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My name is Matt Holt and Ive recently started a KS campaign and found this forum doing some research....I will be lurking around seeing what I can learn and possibly contribute where I can...

My goal on KS is to get assistance with funding to take my BBQ craft mobile and laying the foundation for a catering / food truck business....here is my page
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/16 ... bbq-empire


wish me luck

Good luck!

Disparity_Cole wrote:Good luck!

Thanks

Cool, that's a pretty good concept for a starter like you.

You'll def. get enough backers mate! Try promoting your kickstarter using social media networks like FB! If you've got some time, promote using blogs, etc. Good luck!

Carl.

Carl wrote:Cool, that's a pretty good concept for a starter like you.

You'll def. get enough backers mate! Try promoting your kickstarter using social media networks like FB! If you've got some time, promote using blogs, etc. Good luck!

Carl.

thanks, ive been on FB and blowing up twitter , any other places you can recommend would be appreciated ....

do you have an active project going?

I like BBQ. There can never be too many BBQ Empires.

Your KickStarter project page, however, doesn't seem ambitious, enough, to qualify as BBQ-style imperial aspirations.

You haven't linked Facebook in, and the website that you linked in has nothing to do with BBQ.

This "empire" doesn't even have a name, it seems. A KickStarter seeking to raise thousands of dollars for a nameless empire? Good luck with that approach.

Plus, you don't even have a video. All the less to tempt us with, I guess. Of course, how much visual impact will your project page have, since people can't smell the BBQ through it, and there is no video to show us mouth-watering BBQ. You've got a few photographs, none of which show people socializing while eating and enjoying your BBQ. Just photographs of food and equipment, devoid of life anywhere to be found in any of them.

Additionally, your KickStarter project page says:

with the funding I hope to receive I will purchase a mobile unit that can travel with me. Professional units run $4,000 to $25,000...I believe I have the skill to achieve my goal with the low end of that scale .

If the low end of the scale is $4,000, and you think that you can achieve your goal with the low end of the scale, then why did you set your funding goal at $6,000, which is 50% more than the low end of the scale?

All that aside, you have a black and white logo. It's not a memorable logo. It's less a black and white problem, than it is a logo design problem.

You have been honing your skills and perfecting your craft over the last decade. How come you haven't posted any references from real people advocating in favor of your BBQ?

A generic BBQ Empire name of BBQ Empire does not tout the personal nature of your BBQ.

Add a video of you cooking. Even if it's amateur with a GoPro, it will be worth it's weight in gold.

Best of luck. If you find the secret to success, be sure to share with us!!

SoDaptor wrote:Add a video of you cooking. Even if it's amateur with a GoPro, it will be worth it's weight in gold.

Best of luck. If you find the secret to success, be sure to share with us!!

thanks, if I figure it out , you'll be the first to know

You're in the right place to start. I keep getting random backers, even though it's a small amount, it's from things I've picked up on this site.

I personally find this awesome, and I would love to try your BBQ one day!!

Good luck with the Kickstart!!!