What No One Tells You About Running A Kickstarter

[Kamikaze]

I know there's a lot of creatives here in Tapastic that have been considering crowdfunding campaigns for their comics! My team and I are at the tail end of ours (it ends tomorrow). So I wrote up a little something to shine light on stuff no one really talks about when it comes to Kickstarter. It's over on thenerdybird.com and here's the article in full!

Highlights include things like how every inbox will be FLOODED with spam and scammers who play really, really dirty tricks. How social media isn't the same thing as social interaction, and how it can really help your campaign! There's also a whole section on plateaus and how your backer numbers can take sudden nosedives unexpectedly! Boy did that one throw us for a loop! There's a couple others in there too!

I hope it's helpful to anyone looking to do their own campaign. If you have and questions fee free to ask, or if you've done your own kickstarter share what you learned along the way! You can learn more about or back the Kamikaze: Volume 1 project head here.

[Shanny8]

Great article and I think you given a lot of info to those who may be thinking about running a kickstarter but arent sure what it entails. I'm not there yet, but it gives me something to consider if I ever get to that point.

[Luminosophy]

An artist I know of started her kickstarter and was complaining about the sort of spam she was getting. It was really bizzarre.

[kurisquare]

Really good post!! As someone who's planning to run a book kickstarter in the future, this is really good information to have.

[donathinfrye]

Congratulations on surpassing your goal! I've run a number of Kickstarters myself, and your article is great because it really does break down the most important things to know in a very clear and concise way. The one thing that I'm sure your team did a great job with, but where a lot of newer creators find themselves unprepared on Kickstarter, is figuring out the money side of things ... you can't rush planning your budget, the extra fees, credit card processing, shipping/handling for backer rewards, paying yourself, paying other people to help you, extra padding for unforeseen problems (you will have those), etc.

In fact, if you aren't good with budgets, it's probably worth getting help there. Not from a spammer but from someone in your life who is good at careful math and willing to help research all possible expenses and proper budget planning. I've known folks who managed to run a very energetic campaign, raise tens of thousands of dollars for a project, and end up in the hole and unable to fully execute their vision because of poor backer reward planning.

That's all! Thought I'd chime in. : )

Love that Kamikaze did so well, and that you and your team are finally through the most anxious part of the process. Backer rewards, those are a different sort of anxiety ... a happy anxiety, I guess you could call it!

[Michelle]

That was a really informative read, thanks for writing it! And congrats on the successful Kickstarter! :> I know from watching friends run campaigns that it becomes like a second job, especially when you need to keep up daily momentum so the campaign doesn't lag.

[sarrowsmith10]

Yah. The Spammers. They were the freaking worst while running our kickstarter. uggghhh, I know those feels well. They even spammed my facebook page, devart page, everywhere. ((eye twitch))

This is an awesome article!

[quietsnooze]

Yeah! They seemed to chase me everywhere across social media! Super annoying >:(