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Combining different forms of promotion effectively, and Strife from Galaxy Games talks about how they got their game funded in 10 hours, with almost no media outreach.

Project London is a feature-length, science-fiction, action-adventure movie with 774 visual effects made by over 250 volunteers. They've also tried just about every form of fundraising there is, from raising money on their own site to running a campaign on IndieGoGo and now with a Kickstarter Campaign. We talk with Project London about zero budget film making and promotion, the differences between the various crowdfunding platforms, working with volunteers and more.

In this episode of Kickstarter tips, we cover the big mistake that even 3 of the largest projects lately ran into that could have wiped out their campaigns... and what you can do to avoid it. Then we look at Kickstarter's new Leanback mode, projects running chronically late and whether anyone cares, and the rise and rise of funding in Kickstarter's games category. Finally, we talk to Brom, a surreal, romatic, gothic horror fantasy artist whose work spans over 30 years, and whose campaign did nearly 2000% of their goal to raise over $235,000.

Learn how to use free give aways to increase pledges on your campaign, what happened with Kickstarter's UK launch and whether a longer campaign length is likely to help or harm your campaign. Then we talk with Jon Mavor of Planetary Annihilation, the 2.2 Million dollar Kickstarter project to find out what worked, what didn't and what his advice is for your Kickstarter project.

What does Kickstarter's UK launch and new Star Citizen launch mean to you? How to get publicity as an unknown and Matt Tran shares how an an unknown trio of students raised over $100,000 on Kickstarter in under 24 hours, while helping the environment. Links mentioned in the video: http://www.boostedboards.com http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/170315130/boosted-boards-the-worlds-lightest-electric-vehicl Read more details for this interview over at: http://CrowdfundingDojo.com/articles/boosted-boards-unknown-to-100k-in-under-24-hours-kickstarter-tips-ep-002 (no email/opt in needed) All logo's / images are the property of their respective owners and are used with permission. Crowdfunding Dojo is not affiliated with Kickstarter, Inc. in any way. (we just love helping people get their creative projects funded there!)

In this episode in the news we look over Kickstarter's latest announcement about where all the funding is going and why, as well as a number of new sites offering Kickstarter related services. Then in the quick tip you'll learn how you can encourage people to promote you without getting annoying. Finally, we talk to Charlie Verdin from the Fangamer project which combined geek with chic to raise over $100,000 and over 5 times their original funding goal. Get more from Crowdfunding Dojo at: http://CrowdfundingDojo.com (everything) https://youtube.com/user/Crowdfunding Dojo (video tutorials and interview hilights) https://twitter.com/crowdfundingdojo (news and updates) http://facebook.com/KickstartersHq (news and updates)