I have no shame.
So I got the idea that it'd be a fun experiment to see how much money I can "earn" by simply begging for it on the internet. No tricks or scams; my strategy is to be completely honest. The incentive: If you donate a small amount of money, you'll get a small gift in return.
The whole point is to see if I can raise $180 to buy a new digital camera. In the first few hours of launch, I got $12 in donations (just from friends), so now it looks like I'm going to have to rely on complete strangers to complete my goal.
I am getting some free advertising out of Project Wonderful, which is a bid-based advertising service. I'm also periodically searching for things on Twitter like "what should I spend it on?" or "what should I buy?" and linking them to my site. OH YEAH, the site is PrettyPreez.com.
GET DONATIN'