Giving Back

I'm not going to flash my boobs, but I WILL help bring smiles.

Radical Giving

Effective immediately, I will begin donating 20% (twenty percent) of all the money Liquid Whispers makes to various charities, non-profit organizations, and other cool causes.

Naturally, there are a few caveats to this policy. Keep reading for the not-so-fine print.

The Backstory

After a little more than a year of trying (and failing) to make money via porn blogging, I have come to realize a few things:

1. The people who brag the most obnoxiously about how rich their blogs make them are actually getting rich by selling “secret, magical formulas” to saps like me.
2. The online porn market is flooded with sites. My little blog doesn’t even amount to a spit in the ocean of available sex.
3. There’s only so much porn I can look at in a day before the whole thing seems more like work than fun.

There’s actually a fourth lesson I’ve learned, as well. Once I stopped gnashing my teeth about how gullible and naive I’d been I realized that, done part-time and for fun (rather than full time and for a living), porn blogging actually is a lot of fun.

That’s where I am right now; blogging part-time, and only when the mood strikes me. I have thrown away any expectations that Liquid Whispers will make me any money whatsoever.

Just In Case

Yet there’s still a chance that someone, somewhere, might eventually follow one of my affiliate links and actually (gasp!) buy something, thus earning for me an affiliate commission. If that chain of events ever happened, I could conceivably receive a check, representing a small slice of the transaction.

To be sure, I don’t need the money.  I’ve been living quite comfortably during the past year, despite the financial failure of this blog. That said, I’m not going to turn it away, either. (I’m not a member of what Dan Kennedy calls the “sackcloth and ashes crowd.”) Money might not be able to buy me happiness, but it sure could help to pay a few bills, boost my savings account… and a new Mac wouldn’t be so bad, either.

The Fine Print

In the event that I ever should receive a commission check because of my efforts on this blog, here is my list of rules regarding the distribution of my 20% donations.

1. I’m not going to write checks based on credits I’ve built up with vendors. Donations will be based on money that actually goes into my bank account.
2. I will make a donation every month, so long as I received new money in my bank account that month. If I make no money via Liquid Whispers, then I make no donation that month. (I might donate out of other funds but I won’t tell you about it. Probably not, anyway.)
3. I will decide which charity, non-profit, or other cool cause will receive that month’s donations (assuming there is one). While I welcome suggestions, I am nevertheless running a blog, not a democracy.
4. I might, at any time, decide to donate more than 20% of a given month’s earnings. Or I might not. Either way, I will always donate at least 20% of a month’s new revenue.
5. I might or might not blog about any donation I make. Some people are squeamish about porn and don’t want to be associated with it, not even tangentially. Lack of a blog post will not necessarily mean lack of a donation.
6. I will only donate 20% of the money I earn. I’m not going to cut goods or services that I receive into pieces. I will of course disclose any goods or services that I receive, but I won’t divide them. (What good is 20% of a porn DVD, anyway?)
7. I reserve the right to amend these rules at any time, with or without warning.

Getting Started

To get the ball rolling, I’ve dipped into some funds that I earned by teaching self-defense. (Read above: I haven’t made any money off this blog yet.) I’m sending $20 to Daphne Arthur, an up-and-coming artist, so that she can take advantage of an amazing opportunity. Her cause does not qualify as a charity, to be sure, but it’s still a pretty cool cause.

(For a small donation, you'll get one of these, too!)

Read more about Daphne here (not an affiliate link). And feel free to kick around the entire Kickstarter website. You might just find something cool to support, too.

As ever, you can ask questions or leave a comment in the box below. You can also contact me via Twitter. (Just click the icon at the top right of this page.)

Either way, let me know what kind of cool thing you’re doing to give a little back and to help make the world a better place. If I like your idea enough, I might just write a post about it and give you some free press here at Liquid Whispers!

Cheers!

JMB

Note: The model above is not Daphne Arthur. She’s FTVGirl’s model Patricia. Click on the link or the photo, buy a membership, and do your part to help support other cool causes and charities.