Converting Free Members to Paid Backers on Patreon

Patreon's Free Membership tier works much like a Substack newsletter

When Patreon first unveiled its free membership feature, I was not a fan. After all, Patreon is a phenomenal monetization tool, but it was never delivered on discovery for creators. And building a tier for non-paying members seemed counterintuitive. After using it for a while, I've come around to seeing the wisdom in a free-membership tier. Nevertheless, it will be essential to have a strategy for converting those free remembers to paying members.