
The Crowdsourceress (Digital Audiobook)
Get Smart, Get Funded, and Kickstart Your Next Big Idea
Publication Date: March 27, 2017
Other Editions of This Title:
Paperback (3/28/2017)
Description
"Owning The Crowdsourceress is like having Alex Daly's 'special sauce' right at your fingertips." -- Jesse Reed, cofounder, Standards Manual
In recent years, the crowdfunding industry has generated several billions in funding. But the harsh reality is that around 60 percent of Kickstarter campaigns fail. Enter Alex Daly, a crowdfunding expert who has raised over $20 million for her clients' campaigns. She has run some of Kickstarter's biggest projects-TLC's newest album, Neil Young's audio player, and Joan Didion's documentary. In this book, Daly takes readers deep inside her most successful campaigns, showing you how to
- Get fans and influencers excited about your launch
- Build an appealing and powerfully designed campaign
- Access proven video tips, pitching tactics, press releases, and rewards ideas
- Avoid the most common headaches and pitfalls
Here you'll get tangible tools to run your own crowdfunding campaigns and fully connect with the crowd, get people to pay attention, and inspire them to act.
About the Author
Alex Daly is the founder of Vann Alexandra—a creative services agency that gets projects financed through crowdfunding with a 100% success rate—and is the industry’s “Crowdsourceress,” a name she received in the press for her expertise in crowdfunding. Alex has served on panels at distinguished film festivals and universities and is a featured columnist for the Big Think. Before transitioning into crowdfunding Alex was a producer and production manager; her films have been selected by the world’s most prestigious festivals including Sundance and Tribeca. Before that, she was a journalist for numerous publications, including New York magazine and SPIN, as well as the sole researcher for WSJ magazine.