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Answered: What strategies are there to create a successful Kickstarter campaign?

Tue, 03 Dec 2013 07:37:16 +0000

I've never lead a Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign, but I've been involved with the back-end on a few that my friends were running.

I think the trick to a successful Kickstarter campaign is to avoid thinking of it as financing or fundraising endevour, and treat it for what it is: Marketing.

Can you make some money? Yes. but it's much better at getting the word out, and generating interest in a project, and tying an idea to something tangeable. So be honest, make it a comminucation with your audience not a speech dictated to the audience, and recognize that the goal of croudfunding is to get the word out, not to get money in.

Answered: What websites have really good design?

Sun, 26 May 2013 05:42:11 +0000

google.com is the best designed ...... LOL

Answered: Give us Feedback on The Declaration of Internet Freedom

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 04:13:31 +0000

The Declaration of Internet Freedom is very important inatiative for around the world. We have alreday endorsed the Declaration of Internet Freedom. Now are planning to translate in Bangla and english we would like to publish a poster for Bangladesh consuption.

AHM Bazlur Rahman- S21BR

Chief Executive OFficer, Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication

ceo@bnnrc.net

Answered: Ruckus Amongstus - Possible model for structuring an Indie concert

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:05:09 +0000

I'm about to write up a fulll piece about my newest project, but it's an outgrowth of what we we did with the first Ruckus concert in January. This time it's a one-day conference and concert about art and the interent. The show has grown up a bit, and gained a whole day-long event! More details soon on a new thread, but here's where you can get tickets if you're going to be in NYC on 9/29:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kevinclarkcomposer/ruckus-nyc-a-conference-and-concert-on-art-and-the

Questions About Reclaiming Fair Use -- Techdirt Book Club

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:21:34 +0000

The Techdirt book club book for the month of May was Reclaiming Fair Use. We'll be hosting a live discussion of the book at 1pm PT/4pm ET on Friday June 8th. However, if you'd like to ask some initial questions to seed the discussion, feel free to use tis discussion.

You can read the first chapter of the book in two excerpts on Techdirt: Part I and Part II.

Answered: Bandzoogle Member Enter the Haggis Raise Over $40,000 through their Website

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:57:06 +0000

This was a great post! Thank you for sharing.

Answered: Which digital media publishers have added ecommerce successfully on their sites?

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:32:27 +0000

I experimented with a gateway system from Wells Fargo some yeas back, but it was more trouble than it was worth for my small operation. Today, I just use PayPal -- there are overhead costs, but there always are, and people are familiar with it. If I started actually selling something, I would go with one of the packaged "store front" options (I know of Yahoo and Amazon. I'm sure there are others).

Kickstarter can also be viewed as an e-commerce system when it is used for "pre-sale" campaigns in which the "rewards" are basically just copies of the product to be produced. They actually get their money through an Amazon system.

Not sure about the "social consciousness" of these choices. The way I see it, though, is that if you're taking money online, you're dealing with bankers, and that's unavoidable.

Am interested in hearing about better options if they exist, though.