sbriggman wrote:One way to keep up your spirits is to have compelling reasons why you are doing it in the first place! Then revisit those reasons.
This is sage advice.
RootisTabootus wrote:So this is my First ever Kickstarter project, one week in and it has hit 38% funded.
I've used the app Kicktraq and it is projecting that the goal will be surpassed by the end of the Kickstarter....
And here it is, some nine days later, and Kicktraq's data has your project trending towards 77% of goal. A lot can happen - or not happen - in a week's time.
RootisTabootus wrote:Sometimes it is hard to stay positive when you continually promote your project and don't see much progress as the days start going along...
Your use of "continually promote" is worth reviewing at greater length. The "share this project" button/link on your project page yields a total of just five share son Facebook. The Kicktraq data for your project lists only three shares for your project.
You should always take such numbers with a grain of salt, particularly the Kicktraq ones, since there always seems to be a lag with Kicktraq's tracking of data. That said, these numbers do indicate that, however you read such numbers, your project is suffering from word of mouth not reaching very many ears.
Have you considered your chosen approach to doing things is problematic?
You're a gifted artist - but your Kickstarter project page does an exceptionally poor job of showcasing that. Yes, I did see the Robin Williams piece, and it's a very nice piece, at that. But, your project page, aside from depicting both Robin Williams (via art) and yourself (via a photograph) sharing the trait of the tops of your heads being cut off, is gasping for artistic air.
You have artistic flair - but your project page doesn't depict it for page visitors. Your primary link is to your YouTube page, but even on your Full Bio page, you don't bother to connect your Facebook page. So, if a page visitor tries to find more of your art, you're all but ensuring that they hit a dead end.
Yet, on your Rootis Tabootus Facebook artist page, you provide a link to your deviantArt page, your Twitter page, your Tumblr page, your Instagram page, and your website. Thus, your chosen approach is counter-intuitive, to say the least. Yet, you don't see as much progress, as the days start going along. Could it be possible that your current approach doesn't facilitate the nurturing and growing of interest on the part of others in what you do?
Your project spiel, as I call it, is as follows:
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Watch artwork come to life traditionally with my new Youtube series, where I teach other aspiring artist different drawing techniques!
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Your project page, the main part of it (not the Update pages), utilizes a somber image of a very famous man who killed himself, not so very long ago. The world loves Robin Williams. You depicted him beautifully. Even still, aside from the fact that people get sad, now, when they think about Robin Williams (generating positive energy is better than generating negative energy), where on your main project page do you visually demonstrate to project page visitors the different drawing techniques that you allude to in your project spiel?
You do art videos, yet you don't bother to post any videos on your project page, aside from your project video. What's wrong with that picture, Ruth?
You're an artist - and a very capable one, at that - yet, the image that you use for your backer rewards has the repeating artwork that is small in size partially obscured. Both the Robin Williams art piece and the photo of you are much larger, and either or both of them have far greater visual impact than all of the backer reward images put together.
Why did you not incorporate some artwork designed specifically for your Kickstarter page? After all, you're an artist. You want to capture the eye of project page visitors. You want to wow them and to captivate them and to make them salivate over your wonderful artistic talent. But, your project page is largely an exercise in artistic minimalism.
Neither Robin Williams nor yourself are smiling in that art piece and photo. Smiles and laughter generate positive energy. Your project page is somber looking. SOMBER!
Yet, you don't come across as somber in your project video, and certainly not at the very end of it. That part is more bubbly. I viewed your project page several times in recent days, but I only really bothered to track down more of your artwork, tonight. Based upon that little bit of research, I can assure you that your project page does a poor job of capturing the scope of your talent as a artist.
Your project is currently in what is known as the dead zone. See Kicktraq chart, below:
The dead zone is not an abnormality. It affects many projects, some more than once, in fact. As of right now, your project needs to raise $18 per day, for each day of your campaign cycle that remains, in order for you to meet your project goal. That's pretty small, actually. Your project might get a boost, at the very end. In the meantime, it falls to you to change the status quo in your favor. Your project is currently lacking in momentum, so you need to figure out a way to do that.
You have a really small funding goal going for you. You need a mere $258 dollars in additional pledges to conclude this crowdfunding project successfully. That isn't even really a mountain to climb, comparatively speaking. It's a small hill. Even a modest effort should achieve the funding goal set.
Also, I contacted you on your Kickstarter page, directly, about one other issue.
