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6 Crucial Kickstarter Tips That Raised $18,000

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This post is contributed by guest blogger Michael Leibovich who shares his thoughts on medium.com. Here is an excerpt from his well-written article How My Band and 5 Others Raised Over $500,000 on Kickstarter which has several salient points beyond the tips he shares here. Take it away, Michael! Interesting factoid for people considering crowdfunding: over $2.3 million […]

How Alyse’s Second Music Kickstarter Raised $32K After Her First Only Raised $6,636

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What’s the surprising “secret” to following up a $6,636 debut Kickstarter with raising $31,276 the 2nd time? Alyse Black is a hardworking, independent musician from Austin, Texas, who plays around 100 shows per year and has a mailing list of 1600… And she’s here to tell you the answer! Earlier this year, she contacted Launch and Release knowing that she wanted […]

Before and After: What Alex Changed to Make Her Second Kickstarter a Huge Success

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As you create your music crowdfunding campaign, you need to be absolutely certain that you are not making 2 very common mistakes which almost doomed Alex Ivy’s Kickstarter campaign. After doing tons of Googling on “how to do a kickstarter” and spending no small amount of time and effort, these mistakes caused Alex’s campaign to fizzle, sunk her into self doubt and panic, […]

Music Crowdfunding Case Study: Layne’s Secret to Raising $8,212 With No Fans

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[smart_track_player url=”http://launchandrelease.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Music-Crowdfunding-Tips-How-Layne-Raised-8212-With-No-Mailing-List.mp3″ title=”Music Crowdfunding Tips: Layne’s Secret to Raising $8,212 With No Fans” artist=”Launch and Release (Audio)” ] If we could only give you one tip or piece of advice when it comes to music crowdfunding, it would be that you need to personally reach out to everyone you know with one-on-one communication. This could […]