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Crowdfunding Tips For Musicians

Can You Get Strangers to Back Your Band’s Kickstarter Project?

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Can You Get Strangers to Back Your Project? There are some contrasting opinions about this idea.  I’d even say that the majority of artists assume you should have a strategy for capturing the interest of total strangers.  I know I did this with both of my projects to different degrees.  In both cases, I gathered […]

WordPress Crowdfunding Plugin vs Kickstarter – Which is Better?

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Is a Crowdfunding Plugin for WordPress a Good Option for You? In this post, let’s draw the comparisons between using a Crowdfunding Plugin for WordPress and using Kickstarter to see if we can gain insight into how The House of Lions raised over $13,000 on their own website using the IgnitionDeck crowdfunding plugin for WordPress. [button link=”http://ahouseforlions.com/debut/” color=”teal” window=”yes”]View A House For […]

What Is The Secret of Kickstarter for Bands?

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Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is I hadn’t heard of these guys before running into their Kickstarter this morning, but their Kickstarter inspired me to pledge.  I’m the outlier.  I’m probably one of two or three people who will pledge to their cause without having a direct or at least a third party connection […]

Get Kickstarter Reward Ideas from Pretty Broken Things

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Kickstarter Reward Ideas for Your Band Once you’ve got the 5 Kickstarter Rewards No Band Should Launch Without, it can be a drag to add fun rewards that reflect your personality but are also realistic enough to get pledges. I’ve been hot on finding awesome Kickstarter reward ideas lately and Pretty Broken Things is my […]

5 Kickstarter Killers Your Band Should Avoid Like the Plague

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Great news!  According to Kickstarter, 54% of all music Kickstarter campaigns are successful.  The bad news is that 46% FAIL. How can you avoid these terrible odds? Over at the Launch and Release blog we’ve interviewed over 60 bands who’ve launched Kickstarter campaigns to help us collect and analyze data that we’ll be releasing in the coming months. […]