One of the reasons I became interested in crowdfunding was to be able to suggest a funding option to writers. Although crowdfunding is not a magic source of money, you do have a chance of success – with preparation, crafting how to tell your crowdfunding story, some creative rewards and … Continue reading
Category Archives: crowdfunding
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
Sportaroo – Australia’s first sports crowdfunding platform
Sportaroo launched earlier this year – an All or Nothing platform for athletes and sporting clubs. “…we’re now on a mission to make sporting dreams come true.” (In our market we also have TeamBus and you can scroll down to the bottom to find out some key differences between the platforms.) Ashley … Continue reading
My Top 3 Tips for Creative Crowdfunding
Late last year I had a long chat with Emily Craven of The E-book Revolution. Over the course of this wide ranging chat we discussed many things, including my career, why I’m an author’s advocate and all about crowdfunding. Emily and I decided there was a lot of information in this … Continue reading
Chip in Not-for-profit Crowdfunding
UPDATE: If you like the sound of Chip in, then checkout Chuffed! With the same zero fees (ie no commission, transaction costs only), Chuffed is like the bigger better version! With the same CEO in Prashan Paramanathan but with Testra Foundation as the Founding Partner, Chuffed has been launched to continue the … Continue reading
Ten inspiring changemakers from StartSomeGood
When writing Crowdfund it! I was very inspired to learn of StartSomeGood and the way they adapted crowdfunding to connect those who want to change the world and those who want to help them. I had the pleasure of talking to co-founder Tom Dawkins during the research phase of the book … Continue reading
Crowdfunding Tip – Don’t lift from Seth Godin’s Kickstarter project blurb!
My number one tip to project creators? Don’t be a copycat with your project description. And for goodness sake, don’t reproduce several chunks from the hugely publicised Kickstarter campaign – THE ICARUS DECEPTION: WHY MAKE ART? New from Seth Godin! Australian crowdfunding platform Pozible is reviewing its project vetting process after … Continue reading
Happy New Crowdfunding Year!
Happy 2013 to you all! May this year bring you much success and happiness. In Australia we are looking forward to the launch of two new crowdfunding platforms – with more to follow throughout the year no doubt! I believe this is the year that we will start to see … Continue reading
Crowdfunding Platforms in Australia & New Zealand
Latest update: 7 December 2014. This post will continue to be updated as I add new platforms, or delete those that disappear. Australian Platforms ASSOB (AUSTRALIAN SMALL SCALE OFFERINGS BOARD) Focus: Capital Raising Platform for Unlisted Companies Fees: Listing fee of $900 for application to apply. If accepted fee of $3960 to raise … Continue reading
Learning from failure to achieve success in crowdfunding books
Johanna Baker-Dowdell is in an interesting situation. The journalist, PR Consultant and blogger has just run a successful campaign on Australian crowdfunding site Pozible for her book called Business & Baby on Board. But nearly half of the campaigns run on crowdfunding sites ARE successful, so that’s not the interesting … Continue reading