Crowdfunding: Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and Ecommerce with CrowdCrux | Crowdfunding Demystified

Showing your community who you are can be just as important as showcasing your product. 

Yes, even those awkward first videos can be key to establishing trust with your potential backers. 

And today’s story proves it!

In this episode of the Crowdfunding Demystified podcast, Salvador Briggman speaks to creator, entrepreneur, and designer Hannan Hakim who invented a new product in the cleaning category called Skadu M1.

You’ll hear how he and his team raised $147,010 on Kickstarter for it, including:

  • Their formula for making a winning project video 

  • How to strike the right balance between personal and professional in your updates

  • How to leverage your email newsletters to reach backers 

… and more!

It’s an incredible episode, hope you enjoy it!

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  • Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

Direct download: Skadu_M1_Kickstarter.mp3
Category:kickstarter -- posted at: 9:00am EDT

If you’re planning to launch a Kickstarter, you’ll already know that the first 24 hours of your campaign are critical. 

So what are the actual steps you need to take in order to ensure a successful first day?

In this episode of the Crowdfunding Demystified podcast, Salvador Briggman speaks to Min Jia about the pre-launch strategy that helped her team raise 126,632 on Kickstarter!

You’ll hear Min share her two biggest recommendations for a killer launch day, and more information like:

  • The key lessons she learned from designing bestseller products

  • Their strategy for making products stand out from the crowd

  • Tips for launching a campaign in the AI and robotics niche

Hope you enjoy today’s dose of inspiration and advice!

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Sponsors: 

  • Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

Direct download: HARO380_Kickstarter.mp3
Category:kickstarter -- posted at: 9:00am EDT

You’ll often hear that crowdfunding is about outperforming your competitors. But, there’s much more to it than that.

And today’s story proves it!

In this episode of the Crowdfunding Demystified podcast, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman speak to Hong Kong-based crowdfunding expert Hunter Ma about everything that happened behind the scenes of a $139,870 Kickstarter campaign

You’ll learn:

  • How to create a winning pre-launch campaign plan 

  • Which marketing channel they used the most

  • Why he went to Kickstarter after several successful campaigns on Indiegogo

Hope you learn tons from today’s podcast episode!

Book a Coaching Call with Sal

Sponsors: 

  • Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

Direct download: Cocinare_Kickstarter.mp3
Category:kickstarter -- posted at: 9:00am EDT

If launching a regular crowdfunding campaign allows some room for trial and error, with Reg CF you need to know what to do every step of the way.

So, in this episode of the Crowdfunding Demystified podcast, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman speak to Caroline Strzalka about all that goes into creating a million dollar equity crowdfunding campaign!

Caroline shares great insider tips such as:

  • How did they use LinkedIn in a targeted way to reach investors?

  • How did they build a compelling landing page and how often do they update it?

  • What strategic partnerships did they make to make their product really stand out?

It’s such a great interview, we hope you enjoy it as much as we did!

Book a Coaching Call with Sal

Sponsors: 

  • Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

Direct download: Overplay_Wefunder.mp3
Category:equity crowdfunding -- posted at: 9:00am EDT

One of the best-kept secrets in the crowdfunding space is the practice of testing.

You’ll be surprised how underrated testing is…and the impact it can have on your next crowdfunding campaign!

In this episode of the Crowdfunding Demystified podcast, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman speak to Robert Haddad who invested a lot of time and effort into product testing, and guess what? They doubled their funding goal already on the launch day!

Robert shares how some incredible tips for new founders like:

  • How the product got media mentions in publications like TIME magazine
  • Why you should consider creating a VIP group for your product idea
  • How we used crowdfunding to connect with early adopters and get his product into people’s hands.

Enjoy the listen!

Book a Coaching Call with Sal

Sponsors: 

  • Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

Direct download: JordiLight_Headlamp_Indiegogo_2.mp3
Category:crowdfunding -- posted at: 9:00am EDT

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