I have seen people use these crowd funding campaigns for some odd things; let alone for personal gain.
I know someone who set up a campaign to pay for their wedding... sorry, but if you want to have an elaborate event, pay for it yourself.
You lost your home in a fire or were displaced due to circumstances not within your personal realm of help? Then I support you and your rebuilding.
Great article @didic, this is the first post of yours I read and I followed you. I see your into WWE also from your last post, me too! Thanks for making me aware of the crowdfunding categories on Steemit. I've been blogging about raising funds to pay for my dog Floppy's back surgery and was unaware of these, mainly posting in blog and life and some of the other headings. Anyhow, I appreciate your help! Here's a link to my blog about Floppy if you are interested, I look forward to your future posts!
When we were fundraising for our service dog, the outpouring of support was emotionally intense, and so was the overwhelming sense of failure when training fell through and the fundraiser didn't bring in enough. We have an amazing support animal now, but I can't bring myself to take the steps necessary to get him service certified because the beginning and the middle of the process were such an immense drain. This article hit home.
Oh, wow. That sounds tough. That's a level of emotional involvement that may be beyond starting one's own company. I know how important service and support animals have been to friends and acquaintances so having the support (and I didn't talk much about how incredible that can feel, as that's going to be in my miracle story) to do that and then having it fall through sounds excruciating.
It can be very hard to run a crowdfunding campaign, and yes, there can be many blows to the psyche. We tried to run one some years back to raise the necessary funds for legal fees to make our organization a formal non-profit educational foundation - it was very (sadly!) telling how all the people who were eternally lining up to get something and giving us encouragement mysteriously vanished into the night when asked to materially contribute to the very thing giving them benefit.
Now we're circumventing the whole crowdfunding issue by trying "a year on Steemit" instead and seeing if we can rise the money "one upvote at a time" instead.
It can be much easier if it's not for me.
I mean when your gonna spend money helping people in need or even animals, you wont be feeling unconfortable 'cause, just like the donator, you're just helping to do the right thing.
Most do not realize that crowd funding only works if you already have a following. If you do not already have a small crowd that are going to put up money in the first three days, the project will just waste into obscurity.
Getting eyeballs first is a hard thing, especially for the geeks that design things. But, it is essential. I hope you do posts on reaching that starting level before the crowd funding campaign.
I have one experience with fundraising for my friend from Zambia. I didn't use any crowdfunding platform, I just used email and fb and I was amazed how my friends and family got involved and within 2 or 3 days I got about 1400 USD which helped my friend to pay her tuition and other expenses connected with her studies.
Now I am in new situation and I would like to star a fundraising for building a school in Zambia. Beside the previous experience I don't have any practical experiences with fundraising and running campaign but I think I will use some crowdfunding platform. I am bit scared how this campaign will go and if I will have a courage to start it.
I will appreciate any suggestion and help.
Once again, thank you for your article.
I would definitely go for either indiegogo or gofundme, as they are both more socially oriented than kickstarter, which is product based. If I may blow my own horn, definitely read my first post on crowdfunding, which gives you all of my basic advice.
I need some help with launching a crowdfunding campaign. My buddy and I have started a craft brewery business that will be infusing beer with cannabis in Canada once legalized, but we are having trouble getting to the next step- getting a facility and more equipment to scale. Anyone able to offer some help??
I would recommend reading my first crowdfunding post. It's a distilled, non personalized version of what I tell clients when I consult on their crowdfunding campaign. Good luck!
I have seen people use these crowd funding campaigns for some odd things; let alone for personal gain.
I know someone who set up a campaign to pay for their wedding... sorry, but if you want to have an elaborate event, pay for it yourself.
You lost your home in a fire or were displaced due to circumstances not within your personal realm of help? Then I support you and your rebuilding.
Great article @didic, this is the first post of yours I read and I followed you. I see your into WWE also from your last post, me too! Thanks for making me aware of the crowdfunding categories on Steemit. I've been blogging about raising funds to pay for my dog Floppy's back surgery and was unaware of these, mainly posting in blog and life and some of the other headings. Anyhow, I appreciate your help! Here's a link to my blog about Floppy if you are interested, I look forward to your future posts!
https://steemit.com/donation/@geoffreydemars/6f8oql-the-help-my-dog-challenge-day-15-usd34-92-of-usd5-000-00-please-resteem-upvote-donate-directly
When we were fundraising for our service dog, the outpouring of support was emotionally intense, and so was the overwhelming sense of failure when training fell through and the fundraiser didn't bring in enough. We have an amazing support animal now, but I can't bring myself to take the steps necessary to get him service certified because the beginning and the middle of the process were such an immense drain. This article hit home.
Oh, wow. That sounds tough. That's a level of emotional involvement that may be beyond starting one's own company. I know how important service and support animals have been to friends and acquaintances so having the support (and I didn't talk much about how incredible that can feel, as that's going to be in my miracle story) to do that and then having it fall through sounds excruciating.
Great article @didic!
It can be very hard to run a crowdfunding campaign, and yes, there can be many blows to the psyche. We tried to run one some years back to raise the necessary funds for legal fees to make our organization a formal non-profit educational foundation - it was very (sadly!) telling how all the people who were eternally lining up to get something and giving us encouragement mysteriously vanished into the night when asked to materially contribute to the very thing giving them benefit.
Now we're circumventing the whole crowdfunding issue by trying "a year on Steemit" instead and seeing if we can rise the money "one upvote at a time" instead.
@whitelightxpress you just got a free upvote!
$rewarding 15
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exactly we should not feel shy to ask friends and family for emotional help
You should not feel shy about asking them for help even when not running a crowdfunding event, but doubly so when you do.
i agree
It can be hard. But it helps a LOT.
It can be much easier if it's not for me.
I mean when your gonna spend money helping people in need or even animals, you wont be feeling unconfortable 'cause, just like the donator, you're just helping to do the right thing.
Most do not realize that crowd funding only works if you already have a following. If you do not already have a small crowd that are going to put up money in the first three days, the project will just waste into obscurity.
Getting eyeballs first is a hard thing, especially for the geeks that design things. But, it is essential. I hope you do posts on reaching that starting level before the crowd funding campaign.
I actually dealt with this some in my first crowdfunding post: https://steemit.com/crowdfunding/@didic/crowdfunding-rules
Thank you for encouraging article.
I have one experience with fundraising for my friend from Zambia. I didn't use any crowdfunding platform, I just used email and fb and I was amazed how my friends and family got involved and within 2 or 3 days I got about 1400 USD which helped my friend to pay her tuition and other expenses connected with her studies.
Now I am in new situation and I would like to star a fundraising for building a school in Zambia. Beside the previous experience I don't have any practical experiences with fundraising and running campaign but I think I will use some crowdfunding platform. I am bit scared how this campaign will go and if I will have a courage to start it.
I will appreciate any suggestion and help.
Once again, thank you for your article.
I would definitely go for either indiegogo or gofundme, as they are both more socially oriented than kickstarter, which is product based. If I may blow my own horn, definitely read my first post on crowdfunding, which gives you all of my basic advice.
Thank you, I have read it is very helpful.
I need some help with launching a crowdfunding campaign. My buddy and I have started a craft brewery business that will be infusing beer with cannabis in Canada once legalized, but we are having trouble getting to the next step- getting a facility and more equipment to scale. Anyone able to offer some help??
I would recommend reading my first crowdfunding post. It's a distilled, non personalized version of what I tell clients when I consult on their crowdfunding campaign. Good luck!