Month: August 2011

Today’s Adopted Kickstarter Project: Billy Club from Producer Rex Sikes

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By now, you’ve all heard about our Kickstarter for an Oscar® campaign, and if you haven’t, you can learn more here.

Our Campaign to Give Back to You

Let’s face it…we all know that sometimes Kickstarter campaigns can tire everyone out.

Since we don’t believe in asking without giving, we’re working to provide something of real value every day we bug you to join our effort to fund our Academy Award® campaign.

So far we’ve given back some free motion graphics a tip on getting more FB likes for your own Kickstarter projects, and this post with the best blog posts we found, helping us earn $20,000 in just 48 hours, a benefit screening for Team Lucy, some behind the scenes drama as we decided to change our Kickstarter video, and our piece Facebook Ads for Filmmakers.

Today, we want to give back with some specific support for another Kickstarter project the community should know about.

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Betting On Doc from Julie Keck, Jessica King, & Chris Grimes

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Twitter faves Julie Keck and Jessica King have teamed up with Chris Grimes of 5414 Productions on ‘A Second Knock At The Door‘ which premieres August 26 at the 2011 Vegas Cine Fest. The trailer for the doc is compelling and emotional, highlighting the centuries-old issue of “friendly fire.” From the filmmakers: ‘Friendly fire’ is … Read more

Kickstarter Success: Tips and Tricks to Launch Your Kickstarter Campaign

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Kickstart 14 days left

By now, you’ve all heard about our Kickstarter for an Oscar® campaign, and if you haven’t, you can learn more here.

Your Kickstarter Campaign

We wanted to collect all the tips, tricks, and resources we’ve put together for you over the first two-thirds of our Kickstarter campaign into one easy to access page.

(We were able to raise over $20,000 in the first 48 hours, broke our goal in just five days and five hours, and are still raising money for our Indie Oscar® Campaign as we speak.)

We’ll add to these over time. Hope these Kickstarter tips and tricks help you raise thousands of dollars for your passion project.

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Laughing for a Good Cause

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A few weeks ago we told you about the wonderful message we received from Team Lucy, a cause put together by a family whose daughter is suffering from Leukemia. We’re proud to let you know today we’re putting up a benefit screening of Dying to do Letterman, with all proceeds going to Team Lucy. We … Read more