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

Here’s a little inside tip: 

Crowdfunding is hot right now but it’s still the road less travelled. Ever wonder why?

Simply put, because there is plenty of information out there but too little of it is designed to equip you with the exact tools to get you started. 

So, in this episode of the Crowdfunding Demystified podcast, Salvador Briggman speaks to the founder of Nuudii System, Annette Azan, about how she crushed her Kickstarter goal and reached 4,323 backers for her revolutionary product.

Expect expert guidance on:

• How to skyrocket product launch to $360,793 Kickstarter mega success
• Using brand storytelling to keep the crowdfunding momentum
• Nailing the team-building aspect of your project

Spoiler alert: you’re going to love it!

Find out more about Sal’s Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook

Sponsors: 

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

Creativity is key but it is not everything when it comes to realizing your ideas.

That’s precisely where crowdfunding comes in!

So, in today’s Crowdfunding Demystified episode, you’ll hear from creator Adrien Beyk about how he made a six-figure success out of his first two crowdfunding campaigns. 

This includes advice on:

• How a soft launch can set up your product to success
• How to reach 1,000 backers with your first crowdfunding campaign
• Best practices that helped Quanta Vici raise $129,712 with Kickstarter

We hope you will find his story as inspiring as we did!

Learn more about Sal’s Kickstarter Mentor Package

Sponsors:

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

One of the main things about crowdfunding I find really cool is the fact that you can literally do it all!

Whether that be a physical product, software, or service, no idea—no matter how out of the box they may seem—is off the table in terms of what can be successfully funded. 

If your idea is based around entertainment like games, comics, or in this case, a movie franchise, today is going to be an awesome episode for you!

In today’s episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to Stephen and Jason, who form the team behind Onedoor Studios and the Calculated Sequels campaign.

The campaign’s goal is to invite investors to “own part of three global YA movie franchise sequels produced for major studio release.”

In this episode, Stephen and Jason reveal: 

• What it takes to raise capital for an entertainment project
• How to connect with your audience and investors
• What obstacles to expect with regulation crowdfunding and how to overcome them

Today is an amazing opportunity to gain insight into the steps needed for a successful crowdfunding campaign. Stephen and Jason were extremely transparent in this episode!

As always, make sure you stay dialed in and take note of what’s working for your own crowdfunding journey!

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Book a Coaching Call
• Equity Crowdfunding Explained
• Free Equity Crowdfunding Course
•  Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Calculated Sequels

Entrepreneurship is an amazing thing!

It allows us to follow our dreams, meet new people and make money in the process.

Yet, it’s one of the hardest things you can do!

Honestly, there are few things more complicated than starting a business.

From the advice and knowledge of guests I’ve had on the show, we know that idea generation and brainstorming are critical parts of the creative process.

However, to build a project from an idea, you first need to identify what problem your idea solves and how it will be used to benefit people’s lives.

That’s exactly what today’s guests struggled with for years!

Then, they had that lightbulb moment that changed their lives forever.

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to Hans and Andreas, the creators behind Canairi, an innovative, fresh air monitor.

The product is inspired by canaries historically being used to detect deadly gases in mines. Similarly, when the indoor air quality is poor, this handy gadget will drop down until the air is clean and brings it back to life.

In this episode, Hans and Andreas share:

• Coping with a project that took off in just a few hours
• How they were able to come up with a product that solved a problem and where the inspiration came from
• What went into a year of pre-launch planning

If you are struggling with the problem-solving aspect of your idea, this is the episode for you.

As always, tune in, take note, and be inspired!

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Crowdfunding Coaching
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Smash Your Kickstarter Goal
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Subscribe to my FREE newsletter
• Canairi

Have you ever had an idea for a product, launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund it, and raised millions of dollars?

I’m going to have a guess and say no (or at least not yet).

But what’s stopping you from achieving your Kickstarter goal?

What about surpassing it by a massive 326%?

That’s exactly what happened with today’s guest, as they raised an astonishing $1,067,395 for their Kickstarter project!

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to the creator of Dead by Daylight, David, who explains how this survival horror board game attracted 11,546 backers!

In this episode, David shares:

• The formula he has mastered after twenty-four crowdfunding campaigns
• Why he chose Kickstarter over other crowdfunding platforms
• How to successfully launch gaming projects

As someone with over ten years of experience crowdfunding, the wealth of knowledge David possesses is astounding, and he’s taken the time to share it with us!

Soak it up and use it to smash your goals!

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Crowdfunding Coaching
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Smash Your Kickstarter Goal
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Dead by Daylight: The Board Game

I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “If it were easy, everyone would be doing it.”

Is that true as it relates to Kickstarter?

If you have been with me for any length of time, you know my answer: I don’t think so!

As someone who has had the privilege of speaking to guests of many successful Kickstarter projects, my answer should come as no surprise.

However, if you take note of tips, tricks, and techniques used by the multitude of guests I’ve had on my podcast, you’ll start to visualize and plan the necessary steps to make your crowdfunding dreams a reality.

Today’s episode is just another opportunity for you to learn how to utilize current trends and media to benefit your own campaign.

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to the team behind Plufl, Noah and Yuki, a premium bed engineered to provide the optimal napping experience.

It was “created to maximize comfort and foster a sense of security, delivering relief for those who have ADHD, stress, and anxiety-related issues.”

In this episode, you’ll learn how:

• Plufl was able to go viral on TikTok
• To enter the world of entrepreneurship without any specific skills
• To utilize effective product prototyping
• Social media can be a potent tool for your project

The fact that the creators behind Plufl were students with near-zero entrepreneurial and TikTok experience is really inspiring.

Even with that lack of experience, they raised over $290K with nearly 800 backers on Kickstarter!

So hopefully, any doubts regarding your skills or inexperience disappear after listening to this episode.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Crowdfunding Coaching
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Smash Your Kickstarter Goal
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Plufl

Let me guess: You’re looking to raise six figures or more with crowdfunding but have no idea where to start?

Or maybe you already own a company but want to raise funds for a specific project…like…say…a software that will take your existing business to new heights!

Brace yourself because I’m going to blow your mind.

Today’s guest raised over $300,000 for their crowdfunding campaign!

In today’s episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to the founder and CEO of Kidcaboo, Rebecca, as she discusses the steps taken to achieve success with this project.

The passion behind the project was to bring “safety, flexibility, and freedom to today’s busy parents, specifically working mothers, who should NEVER have to downplay their ambitions.”

This is achieved through a platform for driving nannies to provide ridesharing, specifically for kids.

While tuning in, you’ll learn:

• How to identify a problem and attract backers for the solution
• How to scale effectively
• What is needed to make a splash in a huge market
• How to raise funds even if you aren’t particularly good at sales

If you are looking to expand your project with regulation crowdfunding platforms like WeFunder…

This is an episode you NEED to listen to!

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Crowdfunding Coaching
• Equity Crowdfunding Explained
• Free Equity Crowdfunding Course
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Subscribe to my FREE newsletter
• Kidcaboo

There is no question that reaching your crowdfunding goal is probably the number one priority for your product.

The problem is, how do you actually reach that goal?

That goalpost figure you’ve set for your project, the amount that will change your life?

Well, today’s episode features a guest who has run many successful crowdfunding campaigns and absolutely smashed their goal with their latest project.

Tune in and learn how you can too!

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to the creator of Nebia Towel, Philip, who discusses his success crowdfunding the project.

The goal of this product was to “make the world’s first towel made from repurposed pre and post-consumer recycled textiles.”

During the conversation, Philip sheds light on:

• Co-founding Nebia and his five campaigns on Kickstarter
• Effective marketing for sustainable products
• How to get started with zero entrepreneurial experience
• Building trust with your backers

With Philip’s experience as a million-dollar Kickstarter creator and how transparent he is about his campaigns on the podcast, this is an episode that anyone preparing for launch would be crazy to miss!

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Crowdfunding Coaching
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Smash Your Kickstarter Goal System
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Nebia Towel

We’ve all had these thoughts at some point, whether you are seriously considering crowdfunding your product or just throwing out ideas...

“How do I create a product people actually want to buy?”

“What do I need to do to give backers the same excitement in my product that I have?”

Well, I have great news for you!

Today’s guest will break down exactly what happens behind the scenes in making both a beautiful, well-designed product and pitch videos that leave the viewer enthralled!

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to the founder of Elevated Craft, Adam, who discusses his recent Kickstarter campaign, the Hybrid Cocktail Glass.

“Beautifully designed and meticulously crafted to elevate your cocktail experience,” this elegant product raised over $700K with the backing of over 4,900 individuals!

You’ll hear how he achieved this and receive extremely valuable information to take with you in your crowdfunding journey, including:

• How to add the “X” factor to your product
• How to keep your campaign running during unprecedented times
• Creating the perfect pitch for your product
• SMS versus email marketing

This campaign, plus Adam’s last, raised a combined total of over $2.5 million in crowdfunding!

The necessity for you to tune in to today’s episode really speaks for itself.

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Crowdfunding Coaching
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Killer Crowdfunding Tips
• Hybrid Cocktail Glass

Kickstarter has become an enormous platform that many entrepreneurs use to get their ideas off the ground.

Thousands of people have successfully raised money through this type of crowdfunding, and it stands to reason that there are many best practices.

You’d be crazy not to know or use this information for your own startup!

Today’s guest will reveal exactly how they raised over $400,000 with the backing of over 7,000 investors for their latest campaign, Passport III!

In this episode of Crowdfunding Demystified, you’ll hear Salvador Briggman talk to Tom about his role in the successful fundraising for the product.

The Passport III is an all-in-one 65W adapter for both home and travel. It’s a small, minimalist adapter with multiple interchangeable prongs that enables you to use your devices worldwide.

You will also hear Tom discuss:

• How to effectively communicate your brand image, including utilizing social media
• The benefits of Kickstarter compared to other crowdfunding platforms
• How he addresses pricing a product and issues that may arise with it

With Tom’s involvement in nine other campaigns, I’ve got no doubt you’ll gain knowledge that will take your crowdfunding game to the next level after tuning in to this episode!

Resources and Tools Mentioned on the Show

• Crowdfunding Coaching
• Subscribe to the CrowdCrux Newsletter
• Join the Smash Your Kickstarter Goal community
• The Kickstarter Launch Formula Audiobook
• Fulfillrite: Kickstarter and crowdfunding reward fulfillment services. They come highly recommended! Download their free shipping and fulfillment checklist.
• Passport III