I just got a client from ChatGPT.
It's no secret people have used ChatGPT for search...
But I wasn't expecting to get leads from it yet.
SEO will change a lot in the near future.
What do you think?
You are 42x more likely to get into Harvard than raise $1M on Kickstarter.
But hitting $1M is not only hard, it's not important.
Instead, focus on these:
Goal 1: At least breakeven on expenses
Goal 2: Create a high quality product
Goal 3: Deliver your product on time
@CopaAirlines DMs are all automated and no one is responding to the complaints. Can you please put me in touch with someone or review the current support ticket?
@MarkPecota Hello Mark, we really regret the situation mentioned. Please provide us your reservation code and email address by private message to assist you. Thanks.
@CopaAirlines you didn't let my GF and I board our flight. You said Colombia required a physical vaccination card. We had digital copies.
We paid $1.2K for new flights.
Now Copa support says we weren't allowed to board because I didn't have an onward ticket which is false.
I haven't started a business in 8 years.
So I had to rediscover the mission critical tools for starting & running a new venture.
Here's the stack:
LLC registration: @doolaHQ
Trademark filing: @JoshGerben
Domain registration: @GoDaddy
Website: @Shopify
Banking: @mercury
Payments: @stripe
Files: @googledrive
Internal email: @gmail
Extern email: @Mailchimp
Go-to Market: @Kickstarter
Task Management: @asana
@the_alex_d_ Def grab @MarkPecota's book and check out the website etc - they have a ton of great info on the whole process. So much more to it than I realised.
After college, I promised myself I would never say "no" to a student that asked for help.
Here are 3 things I've learned:
1. There's much to learn from students
2. I tend to greatly undervalue my knowledge
3. The best way to understand something is to teach it
There's something I call the "wall of failure" in crowdfunding.
82% of unsuccessful campaigns do not reach 20% of their goal.
But don't worry, it's not all doom and gloom.
Because if you get past this "wall of failure" you have a 79% chance of success.
There's a big misconception that mentorship is a one-way relationship.
The mentor gives while the mentee takes.
But 2 weeks ago I started mentoring a student named Andrea...
And I find myself learning so much from her as well.
9. Pledge management + upselling
Pledge managers make it easy to fulfill to your backers.
Plus, you can easily upsell more stuff to them.
Make more money + fulfill more easily? It's a no-brainer.
Recommended tools:
- @BackerKit
- @pledge_box
8. Indiegogo InDemand
Once your campaign ends, you should continue pre-selling.
Indiegogo InDemand makes that easy (even if you start on Kickstarter).
Keep taking pre-orders while you finish your product.
Recommended tool:
- @Indiegogo InDemand
I've raised $100M+ in 8.5 years through Kickstarter.
And I raised most of that in the past 2 years.
Here are 9 crowdfunding strategies I wish I knew sooner.
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