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How to successfully fund a Kickstarter campaign
- May 20 2011
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Do you want to know how to successfully fund a Kickstarter campagin?
Ask Blake Jones and/or Marcel Nunis, both of whom successfully funded project via the crowd-sourced pledge site. Jones, as you remember, was raising money for a tour of England, which kicks off Sunday in Liverpool (for anyone who might be over there). He raised a little more than $2,000. Nunis recieved more than $9,000 to help make film and produce a documentary on his experience applying for American citizenship.
Those are big numbers and both should be congratulated.
On a side note, this may be the beginning of a brave new world, and possibly the answer to a question Donald Munro raised in regards to NEA grant funding (and support for arts in general). "Have we created a system in which only large, grant-savvy organizations can afford to apply?" Maybe. But like most things, the engineering spirit will find a way. Here is one.
4 Comment(s) for "How to successfully fund a Kickstarter campaign"
So glad to see all the spam gone.
is this open to all people? im a student looking for a way to pay for school, and help with bills and im also a fire dancer. i would love to go out and do shows for donation and such but im not sure if thats legal, so...would it be legal?
Think of crowd-funding as the modern equivalent to the patronage system that existed in Shakespeare's and Mozart's time. The difference now being that you don't need a royal title to become one (a true patron of the arts) or tons of money at your disposal.
A big Thanks to all the support for both Blake's and my project.
If you are interested in crowd-funding sites ... here is a list.
http://www.powerhomebiz.com/blog/2011/01/list-of-crowd-funding-sites/
Those are some impressive numbers for the size and kind of projects involved. It shows there is good will out there for you, whoever you are. You just have to give them a chance to show it. The Fusefest raised some good money, too, last year.