{"id":8512,"date":"2023-05-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/?p=8512"},"modified":"2023-08-03T15:41:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T22:41:01","slug":"on-crowdfunding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/on-crowdfunding\/","title":{"rendered":"On Crowdfunding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019ve been giving the subject a lot of thought and spent my last campaign field testing those theories \u2014 they worked! I\u2019ll be sharing how I hacked my campaign on during my workshop on Saturday May 13th 2023 – CROWDFUNDING: 5 Helpful Hacks<\/em><\/a> in the lead up to this event I’ve written this 3 part series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Crowdfund?<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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What\u2019s a more popular subject among creators these days? A.I.? Contracts? Social media? There are a couple of others I\u2019m leaving out but I think it\u2019s safe to say most people plying a creative trade are curious about crowdfunding. Before going into detail, let\u2019s look at the biggest picture possible, how governments and non-profit institutions view creatives as we make our living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re all working artists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The question of who gets to make a living in the arts, is one that goes beyond the specifics of craft and medium. To my mind, writers & musicians are included among others (there\u2019s that whole thing about Kung Fu<\/em> I\u2019m always going on about as well). But that initial question is probably as old as cave paintings, but let\u2019s take a more recent view; a look at this question from just a decade ago\u2013<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nRead More<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Why 30 Days?<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Whether you\u2019re curious or committed to crowdfunding, you\u2019ll quickly notice the tendency for 30 Day campaigns. It\u2019s not a hard rule and during the years before crowdfunding\u2019s current boom longer campaign durations may have been more prevalent, but looking at the past 10 Kickstarter campaigns I\u2019ve personally supported, only one of them was significantly longer than 30 days, 90 iirc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While there are a growing number of crowdfunding platforms to be found, Kickstarter remains predominant. That puts them in a great position to provide useful information on the nature of crowdfunding. They have this to say about campaigns which run more than 30 days \u2013<\/p>\nRead More<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Watch for part 3. Coming to Kids Comics Unite 4\/11\/23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Has the idea of running a crowdfunding campaign ever crossed your mind?<\/p>\n

Does it feel a bit overwhelming or intimidating, though?<\/p>\n

If so, you are in luck. Kidscomicsunite.com has invited me to share how I got over my initial fears of crowdfunding. The workshop is on May 13th and I’ve written a series of pieces outlining why you’d want to crowdfund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21,123,244,131],"tags":[23,203,4,190,359],"class_list":["post-8512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-crowdfunded","category-kickstarter","category-projects","tag-art","tag-articles","tag-blogging","tag-kickstarter","tag-kidscomicsunite"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/21EB1FC6-BF7F-42A5-A0A9-4861BF23099A.jpeg?fit=1439%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3egHU-2di","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8557,"url":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/the-crowdfund-crucible\/","url_meta":{"origin":8512,"position":0},"title":"The Crowdfunding Crucible","author":"PLUGO","date":"May 20, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Has the idea of running crowdfunding ever crossed your mind? 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