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 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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December 2, 2014
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Anna
Meet the team: Jen
Jen is our resident dragon onesie wearing Chief People Wrangler. She’s the woman behind the emails that our campaign creators get. She tries to shepherd folk through the crowdfunding process with tips, tricks, and insight from her three successful campaigns. […]
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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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January 14, 2014
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pledgeme
Why Your Mother Is The Most Important Person To Your Crowdfunding Campaign
We want to honour all the Mothers who help make crowdfunding campaigns a success. Here’s just a few examples of the value your Mother can will add to your campaign. Because she is often the first person to pledge You […]
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November 5, 2013
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Anna
Why Local Matters
Bibliography : Most of the numbers were crunched in our database, and: – Statistics New Zealand (2008) ‘Degrees of Separation in the New Zealand Workforce: Evidence from linked employer-employee data’ available online. – Sorenson, O., and Stuart, T. (2001) ‘Syndication […]
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