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12 lessons from launching four Kickstarters in a year

In September of 2016, I wrapped up my fourth Kickstarter campaign in 12 months. Katrina Hates the Dead ran from September until October 2015. Then My Father Didn’t Kill Himself ran from February to March 2016. Then I Can’t Stop Tooting: A Love Story ran from April to May 2016. Finally, Spaceship Broken, Needs Repairs The 3 secrets to book...

May 4, 2022 Russell Nohelty crowdfunding, kickstarter 78

31 Kickstarter tips to help crush your campaign goals

I’ve been running Kickstarter campaigns since 2014, and backing them since way before then. In fact, I just realized I joined Kickstarter all the way back in 2011, even though I didn’t run my first project for 4 more years. Since I started running campaigns, I’ve raised over $70,000 across seven different campaigns from...

December 19, 2021 Russell Nohelty crowdfunding, kickstarter 188
9 tips to launch a book with Kickstarter ($9,935 from 264 backers)

9 tips to launch a book with Kickstarter ($9,935 from 264 backers)

People often ask me if it’s worth crowdfunding your book to get the resources you need to publish. I generally say “no” – because Kickstarter won’t give you an audience, nor help you figure out how to package and position your book to appeal to them. Plus, first time authors drastically over-estimate how much it...

February 11, 2020 Russell Nohelty crowdfunding 386
2 FREE tickets to Harry Potter-esque Role Play Event at Polish Castle

2 FREE tickets to Harry Potter-esque Role Play Event at Polish Castle

I wrote my Master’s thesis on Harry Potter, and I’m currently in Europe shopping for a castle to use as a writer’s retreat, so I was excited to see that a Polish-Danish coalition of HP fans have put together a crowdfunding campaign on IndieGogo to run a 3 day Live Action Role Play (Larp) in the The 3 secrets to book...

March 23, 2015 Derek Murphy crowdfunding, harry potter, indiegogo, kickstarter 102
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