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Kickstarter For Dummies
Learn to use Kickstarter to make your great ideas a reality As a crowd-funding website for creative projects, Kickstarter has the power to make creative ideas come to life. This helpful guide walks you through the potential of this amazing tool, which has helped project creators successfully launch their projects since 2009. You'll learn how to create a Kickstarter account, set up your first project, and effectively use social media to bring awareness to your project and build up the community around it to hopefully reach the goal of 100 percent funding. Whether you have an idea for a movie, video game, gadget or anything in between, Kickstarter For Dummies is the fun and friendly guide to help you get the funds to make your idea happen!
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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February 2, 2014
It is very well written and very informative. A definite must if you are starting your first kickstarter campaign. It helped me immensely.
October 4, 2019
as of October 2019 still useful. concise and easy to follow. Not a one stop shop, think of this as a solid starting place though.
January 1, 2014
Whenever I want to learn a new skill, I’ve found it is important to learn from people who have detailed experience in this area. Aimee Cebulski is one of these people. She not only writes about Kickstarter but has used it successfully to fund her book, THE FINDING 40 PROJECT.
In the introduction for KICKSTARTER FOR DUMMIES (http://amzn.to/12TAOt6), Cebulski writes “Kickstarter has quickly become a mainstream way to get a creative project made.” Most people have no idea how to raise funds for their creative project, Kickstarter gives anyone the ability to raise funds—but it does take strategic planning and thinking to pull off successfully. This book will help you understand the details and creative possibilities.
The Kickstarter model is working. Page 6 says, “As of March 2013, individuals using Kickstarter have:
• Launched 89,400 projects
• Funded 37,300 projects – a success rate of 43%
• Raised $434 million”
“Kickstarter uses an all-or-nothing approach to fundraising. This means, if you don’t hit your fundraising goal within a certain timeframe (about 30 to 60 days), you get nothing. As a result, you need to be very strategic in your planning, your goal-setting, and backer solicitation, all of which I cover in depth in this book.” (Page 7)
The illustrations, step-by-step instructions and depth of this book make it a “must-have” for anyone who is going to use Kickstarter effectively. I recommend you get this book, study it carefully then launch your own creative endeavor. Aimee Cebulski has shown readers the path for their own success and opportunity with KICKSTARTER FOR DUMMIES.
In the introduction for KICKSTARTER FOR DUMMIES (http://amzn.to/12TAOt6), Cebulski writes “Kickstarter has quickly become a mainstream way to get a creative project made.” Most people have no idea how to raise funds for their creative project, Kickstarter gives anyone the ability to raise funds—but it does take strategic planning and thinking to pull off successfully. This book will help you understand the details and creative possibilities.
The Kickstarter model is working. Page 6 says, “As of March 2013, individuals using Kickstarter have:
• Launched 89,400 projects
• Funded 37,300 projects – a success rate of 43%
• Raised $434 million”
“Kickstarter uses an all-or-nothing approach to fundraising. This means, if you don’t hit your fundraising goal within a certain timeframe (about 30 to 60 days), you get nothing. As a result, you need to be very strategic in your planning, your goal-setting, and backer solicitation, all of which I cover in depth in this book.” (Page 7)
The illustrations, step-by-step instructions and depth of this book make it a “must-have” for anyone who is going to use Kickstarter effectively. I recommend you get this book, study it carefully then launch your own creative endeavor. Aimee Cebulski has shown readers the path for their own success and opportunity with KICKSTARTER FOR DUMMIES.
December 23, 2013
The book I read to research this post was Kickstarter For Dummies by Aimee Cebulski which is a very good book which I read at
http://safaribooksonline.com
Kickstarter is a venture capital or crowdfunding website. Basically you write about a project you want to start which can be a book, a film, a start up business or even something like a charity thing and people pledge to help fund it and usually if you make a profit they get a share of the proceeds. You have to designate how much you wish to raise and what percentage you will give them. You first of all tell them in one word what type of project it will be. You then tell them about the project in less than 135 characters. There is another part where you can tell them about the project in more detail. You need a title for the project, a photo or video & maybe even a website or blog for them to visit for more information. Investors aren't always paid in cash, you might in the case of a book send them a signed copy or another reward for investing a set sum. It's customary to thank your backers whether you achieve your target or not and of course you pay the website a percentage. The default deadline is 30 days although you can adjust that. Kickstarter is at http://kickstarter.com & they have a tumblr blog also called kickstarter. You need to be a USA citizen and have a social security number and payments are done through Amazon.com. This is a very interesting book and if you are a potential investor the projects are categorized on the website.
http://safaribooksonline.com
Kickstarter is a venture capital or crowdfunding website. Basically you write about a project you want to start which can be a book, a film, a start up business or even something like a charity thing and people pledge to help fund it and usually if you make a profit they get a share of the proceeds. You have to designate how much you wish to raise and what percentage you will give them. You first of all tell them in one word what type of project it will be. You then tell them about the project in less than 135 characters. There is another part where you can tell them about the project in more detail. You need a title for the project, a photo or video & maybe even a website or blog for them to visit for more information. Investors aren't always paid in cash, you might in the case of a book send them a signed copy or another reward for investing a set sum. It's customary to thank your backers whether you achieve your target or not and of course you pay the website a percentage. The default deadline is 30 days although you can adjust that. Kickstarter is at http://kickstarter.com & they have a tumblr blog also called kickstarter. You need to be a USA citizen and have a social security number and payments are done through Amazon.com. This is a very interesting book and if you are a potential investor the projects are categorized on the website.
July 23, 2013
Basically a repetition of info you can get for free on the Kickstarter site. The only benefit to the book is that if you're a REAL computer neophyte, she offers extremely simple advice like "Find the button that says 'Start Your Project' and click on that." Duh.
A much better book -- with more in-depth information and advice, war stories and testimonials from experienced Kickstarters -- is Quirk Books' "The Kickstarter Handbook," by Don Steinberg. THAT I'm gonna give 5 stars. Buy Steinberg's "Handbook" instead of wasting your money on this "For Dummies" book. This time, the book's title tells you exactly what's inside.
A much better book -- with more in-depth information and advice, war stories and testimonials from experienced Kickstarters -- is Quirk Books' "The Kickstarter Handbook," by Don Steinberg. THAT I'm gonna give 5 stars. Buy Steinberg's "Handbook" instead of wasting your money on this "For Dummies" book. This time, the book's title tells you exactly what's inside.
July 7, 2015
Alveg fínt. Sumt auðvitað augljóst en margt ágætt. Ég vildi auðvitað ekkert sérstaklega læra um Kickstarter þannig að ýmsar upplýsingar voru, augljóslega, fullmikið um þann vef.
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