It's important to keep your contributors and fans involved in your campaign even after your funding period has ended. Here's why: – Staying in touch makes it easier to reach out when you start another crowdfunding campaign. – Maintaining relationships shows an appreciation that goes… read more
Many of you are already using social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn and YouTube to make connections and create interest in your ideas. But are maximizing your funding on IndieGoGo using the incredible power of social media to drive traffic to 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
We are about 3 weeks in and already its been a great start to 2011. And now, we are introducing a new feature on IndieGoGo – Partner Pages! We have some pretty amazing partner organizations that we have been working with for a while, and… read more
A big thanks to Brian Ackley for sharing his words of wisdom about his campaign on IndieGoGo. Brian's musings are reposted from his blog where he and his team have many great projects underway. ******************************************** One Way Or Another Productions recently ended its Indiegogo.com Campaign… read more
This Insight has Been Updated: Click Here to See Updated Post On average, the campaigns on IndieGoGo that send 11 or more updates to their contributors, raise 137% more money then projects that don't. This results in over $1000 more money towards their funding goal.… read more
Check out the variety of ways both musicians and fans are using IndieGoGo to fundraise: TV SHOWS JBTV This long-running Chicago-based music television show is getting the chance to air on a major network, but before that happens JBTV needs to raise $8,500 to pay… read more
After email, Facebook is the most powerful ‘share’ tool you have in your arsenal. It is responsible for eliciting more contributions to campaigns on IndieGoGo than any other social networking tool. However, some of us fear “blasting” our friends and family repeatedly with the same… read more
"People connect with stories, so tell the best one you possibly can." Many of you have probably never heard of the small town of Nelson in the province of British Columbia, Canada, but resident Ryan Oakley wants you to hear about Nelson and the wonderful… read more
Here at IndieGoGo, we want all of you to reach — even exceed — your campaign funding goals so that you can reach your real goals: finishing the projects you set out to do. But we know that, from time to time, projects don't reach… read more