In this post I speak to Sophie Masson about Eagle Books crowdfunding campaign for Jules Verne’s Mikhail Strogoff. Coming from a book publishing background, I have a very strong interest in watching authors and independent publishers use crowdfunding. Expect to see more from me on the blog about this particular niche … Continue reading
Category Archives: Crowd Funding
It’s all about the crowdfunding video*
*Ok, it’s not only about the crowdfunding video, but find out why you should put your efforts into understanding how important your crowdfunding pitch video is to engaging potential supporters. While most crowdfunding platforms still say it is not imperative to include a video with your project pitch, we should … Continue reading
Crowdfunding by RipeNearMe at #StartingGood Digital Summit!
The lovely people over at StartSomeGood asked me to be part of their #StartingGood Digital Summit in October 2014. I was really excited to interview Alistair Martin from RipeNearMe – a brilliant initiative. This crowdfunding project to create change has to be one my favourite ones – it makes so … Continue reading
INITIATE: Crowdfunding Summit, Sydney
UPDATE: This event is only a few days away now! Leave a comment if you would like to have a $15 discount on ticket prices. I’ll send you the promo code by email. Anna I am looking forward to a fantastic day at the first full-day summit on crowdfunding held … Continue reading
IconPark – a world’s first in crowdfunding restaurants and bars
I am so happy that Australia has recently launched a ‘world’s first’ by combining crowdfunding with investing in the people behind restaurants and bars. Super happy! So imagine this…. You’re a talented chef, bartender, barista, sommelier, or anyone involved in the food and beverage industry. You often dream about “When … Continue reading
Your Crowdfunding Project Page
Today on Crowdfund it! we are featuring a guest post by Camille McClane. You can find out more about Camille at the bottom of the post. Setting up a crowdfunding project page isn’t terribly difficult. In fact, a lot of the third-party crowdfunding sites make it incredibly easy for you to do so. … Continue reading
Kickstarter to open up to Australian & NZ Crowdfunding…. soon!
News of the day – and huge news – is that Kickstarter will be open to Australian and New Zealand projects very soon! Sign up on this page to be kept informed and let them know what sort of projects you may be interested in launching with them. Update: Kickstarter launch … Continue reading
Indiegogo has an Australian representative!
In big news for Australian crowdfunders, one of the world’s largest crowdfunding platforms – Indiegogo – now has a representative working on our shores! Tony Been is located in Sydney but responsible for the marketing and community management in Australia. Indiegogo has always been popular with some Australian’s due to … Continue reading
Crowdfunding for journalism
As media organisations lay off staff around the world, many journalists have found crowdfunding a great avenue to raise funds to continue to create stories that matter to them. This great article in The International Business Times, The Year of Kickstarter Journalism: Crowdfunding is Doing What The News Organisations Can’t links … Continue reading
Crowdfunding at the Sydney Writers’ Festival 2013
I’m really excited about running Using and Understanding Crowdfunding workshop at The Sydney Writers’ Festival on Monday 20 May 2013. Over three hours we will examine this area of potential funding,discussing step-by-step how to maximise your chances of success.With specific case studies of live and past projects, we allow plenty of … Continue reading