Souljah & ToneDice – Album Crowdfunding 2015
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Caught in the act: Why Facewatch has turned to crowdfunding
With around 10,000 businesses now using the platform and an ever-increasing number of police forces using Facewatch – including the Metropolitan Police – we are looking to raise £1.5m of new funding, of which £500,000 will be crowdfunded on Crowdcube (for 8.1 per cent of equity), in order to accelerate growth and develop further apps. SOURCE LINK to the full article: http://www.cityam.com/212985/caught-act
Tags: crowdcube, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, facewatch, online-crime-reporting
CrowdFunding Pro Magazine – This Week’s Industry News
http://ow.ly/LenfD CrowdFunding Industry Week Top News & Information 4 / 6 / 2015 2nd Edition REPORT: GLOBAL CROWDFUNDING MARKET TO REACH $34.4B IN 2015
Crowd Coffee: April 6
Crowdfunding donations for Indiana pizzeria that supported RFRA capped at $842,387 | IndyStarLGBT advocates denounced the pizza place. The owners appeared on Glenn Beck's nationally syndicated radio program. The case was discussed on Sean Hannity's Fox News show and featured on the websites for the Washington Post and New York Times. In a most remarkable show of support, an Internet crowdfunding page for the small-town pizza shop raised $842,387 from 29,160 people before donations were closed Saturday. That far surpassed the goal of $200,000.
‘Crowd-funding now needs to be regulated’ | The HinduWhat is the crowd-funding scenario in India like? Crowd-funding is the pooling of resources by a group of people for a common goal. Crowd-funding is not new to India. There are many instances of organisations reaching out to common people for funding. However, the emergence of platforms that promote crowd-funding is fairly recent to India. These platforms help start-ups or small businesses meet their funding requirements. Now that platforms have emerged, there is a need for crowd-funding regulation in India.
States Tout Crowdfunding As The Future Of Private Investment | NPRMany states are trying to boost their economies through business startups. But outside of Silicon Valley, funding for private investors is hard to come by.
Crowdsourcing funds will put solar panels on every school roof | The GuardianEvery school in the country will be offered help with installing solar panels on their roofs under plans being considered by Labour. Schools would not only be able to reduce their bills, but could also raise revenues by selling surplus electricity back into the national grid. It is estimated that the initiative could earn schools involved an average of around £8,000 a year.The government’s role would be in helping headteachers to crowdsource funds for the panels. Civil servants would also deal with linking up schools to the national grid and payments.
Putting names to the faces of civil rights marchers: Crowdsourcing photos at Library of Congress | Pittsburgh Post-GazetteBut the photos, taken months before the Voting Rights Act became law and while marches in Selma and Montgomery still were being violently suppressed, come with a giant, unanswered question: Just who were those youthful faces in the crowd laying it all on the line? Library of Congress staff have set out to solve that decades-old mystery by, in effect, crowdsourcing the identities.
Book Extract: The rise of sharing economy | Business StandardThe sharing economy contributes to environmental sustainability because it reduces individual consumption by allowing, for instance, four people to share the same car rather than having to buy four different cars. The sharing economy also reduces waste by making excess capacity and unused resources available to those who need them most. By enabling products and assets to be fully utilised, the sharing economy increases their value.
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2015 List of CrowdFunding Websites
http://ow.ly/Leyvc2015 List of #CrowdFunding #Websites . @Crowdfundbeat @kickstarter @Indiegogo @Realty_Mogul @CommLeader
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How Important Is Email Marketing for Crowdfunding?
Editor’s Note: Thinking about starting a crowdfunding campaign but don’t know where to begin? Check out the advice column below from Rose Spinelli, a crowdfunding campaign consultant who runs The Crowdfundamentals and was named as a top 100 crowdfunding thought leader. Rose is answering questions from the crowd about raising cash via rewards-based crowdfunding. You can submit your own questions to Rose via tweet, Facebook or Google Plus comment, or leaving it in the comments below. You can find her previous tips here.
The question, via LinkedIn:
Hello Rose, I ran a very comprehensive Crowd funding campaign on two different platforms Indiegogo and later gofundme. the capital is for a very advanced antiviral drug for HIV I want to register with the health department in Mexico. After a lot of wasted effort creating videos graphics and alike I never raised one dollar. Bottom line I discovered Crowd funding does not work if one does not have an extensive following with a email list. The Obstacle I face would be the same for many failed campaign how to build a large following, out of interest here is the website for the our new drug discovery. www.narhexhivaids, most of the material on this website was in my campaigns that failed. If you have a solution please let me know. Best wishes, John W. Majewski, CEO Founding Director
The answer:
So that readers can get look at the two campaigns John launched, I asked him to send me the links. Here’s the link to the Indiegogo campaign. And here’s the link to the GoFundMe, which is still currently running.
I do agree that email marketing is absolutely crucial to backer outreach and is a stumbling block for many. I will focus on that first, but will also address briefly a couple of other roadblocks to the campaign’s success.
EMAIL MARKETING IS WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROADWhile social media outreach should definitely play a part in garnering support from your existing networks, it’s not only difficult to target and track communications through these channels but there are data indicating that email is five times more likely to convert than a tweet or Facebook post. (Readers, I can’t recall where I read this bit of data, but if anyone knows please leave it in the comments section as I’d love to credit the source.)
Email marketing is where the rubber really hits the road because of its personalized nature. Presuming the email addresses were acquired with permission, a well-crafted, individualized email fulfills one of the primary tenets of crowdfunding: making personal connections with people who share your values and passion, and who are committed to your success.
It stands to reason that the larger your funding goal, the more extensive your email list should be. And while most crowdfunding platforms have an email component built in, they will only capture existing backers, not help you solicit new ones.
Don’t forget to:
Create interesting blog content. That is hands down one of the best ways to attract people and keep them coming back. Make your communication interactive by inviting readers to ask questions and promote future communication. Prompt readers to join your mailing list through a popup window on your blog. If you really want to get fancy, there are many software tools and services out there to systematize and automate your email campaign, such as AWeber.com and Campaigner.com. ALL CATEGORIES ARE NOT CREATED EQUALFor good reason, health-related campaigns are under particular scrutiny. That’s why guidance as to how to sidestep doubts in your project’s validity is important. It’s one thing to persuade someone to buy an innocuous product that doesn’t fulfill all of its promises, such as a coffeemaker or a game. But when our health is on the line, we want to be absolutely sure it’s not worthless, or worse, harmful. That’s why publications like PandoDaily are performing such an important service in the crowdfunding space with its investigative pieces on campaigns like the fitness tracking Kreyos smartwatch and Healbe GoBe, the wearable calorie counter.
PLATFORM SELECTIONPlatform choice is important for science / health campaigns. If John decides to relaunch, he may want to consider researching some niche platforms. If he chooses well, he’ll likely to get more personalized attention and marketing advice than he did with Indiegogo or GoFundMe.
CLARITY AND GOAL MODESTY ARE THE BEST POLICYA streamlined story told simply with a modest funding goal usually wins the day. One problem this project faces is that the science is complicated, which can cause backers to shy away.
Additionally, crowdfunding is by definition project-based. So if John can find a way to winnow down his project (and along with it his story) to one simplified aspect of the overall project, which would also likely reduce his funding request, he would have a better chance of meeting his mark. Unfortunately most project creators resist this advice, to their detriment.
Yet here’s an example of a campaign, launched on Pozible, that followed that conventional wisdom and is enjoying lots of press and has already surpassed its funding goal with almost two months to go. This is further evidence that aiming lower and being clear attracts a bigger crowd willing to give.
Tags: crowd-funding, crowdfunding, crowdfunding-advice, rose-recommends, rose-spinelli
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This LED lamp charges an iPhone, an Apple Watch and a battery pack
There are a ton of great docks available for iOS devices. But what about a dock that can charge your iPhone, your Apple Watch, an external USB battery and another USB device?
Oh yeah, and it's also an LED desk lamp.
The NuDock Power Station Lamp from MiTagg is the latest crowdfunding success story. Already the lamp has beat its Indiegogo goal of $30,000, which means it will be headed for production soon
The NuDock is an LED lamp that has a built-in iPhone dock, as well as a dock for the Apple Watch. Put the Apple Watch's magnetic charger inside the NuStand, and you can leave your watch beside your bed or desk to charge. Read more...
More about Indiegogo, Apple, Gadgets, Mobile, and Iphone DockGlobal Crowdfunding Market to Reach $34.4B in 2015, Predicts Massolution’s 2015CF Industry Report
Global crowdfunding experienced accelerated growth in 2014, expanding by 167 percent to reach $16.2 billion raised, up from $6.1 billion in 2013. In 2015, the industry is set to more than double once again, on its way to raising $34.4 billion.
These are the figures from Massolution’s highly anticipated 2015CF – Crowdfunding Industry Report, which was released today. Thanks to our sponsors, the first 50 copies of the report can be purchased at half price with the code FIRST50.
The strong growth in 2014 was due in part to the rise of Asia as a major crowdfunding region. Asian crowdfunding volumes grew by 320 percent, to $3.4 billion raised. That puts the region slightly ahead of Europe ($3.26 billion) as the second-biggest region by crowdfunding volume. North America continued to lead the world in crowdfunding volumes, growing by 145 percent and raising a total of $9.46 billion.
The research team collected information on 1250 active crowdfunding platforms (CFPs) across the world, including high-quality data submitted by 463 CFPs to the Crowdfunding Industry Survey, before undertaking significant further research and analysis in order to reach its results.
While rewards- and equity-based campaigns typically get the most headlines, it’s lending-based crowdfunding that dominates the industry: in 2014, it raised $11.08 billion dollars.
Part of that, according to Massolution founder and CEO Carl Esposti, is explained by the strong growth of crowd-based lending in Asia: “Surprises materializing from this year’s research included the astounding growth in the P2P and P2B lending market in Asia, stemming largely from the Chinese market.”
This is the second major report Massolution, Crowdsourcing.org’s sister firm, released this month: just a few weeks ago, it published its 2015CF – RE Crowdfunding for Real Estate Report, which takes a close look at one of the hottest sectors of crowdfunding.
Business and entrepreneurship remained as the most popular crowdfunding category, collecting $6.7 billion in 2014, which represents 41.3 percent of total crowdfunding volume. Social causes ($3.06 billion), films and performing arts ($1.97), real estate ($1.01 billion), and music and recording arts ($736 million) rounded out the top five categories.
The report contains hundreds of insights that will be of use to anyone interested in crowdfunding and how it’s poised to grow in the coming years. In addition to the figures above, the report also contains data and analysis on:
the market shares of top five and top ten crowdfunding platforms in North America and Europe, CFP leaderboards by region, growth in the number of and worldwide distribution of platforms, average deal size for each crowdfunding model, campaign success rates, the 15 major crowdfunding trends and developments, and much more!You can purchase a licensed copy of the report here. Publication of the report was supported by lead research sponsors GoFundMe, Wealth Migrate, and DST Systems. Courtesy of our sponsors, 50 copies of the report are available at 50 percent off list price using coupon code FIRST50.
Journalists interested in a copy of the report can contact research@crowdsourcing.org.
Table of ContentsIntroduction- Foreword i. Global Crowdfunding: Adoption, Evolution and Growth- Key Findings i. Worldwide Funding Volumes ii. Average Funded Campaign Size iii. Observations and Trends iv. Predictions- About this Research i. The 2015CF Crowdfunding Industry Report ii. The Research Team iii. About Massolution- Crowdfunding Defined i. Definitions ii. Overview and Taxonomy iii. Crowdfunding Models
Crowdfunding Market Growth and Composition- Introduction i. Market Analysis- Crowdfunding World Map: Funding Volume i. Total Funds Raised- Growth by Crowdfunding Model i. Funding Volume Distribution by Model- Growth by Crowdfunding Region i. Funding Volume Distribution by Region- Campaign Statistics i. Average Campaign Size ii. Funding Probability iii. Pledged vs. Paid Out Ratio- Most Active Categories i. Top Performers- Funding Concentration i. Global market share of leading CFPs ii. Regional Market Share of Top 5 and Top 10 CFPs iii. Leaderboards: By Region, By Model- Crowdfunding Platform Distribution i. Growth in number of CFPs worldwide ii. CFP World Map iii. CFP Distribution by Model
Crowdfunding Market Predictions 2015- Market Growth and Composition i. Predictions: Regions ii. Predictions: Crowdfunding Models
Observations and Trends- Prognostications i. An Evolving Landscape
Acknowledgments
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RealtyShares Gets $10M From Menlo To Grow Its Platform For Crowdfunding Real Estate Projects
7 Ways to Use Twitter for a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
Editor's Note: The following is a guest post from Rochelle Ceira, a career consultant and executive director at Dissertaion Avenue. Ceira writes in to discuss how get the most out of Twitter — the ubiquitous and highly busy social media platform that has helped many crowdfunding campaigns reach their goals. As always, guest contributors' opinions are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Crowdsourcing.org.
The success of your crowdfunding campaign is partly due to your ability to market it over the web. The selection of those channels through which you search for and attract your investors should also be given due consideration. If your product or service deals with real estate, for example, you need to find out where the most interested investors would be searching for or looking into real estate property. Follow these people several months before the launch.
The next step is to engage your potential investors. Twitter is, without a doubt, one of the most popular online platforms that can be used effectively for your crowdfunding campaign. Here are seven ways you can grab the attention of potential investors by using Twitter:
Tweet Often: Crowdfunding will require you to tweet often about your cause and tell people why you need their support. Unlike on some other social platforms, a single tweet can easily get lost among all the other messages being shared. So if you don’t get a response after tweeting out, chances are your followers have missed your message. For that reason, it’s important to tweet when your followers are most likely to be online — tools like Tweriod can help you to find out when that is.
Create Engaging Tweets: Get rid of the static broadcasting style and create something worth reading. Simply talking about you, your project, and your needs isn’t good enough — nobody cares! Tell your potential backers how your project is about them or helps them in a certain way. You can’t simply take without giving. Also, add gripping details that will attract their attention. It’s okay to keep it short and simple. In fact, the most influential tweets are fewer than 100 characters. Share useful knowledge with your followers and include information they would be interested in.
Follow the Targets: As mentioned earlier, it’s important to know your targets. If you’re planning on producing a movie, go look for movie buffs. If your cause is a charitable one, find and follow the most altruistic of the crowd. Connect with these people and organizations who can relate to your cause.
Use Hashtags: It is Twitter, remember? Don’t forget the hashtag! Add hashtags that are recent, popular, and relevant. Check out the most recent and popular hashtags at Hashtags.org. If you’ve hit the right notes with the right hashtags, your followers will probably re-tweet your message and you will be able to maximize your promotion. If that happens, you should respond to your re-tweeter and tell them you really appreciated it. You can use the phone app to do this which will allow you to get back to people in a jiffy.
Look at Your Competitors: It could be worth your time to peep into your competitors’ pages. Search for projects similar to yours on Twitter and find out what people are saying about those campaigns. Is there anything you aren’t doing that they are? Would you consider them to be your direct competitor? Maybe you can follow pages the followers are interested in, and spark a conversation about your own project.
Tell Them What You’re Up To: A good way to engage your followers on Twitter is by including interesting project updates. For example, you could show your followers what your team has recently built using compelling photos. Tell them interesting stories during the process and share the exciting stuff. Twitter will upload your images in a separate gallery which will tell your followers an illustrious story of your cause.
Thank Your Followers: A follower is worth praising. Go ahead and get personal! Send a personalized “thank you” note to anyone who follows, shares, or retweets your efforts.
Rochelle Ceira is a career consultant who loves to help fresh grads and experienced alike to cope with their professional life and make it more exciting than it ever was. Presently, she’s working as a senior executive at Dissertation Avenue.
Tags: crowd-funding, crowdfunding, crowdfunding-campaign, twitter
CSW Startup Workshop 2015: Startups Will Learn To Accelerate Through Crowds
The 2015 CSW Startup Workshop will be held April 24 in conjunction with CSW Global Singapore.
Tags: collaborative-consumption, crowd-economy, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, open-innovation, sharing-economy, startup-workshop, workshop
WeFinance Offers A Crowdfunded Alternative To Student Loans And More
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Crowdfunding fuels super car dreams
Mean Metal Motors (MMM) — formed by final-year students of Manipal Institute of Technology — has taken the crowdfunding route to fuel its dreams of making India's first super car M-Zero. SOURCE LINK to the full article: http://www.bangaloremirror.com/News/State/Crowdfunding-fuels-super-car-dreams/articleshow/46809233.cms
Tags: crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, m-zero, mean-metal-motors, mmm, super-car
The Deadline
Support Indie Filmmaker’s Project to Make Movie About Bass Reeves.
Tags: crowdfunding, crowdfunding-ideas, film-crowdfunding, fundraising, fundraising-ideas, indiegogo, inspiration, movie, new-gadgets, raise-money-online
‘Urgent’ crowdfunding campaign hopes to help save three native birds facing extinction in Tasmania
A group of researchers from the Australian National University have launched a crowdfunding campaign, in a bid to save the birds from extinction. They want to raise money for 1,000 special glider-proof nest boxes. SOURCE LINK to the full article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-03/crowdfunding-campaign-to-help-save-three-native-birds/6369238
Tags: australian-national-university, birds, conservation, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, tas, university-and-further-education
Crowdfunding campaign to re-gild Norfolk’s Paston Treasure painting hits £14,500 target
Six years ago, Norfolk Museums Service raised money to have the painting cleaned and conserved. But a fresh campaign was launched lin December to re-gild the frame. That saw £14,533 raised from 188 donors. SOURCE LINK to the full article: http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/crowdfunding_campaign_to_re_gild_norfolk_s_paston_treasure_painting_hits_14_500_target_1_4020571
Tags: crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, norwich, paston-treasure