These are the standard incentives as of now for my one card draw ( Read more... )

I'm reposting an article that I originally wrote for ErgoFiction.

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Cyberfunded creativity thrives on feedback.  One of the most important things you can do to support your favorite crowdfunded projects is leaving comments.  This shows your interest so that the creator knows what things people are viewing and enjoying.  Here are some ideas for making your comments as useful as possible ( Read more... )

A majority of crowdfunded projects include " perks" or incentives that reward participants for doing things the creator finds valuable.  This encourages people do more of that.  Some perks apply to one specific person in recognition of their activity.  Other perks activate when a collective goal is reached, and then become available to a wider group ( Read more... )

Perks, also called incentives, form a mainstay of the crowdfunding business model.  A perk is anything offered by a creator to an audience to reward or encourage certain types of behavior.  Most perks connect closely with a specific project so as to ensure their audience appeal, although some are more general.  Some types of perk only work with a ( Read more... )

Reviews are a prime route for connecting creative material with new viewers.  However, very few review markets are willing to review crowdfunded projects.  So, that leaves it up to the crowdfunding community itself.  Anyone can write a review; it's not that difficult.  This community encourages reviews.  Some websites specializing in a specific ( Read more... )

Visual artists Charlie Grosso and Kesha Bruce reflect on their successful Kickstarter campaign, in which they raised over $10,000 to produce 6x6, an "art version of a music festival", a series of 6 art exhibitions and related events to take place over the course of 6 weeks in fall 2011.

Part One

Part Two

I first came across Kesha and Charlie and ( Read more... )

In order to qualify as crowdfunding, a project must have some way of making money.  This distinguishes crowdfunding from hobby projects of similar nature.  There are many different ways to monetize a crowdfunding project.

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The LiveJournal Spotlight last month raised an interesting question about agents and promoters in crowdfunding.  Traditional publication in most media comes with someone to promote your work for you.  Crowdfunding generally entails promoting your own work.  However, not everyone is comfortable with self-promotion; many creators feel awkward or ( Read more... )

This article focuses on plotting a webcomic, but may be useful to serial fiction as well.