Article voiceover
Substack has a variety
of template letters to convert
free readers into paid.
The letters explain WHY
you should pay, and divide
the reasons into eight
categories (one of which
is Good Information.) Practical
reasons for paying money
(one of the successful
pitches said: help me send
my daughters to college.)
I don’t have a Pay for Poems Pitch.
I’ve always thought everything
should be bartered or free.
Even though of course
we all have to earn a living.
But no one I’ve ever known
earned much money from poems.
Once many years ago
I earned 90 dollars from poems.
My friend Jim who did my taxes
then said How Did You Find
Anyone To Pay For Those Poems?
I had no good answer.
Good Poems are Good Answers