Let's think! You have already planned on starting a project or an album, but currently struggled with a finance situation. What will you do?
I have an idea!
Have you ever heard about “KickStarter.com”? KickStarter.com is the crowd funding website to raise money by using social media platform to share and promote your creative projects. What very interesting is funding will come from people that you might have never seen their faces!
I have two examples that you might be interested!
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| AJ. Rafael Picture from Kickstarter.com |
Do you remember AJ. Rafael? I mentioned him a while ago in
this blog. AJ. Rafael first raised funds for his first album by using Kick
Starter. He made $10,952 from Kick Starter, and his album was fully funded!
Wait! Fundraising through social media sounds easy but you
have to work hard as well! How will you get attention from people around the
Internet if you do not promote and shout it out? Shouting out was what AJ.
Rafael did. He said "Once I put it out on YouTube, the very first day we
reached our goal.” He put his goal $6,000 for his project, but he received
a total of $10,952! Wow! He posted his video asking for help and tons of people
did!
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| Amanda Palmer held up the signs Picture from Kingsofar.com |
Another example came from Boston. Amanda Palmer, the social
media queen of rock and roll, broke the record by raising $250,000 on Kick Starter in one day and finally made a total of $1,192,793!! Amanda’s
case may be different from AJ. Rafael because Amanda did not speak but she held
the signs, Think Bob Dylan in the “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” Check out the
video below for more ideas!
Amanda Palmer on Her Kickstarter Project
Video from Fuse
The more benefits are coming along when she is currently
increasing her fans up to 500,000 followers on her Twitter! She finally became a
role model for independent artists around the world. Carly Carioli, editor for the Boston Pheonix,
said “This is not going to work for an artist right out of the gate, but it is
also worth noting that she is not a Radiohead, she’s not a Pearl Jam,” Carioli
said. “She was briefly on a major label. It was not a particularly great
experience for her, and she has built her audience from the grassroots up.”
Now, you have seen the two incredible examples that
successfully made funds through social networking, especially Kickstarter.com.
It is time to ask yourself,
“Are you ready to grab those
chances?”
For the next post, I will write about how to create an
effective fundraising campaign for Kickstarter.com. Please, stay tune!
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