It’s been a three month long quest, but we’re almost there replacing the vacant seat on our board. While we’re sad to lose dear Anake, this has been a great process for us to find new talent, mix up our […]
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January 27, 2016
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pledgeme
The curious tale of what happens after you request a campaign
By the simple act of hitting the request button, suddenly your project idea is real, has form, and has gone off into the internet tubes to be assessed by a team of specially trained mice. Twisted, turned, hummed and haaaa-ed over, […]
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October 6, 2015
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Anna
How to make friends
AKA how to network and influence your crowd I sometimes joke that my superpower is making friends. And, as much as I laugh it off as not actually being a superpower, it is one of most powerful skills I have. Whenever […]
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September 18, 2015
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Rory
Taking good pictures when you don’t know how to take good pictures
(And have a rubbish phone) It really is hard to overstate how important imagery is when you’re running a PledgeMe campaign. Though there’s no rule as such, successful campaigns generally tend to come with a bunch of pretty, well-lit pictures, and […]
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January 30, 2015
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pledgeme
Four Steps for a Fab Team Photo
People pledge to people. The best way to get your crowd invested in your project is to show them who’s behind it, and what better way to do that than a team photo-shoot? So, by studying the great work of […]
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January 15, 2015
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pledgeme
Top Ten Tools for Crowdfunding
Connecting with your crowd can be tricky. Luckily, there are lots of great sites and apps that can help you at all stages of your campaign: creation, organisation, promotion and connection. Check out our top ten tools below, and see […]
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May 10, 2014
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Anna
Don’t forget the crowd in crowdfunding
We keep on reading articles that don’t seem to get the importance of your crowd in crowdfunding – so we thought we’d give you the top 5 reasons we think your crowd is the most important part of your campaign. […]
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April 18, 2014
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pledgeme
Top 7 Quirky Ways to Market Your Crowdfunding Project
We love it when our creators get creative, and quirky. Here’s just a few (there are many more) examples of quirky rewards on some of our projects. 1. Panda Onesies To celebrate raising $7000 for their film Hold Your Breath, […]
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April 16, 2014
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Anna
“It’s not Dumb Money, it’s Love Money”
It’s amazing how fast the last month has flown by! We thought it might be time for a quick update on all things equity crowdfunding, so here goes: Licensing update The Financial Market Conduct Act came into effect 1 April, […]
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