Post: #1

I have a certain audio drama I'm looking to broadcast on YouTube, however I need funding to hire voice actors and all the costs associated with a decent quality production. In order to do this, I have decided crowdfunding is the only realistic way for me to meet this goal.

However, I have no idea how to begin. The project, so far, has no social media or anything like that, so I'm starting from Ground Zero. I don't want to give out too much information about this project, because it could reveal my identity (and people don't take too kindly to Manosphere people), but it is basically an audio drama series set in the Middle Ages that is PG in nature, although suitable for all age groups with some red pill truths sneaked in. If you want more information, we can communicate through private message.

Currently, I am totally clueless as to how to even begin developing a following for this. Any advice you have would be appreciated.

Post: #2

Most crowdfunding sites require you to link to a social media site to get the ball rolling for you( May be difficult to keep your identity under wraps). And most sites wont put you on the site until you get a certain amount of donations from social media (go fund me is a good example). I'm not sure about kickstarter but most crowdfunding sites I've heard of require some form of social media.

Post: #3

(10-07-2014 02:57 PM)mmedeiros14 Wrote:  Most crowdfunding sites require you to link to a social media site to get the ball rolling for you( May be difficult to keep your identity under wraps). And most sites wont put you on the site until you get a certain amount of donations from social media (go fund me is a good example). I'm not sure about kickstarter but most crowdfunding sites I've heard of require some form of social media.

I understand, and my identity for the project itself is going to be revealed. I just don't want to reveal my identity as a member of this site, for obvious reasons. Mostly I'm asking about how to market on the internet and develop a social media following.

Post: #4

I'd do some googling. Crowdfunding is like a full time job. There was some analysis done where they showed that if you reach a critical percentage of the total pledged your chance of successfully completing your funding rise dramatically.

Just google works like kickstarter and movie/film, etc. Lots of articles, even people blogging about their kickstarter process.

Good luck!

Post: #5

The formula for crowdfunding is simple.

The last thing you're going to do is your kickstarter/gofundme/indiegogo page.

You basically have to build up a profile with your potential audience.

Which means finding them, understanding them, joining them, and then telling them about your project. (i'd nix selling the "red pill" aspect, and just leave it in as characterization)

You get feedback, refine your project, and then keep pushing forward.
Eventually you launch your page, but by then you should have a presence in the community you ultimately want to sell to.

It's serious time commitment.

WIA

Post: #6

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Post: #7

(10-07-2014 09:11 AM)Krusyos Wrote:  I have a certain audio drama I'm looking to broadcast on YouTube, however I need funding to hire voice actors and all the costs associated with a decent quality production.

American women provide drama for free.

But seriously though, I'm interested in how this turns out. Did you look at http://www.Patreon.com ? I know someone who is funding their radio podcast/show on this model. He's got 112 patrons making $578 a month as of right now. I'm seriously considering this for my radio show. I desperately need turntables and a budget for buying vinyl.

Post: #8

(10-08-2014 11:11 AM)DJ-Matt Wrote:  

(10-07-2014 09:11 AM)Krusyos Wrote:  I have a certain audio drama I'm looking to broadcast on YouTube, however I need funding to hire voice actors and all the costs associated with a decent quality production.

American women provide drama for free.

But seriously though, I'm interested in how this turns out. Did you look at http://www.Patreon.com ? I know someone who is funding their radio podcast/show on this model. He's got 112 patrons making $578 a month as of right now. I'm seriously considering this for my radio show. I desperately need turntables and a budget for buying vinyl.

At this point, I need a big lump sum of money to pay all the actors, but I definitely am considering patreon for when we actually start broadcasting and the actors are paid. It's not a huge project, the lead character is going to only be making about 1200 dollars for the whole thing. So it's actually kinda like a mini series. I figure I can make more if I stretch it out into more episodes though.

Post: #9

Find the closest other successful kickstarters/indiegogo/etc campaigns to yours and reverse engineer everything they did. If you half ass your preview video and have no pre-existing audience to market the campaign will produce results to match.

Post: #10

(10-08-2014 05:42 PM)babelfish669 Wrote:  Find the closest other successful kickstarters/indiegogo/etc campaigns to yours and reverse engineer everything they did. If you half ass your preview video and have no pre-existing audience to market the campaign will produce results to match.

That's the problem I'm running into with my project. As far as I know, nobody has tried to kickstart an Audio Drama for YouTube before. I'm thinking about sending a pitch to entertainment sites like IGN and perhaps even BBC to see if they find it interesting enough to cover. I'm kicking myself for not starting social media earlier... it's something I have to set up today.

Because this idea is so new, I have no idea who the target is!