My friends, my second crowdfund campaign ever is coming to a close. I've once again learned so so much about pushing such a campaign. Let's compare my experiences so far:
Kickstarter:
On kickstarter I asked for about $1000 and I took a fairly reckless approach. This being my first campaign ever, I tried to put together as many assets as I could. I used social media to push the campaign only a few times. Kickstarter rules are also a lot more difficult for first time campaign makers. I learned a lot and what to be prepares for the next time I campaigned again.
Duration 30 days
Goal: $1200
Money raised: $0 didi not reach goal
Indie gogo - From the start, Indie gogo was a site that I'd chosen to 1. Get any money I raised even If I didn't make it and 2. Be a lot more prepared for. This time I prepped perk rewards, opted for 60 days instead of 30, invested time and money into a logo, a jingle for a video logo version and spent tine editing 2 promotional videos. Fivcer is a great resource for that! When the campaign started I shared everything and the extra assets I had had helped a lot because the logo and promo video gave legitimacy to the campaign!
I also staggered my second promotional video and published it when the Facebook page was finished. I had colored stills of the project and used those to share with every post to grab a little more attention.
Duration: 60 days
Goal: $2500
$ raised $854
I am poised to keep the fire going under Cinemascope Animations I've had the most amazing experience so far managing something that I can truly dive into.
Anyway thanks for letting me ramble. Cinemascope Animations launches next year!!!
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Hi Corey Lehman - thanks so much for sharing your experience crowdfunding - good to be able to take a look at all the aspects of how you rolled out the each platform.
Have you ever looked into Seed & Spark?
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Yes I have. Have you used it?
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I personally haven't used it, but have had friends who ran very successful campaigns with them.
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Keep going! You're learning the ropes. Experiment with what and what doesn't work.
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Corey Lehman Thanks for sharing this, Corey. I’m just checking in to see how things are going. I’m getting my act together to launch a campaign, so this post has been helpful in getting my mind to focus. Did you ever check out Seed & Spark?
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Thanks for sharing this, Corey! I myself am right in the middle of an Indiegogo Campaign, ,and have learned a lot myself. I spent a lot of time prepping for it, years, in fact. But at some point you need to dive into the water. Congrats on your perserverance!
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Good luck on your campaign!
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There is an old football coach saying... if you want to kick the door down, keep kicking! So great that you are doing this, attacking it, learning and growing in the process. Inspiring..Wishing yo huge success as you forge forward, Corey Lehman!
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You have all my respect for not being discouraged by not having reached your campaign goals yet!
I do agree with Sam regarding doors and kicking. So keep kicking!
Thank you for sharing this information with us :-)
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Thank you for sharing - interesting to hear your experiences and lessons. All the best with it!
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