A campaign plan with great online and offline activities

Fun, creative and inspiring activities will draw attention to your initiative and make it fun to contribute to your crowdfunding campaign. So to stimulate and involve people in your project, your activities need to be well spread…

A suitable crowdfunding project

Most people find it’s more fun to contribute to new benches in the park than to pay for the annual…

A realistic target amount

Choosing a realistic target amount enhances your chances of a successful campaign. During the campaign you want the progress bar to fill up and show potential supporters that it’s possible to reach 100%. This makes your contributors trust your campaign and will radiate success…

Online and offline campaigning: how do you do it?

A recruiting campaign text

Convincing people that your project needs to be realized is the essence of crowdfunding. It all starts with a good pitch: a short text that explains quickly which problem you will solve, why it’s important and what you need to realize it. You’ll use this pitch in your video, it’s…

Original rewards

Original rewards make it more fun to contribute to the project. A symbolic thank you, an invitation to an opening or a product…

Step 3: Setting up your campaign plan and preparing fun rewards

Crowdfunding is about more than just money

Crowdfunding is fun, exciting and delivers a huge kick when you achieve your target amount together. Crowdfunding enables driven idealists and enthusiasts to realize their own great ideas, without having to wait for those funding providers to come…

A smart campaign structure

No matter how smart your idea is, people will only invest in your crowdfunding project when they believe it’ll be successful. Do you send your campaign to your entire network when there’s no money on the progress bar yet? Then maybe many people will think: “Nobody has made a…

A catchy campaign video

A catchy crowdfunding video enables to you tell and show the potential supporters of your campaign why they should…

Step 4: starting your campaign

Your campaign page is live! By now, you should have some people ready to donate on the first day. Now, it is all about you persuading and activating your network to contribute to the campaign. Do it in a fun and varied way. Share your project pictures, celebrate your…

Use pictures to tell your story

A picture is worth a 1,000 words, especially in a crowdfunding campaign! Beautiful, telling images and…

Crowdfunding and approaching the press

It’s awesome when the local paper writes about your initiative or you can talk about it on local radio or television. These things sometimes fall in your lap, but usually you have to actively approach the press yourself. This can be challenging, because you need…