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Crowdfunding at BlogHer '13

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Crowdfunding – When $20 from Family and Friends Isn’t Enough to Fund Your Dream

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

Crowdfunding – When $20 from Family and Friends Isn’t Enough to Fund Your Dream

ERIN MARGOLIN, The Gay Dad Project, @ErinMargolin

JAN ZIFF, Broomstick Productions, @LoveHeckerty

KERRYN GERETY, fundraise.com, @kerryngerety

PANELISTS

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

Kerryn Gerety

about.me/kerryngerety

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

Erin Margolin – The Gay Dad Project

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

www.gaydadproject.org

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

www.gaydadproject.org

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

www.gaydadproject.org

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

www.gaydadproject.org

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

Jan Ziff – Meet Heckerty (She’s Magic!)

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She

Kicksta

rted

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

The Good, The Bad ... and the Ugly

• Raise money — a non-traditional solution• Beyond Friends & Family — legitimacy

• Minimal Startup Cost, Limited Risk• Name Recognition• Pre-sales, testbed & marketing

GOOD

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

The Good, The Bad ... and the Ugly

• All or Nothing• You snooze, you lose• LOTS of work!• High Fees

BAD

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

The Good, The Bad ... and the Ugly

• No organic traffic for 90-95%+• Arbitrary & mysterious promotion• Big hidden cost of rewards• 44% success ... not really!• A funds collection tool

UGLY

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And there’s one big reward!

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"a must-have"(Unofficial Apple Weblog)

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Shameless Plug ;-)

App Stores–Apple–Google–Amazon

Online–www.heckerty.com–@loveheckerty–/loveheckerty

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#BH13Crowdfund INTERNET SSID: BlogHer | No Password Required

Crowdfunding – When $20 from Family and Friends Isn’t Enough to Fund Your Dream

ERIN MARGOLIN, The Gay Dad Project, @ErinMargolin

JAN ZIFF, Broomstick Productions, @LoveHeckerty

KERRYN GERETY, fundraise.com, @kerryngerety

PANELISTS

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“BlogHer is a snake meal of

ideas in a wonton wrapper of

love. Afterwards you need a 2-

day nap, then it nourishes you

for a year.”– @debontherocks