EP 321 Three Things to Do When Relaunching Your Kickstarter

06/27/19 • 21 min

Wes Woodbury, from Fundamental Games, is a returning guest. He relaunched his Kickstarter campaign, Legends of Novus, after appearing as a guest on the show in Episode 293.

With advice from other guests and fans, Wes went back to the drawing board and retooled and relaunched his campaign.

There were three key things he did to increase his chances for success:

#1 He worked with Manufacturers to lower is overall production costs by a significant amount. This allowed him to lower his overall goal.

#2 Finding alternative methods of adding content without adding costs.

#3 Helping others succeed. Wes has been heavily involved in helping other Kickstarter creators put their board games on Tabletop simulator in order to enhance the overall experience.

Wes goes into details on each of these as well as other strategies. This is well worth listening to as he is on his way to having a successful Kickstarter project.

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320 A Kickstarter Store and Conference

From Singapore to San Jose, this interview spans the globe. Nison Chan is the guest and discusses his retail store, We The People Store, that only sells Kickstarter projects. With stores in Singapore, Malaysia, and St Louis Missouri, Nison shares the idea behind getting your Kickstarter product into retail.
In addition, Nison is part of a Kickstarter conference called For Creators By Creators that was recently on the East Coast, visiting NYC.
As the buyer for the We The People Store, Nison shares the things that are attractive to his customers.
You can find We the People Store here: Take a look and see if one of your favorite projects is found in their store.

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EP 322 Building your Crowd before you launch. Finding a path to success with your first Kickstarter campaign

Bobby Fiorentino began building his crowd nearly a year before he even knew what his Kickstarter project was going to be.
He built a following, using Live Stream, Giveaways, and advertising to draw people to his Facebook group where they shared common interests. His group rapidly grew to more than 4,000 members.
He then began using this new crowd to develop ideas and as a sounding board for a Kickstarter project.
Then, with the project beginning to be fleshed out, he identified what the least amount of money would be needed to be successful and how to use GameCrafter to build out his game.
He settled on $500.
That may not seem like a lot of money to start with on Kickstarter, but Bobby's project, called This Game Is A Disaster, leveraged all the right assets, followed all the right steps, and while the goal was modest, his process was exceptional.
This interview with Bobby Fiorentino is well worth your time to listen. If you are a new project creator or even someone who has been Kickstarting for a while, you will find some extremely useful advice from this first timer.