Find Your Why
Before you start working on a crowdfunding campaign the most important thing is that you need to have a strong foundation and belief in the why behind your work. Being rooted in the reason that you’re bringing this project to life makes it so much easier to fundraise.
You are not asking for money for yourself.
You are asking for collaborators to help bring an important project to life. Framing it like this makes it so much easier to do the work that you need to do to have a successful crowdfunding campaign.
I talk more about finding your why in my self-publishing course that is specifically about books but it’s probably applicable to other projects so if you want to take a peek at the why module replace “book” with whatever you are crowdfunding.
Crowdfunding Platforms
Indiegogo (flexible goal)
Kickstarter (all of nothing)
Curious about how I did it?
You can watch my crowdfunding videos here or click through to see the full campaign pages on Indiegogo.
Discover Your Creative Ecosystem Indiegogo Campaign
Crowdfunding Platforms
Indiegogo (flexible goal)
Kickstarter (all of nothing)
Curious about how I did it?
You can watch my crowdfunding videos here or click through to see the full campaign pages on Indiegogo.
Discover Your Creative Ecosystem Indiegogo Campaign
How it Feels to Me Indiegogo Campaign
Entwined: an Anthology of Creativity & Motherhood
And, for educational purposes, here is the failed Project STIR Kickstarter.
I can see now that the goal was too high, but I could have completed one of the films I had planned with the amount I raised (and didn’t get.)