Learn how to crush your next campaign from an author who has raised over $250,000 on Kickstarter across 18 publishing projects.
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This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read.
I think it’s perfect for people who have heard about Kickstarter and are curious if they should try it, how money is made from campaigns, how to market your campaign, and so on.
It’s also perfect for people who have run Kickstarters before and are looking for ways to incrase the amount of money they make at each stage.
It’s happening on Thursday, April 14 at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific.
Register below ahead of time:
https://kickstartyournovel.com/webinar/ OR
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkdemurT0vHNC0Nf9fIDUNi_2AIpx-MNLf
The webinar is truly jam-packed and we answer a ton of questions we get asked regularly, but I want to be upfront that we talk about one of our Kickstarter programs at the end. That said, if you missed out on the sprint during the campaign, you’ll love the new program we’re doing.
There will be a recording that stays up temporarily, so please register to receive it!
And we have 80 people registered already, so your registration will help me decide if I should upgrade past the 100 person mark before Thursday.
Hope to see you there!
Monica and Russell
P.S. If you haven’t joined already, we also have a challenge group where we are continuing the conversation about Kickstarter, post-book! https://www.facebook.com/groups/kickstartyournovel/
Unless I've messaged you personally with an update, and as long as you filled out the BackerKit survey (51 of you still haven't 🤔)...
Your print book has been shipped! 🥳
Most say they will arrive by the 28th-31st, though one of the overseas ones said April 6th. Anyway, check your mail next week if you haven't already received your book!
There are still a few digital rewards that I need to fix, but the campaign is close to closed. Thanks so much for your incredible patience through the fulfillment process.
Sincerely,
Monica
We have a new Kickstarter breakdown for you! If you've been excited about all the buzz surrounding Brandon Sanderson's Kickstarter campaign, we now have an article over on Medium that is our take on the six things Sanderson did differently with campaign #2, that he didn't do with campaign #1.
Why is this important? Because while Sanderson is working at a scale that most of us can't even fathom, he has raised over 4.5x more on campaign #2 than he did on campaign #1, which he funded under two years ago.
As we say in the article, "Let’s be clear: he is not funding at 4.5x more this time around because he’s a nice guy and writes good books and has built an audience. And this is where the gold is for other authors trying to learn from his campaigns."
So... We tell you exactly what we think he did differently this time.
And I'll be honest, none of it is super surprising to us, because a lot of it is what we teach and what we wrote in our book, Get Your Book Selling on Kickstarter.
The article is behind a paid subscription wall on Medium, but I have your back! Here is my special Friend Link so you can read it for free:
https://medium.com/the-productive-novelist/why-brandon-sandersons-second-kickstarter-did-4-5x-better-than-his-first-one-98d28e8c9a69?sk=dd0f2f313fd60e4d7676e6ad38abef2e
On April 4th, we are launching our first ever free 5-day challenge around Kickstarter. In this challenge, Russell will take you through 5 sticky steps to set up your first Kickstarter project, along with all the optimizations he does to drastically improve and maximize two metrics: his backer numbers and his revenue per backer.
If you've been thinking about running a Kickstarter project, or if you are just Kickstarter-curious, head on over and join the challenge with us.
I am completely done with packing and the last of the books are headed out the door today and tomorrow (depending when they can be picked up). Thanks to all those who posted pics of the book—it's been a pleasure to see those trickling out on social media!
Sincerely,
Monica