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Very useful!

One key thing I learned:

While you can change the title and the image at any time, the image and the title for when people share on facebook will stay as the original.

Also, your link will stay fixed.

So try to settle on a title and image up front before you post.

Hope this helps.

Hi, I'm a Co-creator of Intervention: A Party Game for Everyone's Worst Habits

Reaching out to local news stations was great exposure. We got interviewed by Seattle Komo radio and the University of Washington School Newspaper. The latter was a great way to get free press and spread our project. Granted, it was easy to get them interested because we were alumni.

Check out our press here:
http://dailyuw.com/archive/2014/11/12/arts-leisure/new-party-game-asks-tough-questions#.VGN0d_ldWSo

https://soundcloud.com/nivejep/intervention-on-seattle-komo-radio

Our kickstarter is currently 50% funded! Check it out http://kck.st/1uWhteU

Feel free to contact me at our Kickstarter site if you have any questions!

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The first thing I pay attention in a Kickstarter project is the video. It shouldn't be fine or good, it needs to be AWESOME! The second thing I pay attention after awesome video is the perks, basically the picture or some graphic solution, where the perks are clearly and visually visible.

I'm reading all I can about promoting my project and found this forum, and tip post! Thanks to those that contributed

I just started my campaign and after looking at this great post I have realized I'm making a lot of the mistakes you have mentioned to not do here. In your opinion what's the best way to get people outside the circle of family and friends to contribute to your kickstarter?

thank you

Sincerely,

Aaron.


https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/881201172/vindicta

Hey guys, I've written a blog post that covers all the tips we've learnt from running our own IndieGoGo campaign, and a load of advice we've received from other successful croudfunders, if you guys are interested: http://makerclub.org/tips-success-crowd ... -campaign/

Here's a load of tips from the article, sorry if they've been covered already:

If using Kickstarter or IndieGoGo, research their rankings algorithms and learn how to play them – the higher you are up on their webpages the better.

Expect 10-20% of funders not to pay or to drop out;

You’ll always end up needing more time than you think you will, both during the campaign and delivering on it;

Create a separate email address for your crowdfunding page and expect spam;

Set up an Amazon business account;

Choose your target carefully: Too low and you look small fry, too large and you might miss it;

Be prepared for both miserable failure and incredible success (say, up to 5x your target);

Make sure you have some friends ready to donate if your campaign slows down – momentum is key.

Do not use 3rd party companies that send you private messages.
(they turn out to be scams like agency2.0)

Do not set your goal above what is actually needed.
(Meaning: do not add in 'extra' things you may need, just keep it low as you can)

Always update, even if one thing changes, people want to be informed.
(wouldn't you?)

Do not promise things you can NOT deliver, once your rep is squash you have lost the faith in the people who matter, your backers.

Twitter, Facebook, Youtube... At least an hour a day on these, getting the word out.

These are great tips! I would love for advice if anyone has a minute... I just launched my campaign a couple of days ago. Thanks so much everyone!

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