Crowdfunding with Film Threat

CROWDFUNDING WITH FILM THREAT: TWEETATHON TURNS INTO A STICKAM FILM FESTIVAL

By | July 2011

I really wanted to give all that audience in the Stickam room something good, and it dawned on me that rather than talk about all the great indie films I dig, why not show them?

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There's obviously a lot more to be said now that the crowdfunding campaigning and fundraising is over, and I've got a doozy of a blog entry or three still...

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As of this writing, the crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo has about 90 hours left to go. 90 hours left, and roughly 93% of our goal left to raise. That...

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Last week, I made the decision to cancel Film Threat's KickStarter campaign to focus solely on IndieGoGo for the final three week push to the end. I've...

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And guess who is about to eat a big ole pile of crow? THIS GUY! But seriously, I know in the last blog entry I remained confident that we could succeed on...

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I'm getting this question quite a bit now. Friends and colleagues look at the crowdfunding status (2% on IndieGoGo and 5% on Kickstarter) and ask me if I'm...

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As I've been hinting at for a couple entries now, the original pitch and pitch video on both IndieGoGo and Kickstarter have been seriously lacking. Over...

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When it comes to crowdfunding, rewards are important. It can mean the difference between a pledge or no pledge, so you have to select your rewards...

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Back to the numbers and campaigns conversation, today I'm going to talk about a few tools I've been using to keep the campaign alive on Twitter, talk and...

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When I set out to crowdfund, and document the process, I imagined it being more about statistics and techniques and learning how to engage effectively with...