The document provides 10 steps for effective crowdfunding through digital storytelling. It emphasizes showing passion through compelling video, clearly explaining the purpose and need for funds, assembling a team to support the project, implementing an integrated media strategy using owned, earned and paid channels, building early traction, creating social proof, offering unique reward tiers, managing expectations, measuring success metrics, and ensuring the right timing and execution for the campaign. The overall message is that crowdfunding enables pursuing dreams, but the campaign success relies on the work done to promote it.
8. #1
-‐
Show
your
Passion
through
compelling
video
1
Pitch.
2
Presenters.
3
Minutes.
4
Storyboard
scenes.
5
PlaKorms.
9.
10.
11. #2
–
Sell
the
Why,
How,
What
&
Who
We
are
___________________
We
want
to
Solve
a
PROBLEM
We
need
Money
because
we
had
to
_____
So
that
Life
can
becomes
beWer
12. #2
–
Sell
the
Why,
How,
What
&
Who
Life
will
become
EASIER,
BETTER
and
FASTER
This
is
how
we
do
it
by
_____________
We
will
Solve
a
PROBLEM
together
with
your
$
By
the
way,
we
are
___________
20. Pitch:
Story
for
Press;
Angle
for
Media
Press
Release:
Write
like
a
Journalist
Radio:
Prepare
the
Ques3ons;
not
Answers
Drip
feed
informa3on:
Press
Alert
Public
Rela3ons
Strategy
26. $
#5
–
Nurture
your
Crowd
early
Backers
of
today
are
Ambassadors
of
tomorrow
Be
Transparency
about
the
use
of
funds
The
Crowd
will
fund
Solu3on;
not
Stupidity
32. Tac3cs
to
Build
Trac3on
Early
Personalized
script
for
key
advocators
Cross
Promote
on
different
Youtube
Channel
Produce
a
list
of
keywords
for
bloggers
Do
A/B
tes3ng
on
Facebook
ads
early
35. #8
–
Every
reward
3er
gives
a
different
customer
experience
Have
no
more
than
7
3ers
of
rewards
Offer
the
highest
3er
at
the
beginning
Be
as
Unique
as
possible
36.
37. #9
–
Never
make
any
promise
you
can’t
keep
Maximum
10
weeks
to
campaign
Maximum
10
months
to
deliver
State
an
alternate
use
of
the
funds
raised
38.
39. #10
–
Measure
your
success
from
Day
1
Lowest
3
3ers
provide
70%
of
the
funds
Top
20%
of
crowd
provides
80%
of
fund
65%
of
fund
should
be
raised
by
midway
1
team
member
should
have
CF
experience
40. $
Promise
Reason
Crowd
Trac3on
Metrics
A-‐Team
Strategy
Rewards
Social
Proof
Passion
Crowd
Funding
No
Crowd.
No
Funding
@ideasandrew
41. Conclusion:
The
right
3ming
is
NOW
for
crowdfunding
When
the
execu3on
is
right,
the
fund
will
come
Crowdfunding
enables
you
to
chase
the
rainbows
Social
Media
can
only
help
in
the
campaigning,
the
rest
is
up
to
you.