Advice
Hey Ego you realllllly need to sell!
Before my illustrious job as a Dell Phone Tech /sarc i was a inbound sales rep. Guess what my #1 problem was? Asking people for money.
Its not selling out if your fan base will support you Ego!!!!!!
Learn to connect to your fans this way and that mumbling at the end of your pitch will disappear.
Consider this a PSA tit for tat, Quid quo Pro, and thanks for all things you do.