Tag: how to kickstart

Being Keanu Reeves works well, but what should one do if they are not Keanu Reeves?

In case you've been wondering about the contents of the Kickstarter project we've been analyzing, Home of the Brave by Spencer Toyama and Jon Lewis. Here's a six page preview of the 30 page...

Here's what our first 24 hours looked like: 5 am - Coffee.  Lots of Coffee.  Hit the launch button.  Create bitly link (bitly.com gives great analytics and allow you to track the reach of your link outside of Kickstarter).  Text, email, and Facebook message friends on EST and CST.  I made sure to message people individually and not as a group, as I thought this would better my chances of getting them to repost our campaign.

Sitting in on the Kickstarter panel at the New York Comic Con, I found myself sharing many of the questions that were posed to the Benign Kingdom Creators, a Kickstarter team that raised well over $100,000 with their campaign: How can I create such a successful campaign? How do I build an audience that large?