Crowdfunding is a really interesting concept and is becoming increasingly popular – it works by creators presenting their community, creative or business idea on a crowdfunding platform, providing rewards in turn for pledges and ask people to pledge money to…
Self publishing isn’t cheap, even if you are just planning to publish an ebook on Amazon. Apart from the hours (unpaid for now) that you put into writing the book, you are going to have to find funds for the…
Running a successful crowdfunding campaign can be easier said that done. This is evident when you look at the statistics whereby 44% of Kickstarter’s campaigns reach their goals. I featured The Stormy Teacup in a blog post a few weeks…
To finish off this series of posts on crowdfunding, I thought I would share two crowdfunding campaigns with you that are currently running and show you what I liked so much about them. First up is ‘Hello Ruby’ by Linda…
When one considers crowdfunding for a project, one automatically thinks of the financial benefits – the fact that a successful crowdfunding campaign will lead to sufficient funds to make a dream a reality, to make a project become real, whatever…
Following on from my posts on what to do before and what to do during your crowdfunding campaign, it is equally important that you complete certain things once your crowdfunding campaign is over. If you have been successful, the funds…
Following on from my post detailing ten things you must do before you launch your crowdfunding campaign, this post is going to concentrate on those essentials to do during the campaign with some tips on what to expect too. Your…
Crowdfunding has plenty of disadvantages and advantages. It is very easy to think of it as the perfect way to get capital for a new creative or community project but it requires a good concept, adequate preparation, an existing and…
One important part of the preparation when creating your crowdfunding project is to decide on the rewards. Offering rewards in excess of €100 will really boost your total when pledgers pledge for them. You also need to have pledges at…
My crowdfunding project has been running for 3 weeks now with 2 weeks to go. It is on the Irish crowdfunding website FundIt which operates an ‘all or nothing’ principle which means that if a person’s target is not achieved,…
