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I think that your prelaunch is extremely important in gathering and nurturing leads. A good prelaunch wins you half the battle. A bad prelaunch force you into an uphill battle.

I learned that preparation is KEY to having any success through Kickstarter. Also time of the year. We launched our campaign yesterday with massive success but it died down quite a bit today which has me worried.

I'm just starting my very first Kickstarter campaign and I'm learning it's harder than I thought. We I look through some of the campaigns already there, I feel a little intimidated and overwhelmed. They all look so put together and polished and professional. I feel like a baby sitting at the adult table for the very first time at that site.

How do I get past this feeling because I'm terrified of failing.

And one of the reasons why is because Prolific Works stresses throwing a launch party to hit 40% pledges BEFORE I launch. I am a 54 year old homeless woman who's trying to get her next zombie book funded... I have no way of throwing a launch party.

...the thing is, and I've told them this but they've offered me no advice as to how to overcome this obstacle. Can anyone offer me any advice on what to do, please?

Nina

I learned lots because I didn't realise if I get a full funding that I can make a short film. It is risk.

Has anybody found any of the traffic driver offers to be of any use?

We've used FB ads, but we're stalling out in getting new eyeballs on the campaign and wondering if anyone has had any success with any other methods of gaining traffic to their sites?

Thanks,

Ken
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2d ... social-mmo

Hi I have a question,

Our project is in tech area, despite advertisement on fb, instagram and tweeter we didn't get much attentions. Does anyone know why? Any suggestions?

Here is some info about the project:

This is an asteroid mining project. We expect to deliver gold from space in 2024. Anyone who supports us in our take-off will stay with us along the way. We keep them excited and entertained along the way, there are lots of games and adventurous events for our community. Plus, any support above $500 will be appreciated by 21 times of the amount of support at the time of first delivery.

Learn more and support us: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sp ... old-miners
Recent news: https://thefloridapost.com/nasa-to-visi ... adrillion/
A review on asteroid mining history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhTqJZm6v-U
Insta page: https://www.instagram.com/spacegoldproject/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/SpaceGolds


Thank you!

Such awesome, useful information in this thread!

I've learn that it is really important to work hard on friends and family and build a stable ground. Then you make sure you get a great first week and you can use that week to get your project out there!

All the best
Filip

Interesting reading and a lot of good information for me to learn from here! Thank you everyone for sharing

I'm currently running my campaign, and I think the thing I've learned is that you can read every article and tips book, listen to every podcast and watch every video, and still nothing quite prepares you for the highs and lows of running a campaign for yourself. There really is no alternative to experience, and although I thought I was well-prepared, I had no idea how much I didn't know.

The biggest thing for me, is how hard it is to get visibility on the Kickstarter site. It's pretty tough once your project falls off the front page to get people to see your project, so it really hammers home how important PR, marketing and direct referrals are.