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How Crowdfunding Can Work For You
An introduction to crowdfunding
Crowdfunding has become an increasingly more popular way for small companies and creative artists to gain early backing using the internet and social media. In the UK we have seen a wave of crowdfunding sites emerge that have goals as diverse as funding community driven projects to equity investment platforms. PleaseFund.Us has always been proud to be a creative projects platform, meaning that anyone with a new idea can upload their idea and work with the PleaseFund.Us team to get it into shape so that it can raise the money needed through crowdfunding.
Crowdfunding Videos We Love
Working at PleaseFund.Us, we get to see some amazing crowdfunding videos, here are just a few recent ones that have really caught our imagination. The projects range from Mission: Explore Food's awesome new adventure packed book, to Alakazam your spontaneous flight search Iphone app.
Drum Roll Please…......
We are pleased to announce the two winners of the PleaseFund.Us Creatives Grants. The decision was made after consulting our panel of industry experts ranging from governmental grant giving bodies through to fashion leaders. In deciding the winners our panel looked at what makes a good crowdfunding campaign and whether the applicants (projects trying to raise funding through the PleaseFund.Us website) had shown creativity, brilliance, passion and the dedication required to win over the crowd. Read on to find out which lucky projects are benefiting from over £1,500 of grants.....
Promoting My Project
So… you’ve made your video, you’ve got some good pledge rewards and you’ve uploaded your project to a crowdfunding website…now what?! Sit back, put your feet up and watch the mon£y roll in?- I think not! Your campaign has only just begun. A project doesn’t just fund itself.
Our Five Favourite Projects For iPhone
An iPhone is a pretty cool accessory on its own; however there have been plenty of crowdfunding projects across the globe designing gadgets to enhance them further. Here we have our pick of some of the best crowdfunding projects we’ve seen for the iPhone. All five of them surpassed their targets and are currently well on their way!
10 Crowdfunding Tips: An Easy Way To Raise Money
As the saying goes, ideas are cheap, but the execution is expensive. This is exactly why crowdfunding has become such a hit; it enables people with brilliant ideas to showcase them in a risk free way, gain the support of the general public, and carry them out!
Crowdfunding tips for filmmakers
Whether you’re making a music video, a documentary or even a feature film, one thing that most filmmakers have in common is the need for funds. Sometimes money is needed for an excursion (especially for documentaries), other times it is needed for equipment. Regardless of the reason, here are some simple tips that will allow you to say ‘that’s a wrap folks!’
We Love This Project
Had you ever thought that you could make sounds just by passing electric current through the air? Go a couple of steps further and add some fluorescent colouring and suddenly you have something that can not only make the odd zapping noise, it can begin to make a tune with a flash light effect - way cooler!