely interested in your niche

I have a crafting one but I am uncertain want to just look and decide

As a niche you mean?

Are you after a funnel?

Resource
https://www.hooksounds.com/blog/10-best-video-monetization-platforms/

No, not a funnel. A platform to sell and manage memberships, and possibly receive donations/support from subscribers/fans.

Thanks, Abie.

Most welcome!

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Hi WA-ers:

Can someone kindly recommend a free and easy-to-use WP plugin for receiving donations on a website by means of Paypal and debit/credit cards with the option o

It is tough to recommend when the circumstances of the donation aren't known. I suggest, in site manager, go to plugins>add new> search and enter a keyword like donation or paypal or payment and see what comes up. You can read about how the plugin works. There should also be a count of users for that plugin. You can always try a plugin and delete it if it is not what you want.

Yeah Jim! That's what I've always known. Was just trying to avoid the trial and error part. If I don't get a solution from Paypal - I've contacted them - that's surely what I'll revert to. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Perhaps I should have added "from experience" because it was these same ressources I landed on when I googled the question. Their down side is they present so many options that it's hard to make a choice. Thanks anyway.

You can add a donation button from PayPal if you have an account open it is much easier to do and secure.

https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/non-profits/fundraising/donate-button

I'd follow instructions within account how to implement.

Sounds great! Let me try it out.

No worries kindly let us know how you get on.

Was going fine until I got to where I had to set up the donation page. It's like: donate to: the account name (my name I signed up with), whereas I would like the donations to be made to my website - not myself. And it seems that can not be changed. Any suggestions?

Doing it from my Paypal account, not from the website.

I would look up help inside PayPal and instructions how to go about it. Could possibly be different if you had a personal or business account.


https://www.paypal.com/us/brc/article/how-to-add-a-donate-button

I'm using a personal account. That could be the reason why. It had exactly what I was in search of. Unfortunately! I might just resort to searching for a plugin as I was doing before. Thank you.

You can always upgrade to a business, it doesn't cost extra and use the donation facility - however I would check the small print if there's any charges on donations received unless you have a non-profit, and can submit paperwork for exemption.

Yes and it also changes from country to country. I do believe that you are right in that you just need to upgrade to business.

Darlene

Were you able to resolve issue?

Not yet, Abie. Contacted Paypal; still awaiting their response.

Hi Abie:

They finally replied.

When I signed up initially, it was a business account. I needed to receive payments on my website at the time and was requested to provide "normal" business registration info - which I didn't have.

The customer service agent suggested that I downgrade to a personal account - which I eventually did as I was getting nowhere without the business reg. info.

Now, they are saying that a once-downgraded business account can not be upgraded.

So I'll just go with the plugin option as I said earlier.

Thank you.

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A free wp plugin for receiving donations?

A free wp plugin for receiving donations?

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Hi WA-ers:

Can someone kindly recommend a free and easy-to-use WP plugin for receiving donations on a website by means of Paypal and debit/credit cards with the option o

It is tough to recommend when the circumstances of the donation aren't known. I suggest, in site manager, go to plugins>add new> search and enter a keyword like donation or paypal or payment and see what comes up. You can read about how the plugin works. There should also be a count of users for that plugin. You can always try a plugin and delete it if it is not what you want.

Yeah Jim! That's what I've always known. Was just trying to avoid the trial and error part. If I don't get a solution from Paypal - I've contacted them - that's surely what I'll revert to. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Perhaps I should have added "from experience" because it was these same ressources I landed on when I googled the question. Their down side is they present so many options that it's hard to make a choice. Thanks anyway.

You can add a donation button from PayPal if you have an account open it is much easier to do and secure.

https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/non-profits/fundraising/donate-button

I'd follow instructions within account how to implement.

Sounds great! Let me try it out.

No worries kindly let us know how you get on.

Was going fine until I got to where I had to set up the donation page. It's like: donate to: the account name (my name I signed up with), whereas I would like the donations to be made to my website - not myself. And it seems that can not be changed. Any suggestions?

Doing it from my Paypal account, not from the website.

I would look up help inside PayPal and instructions how to go about it. Could possibly be different if you had a personal or business account.


https://www.paypal.com/us/brc/article/how-to-add-a-donate-button

I'm using a personal account. That could be the reason why. It had exactly what I was in search of. Unfortunately! I might just resort to searching for a plugin as I was doing before. Thank you.

You can always upgrade to a business, it doesn't cost extra and use the donation facility - however I would check the small print if there's any charges on donations received unless you have a non-profit, and can submit paperwork for exemption.

Yes and it also changes from country to country. I do believe that you are right in that you just need to upgrade to business.

Darlene

Were you able to resolve issue?

Not yet, Abie. Contacted Paypal; still awaiting their response.

Hi Abie:

They finally replied.

When I signed up initially, it was a business account. I needed to receive payments on my website at the time and was requested to provide "normal" business registration info - which I didn't have.

The customer service agent suggested that I downgrade to a personal account - which I eventually did as I was getting nowhere without the business reg. info.

Now, they are saying that a once-downgraded business account can not be upgraded.

So I'll just go with the plugin option as I said earlier.

Thank you.

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