by savethetoothpicks » Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:36 pm
Couldn't get any worse than our beginning. 7 days...4 pledges. We've definitely built a better mouse trap, the problem is, nobody knows it exists. Whatever the algorithms are, they aren't working for us. A few days ago, we were 90 projects down in the listings. Now, we're 119 down. Nobody clicks down that far. Seems the ONLY people finding our project are the "sharks"...crowdfunding empresarios willing to sell their social media followers to you for a hefty price. Saw one this morning, $2991 PLUS 2.75% of the funds YOU raise. This has become a new business for people who don't know how to create anything...just sell something that someone else created, and make money off their sweat. To me, it somewhat taints the "innocent nature" of the crowdfunding craze. I get the impression that crowdfunding sites are ANTI big business...but they have become what they hate, and have created an entire industry of "tag-alongs" only...ONLY....interested in making money off of you. Whatever happened to "save the world?" What I've learned....if you aren't willing to pay for someone's contact list, and you just started your social media pages in the last week...the ship is sunk before you even launch. I'm scrambling to scrape up attention, but with only 22 days to go.....I can see the writing on the wall.