This campaign is in its last several hours of funding today (and has reached and surpassed its $6,000 goal!). But we think this story is pretty fascinating and wanted to share it. Judith Craig was found in a ditch in Haiti just after her birth.… read more
Last month IndieGoGo co-founder Danae Ringelmann appeared on filmmaker and author Chris Jones' podcast to talk about crowdfunding strategies filmmakers. (And it applies to everyone else, too!) We think it's a great interview that hits on questions so many of your have about crowdfunding and… read more
Walk in love. clothing is a spirituality-based clothing design company that creates shirts and other apparel with a simple yet powerful reminder to “imitate God by loving others every chance we get – no strings attached.” They have been in business over five years, and… read more
We have to admit, we really like this idea. Canadian filmmakers Michael Babiarz and Soren Johnstone spent the last several years making, editing, and marketing their last film, Play With Fire. At that time, they explain in their current pitch video, there was no such… read more
We've talked before about the importance of assembling a team around your campaign. And we've seen that, on average, campaigns with more team members raise more money. But what's the best way to assemble the most effective IndieGoGo campaign team? If you've got a network… read more
You can't really communicate the power of the artistic experience in four or five minutes…talk about the project and YOUR JOURNEY and aspirations. Let the art be the art. Q1. Tell us about your project…. your inspiration and goals!Five Eight is a rock band from… read more
Your campaign is about more than fundraising. It's about generating real interest in the ideas you're putting out into the world. To do that, you have to create a conversation with your potential audience. This, in turn, creates potential contributors. Creating a conversation means creating… read more
Hey guys – its that time of year again….SXSW is kicking off as I type! We have so many amazing campaigns involved in the festival this year we just couldn't stay away. AND – we want to meet you! We are having a few parties… read more
We talk a lot about the importance of a good pitch video, and how campaigns with video pitches raise on average 122% more than campaigns with no video. So you know it's important, if you can, to create a video pitch to accompany your campaign.… read more
Image courtesy Flickr user Surat Lozowick. Crowdfunding may be a new way to raise money, but people have been fundraising forever. Let's take a look at some of the basics of fundraising and how they might apply to running your campaign. Create a relationship with… read more