Crowdfunding // How to Raise Money for Your Project or Cause {Indiegogo.com}

I have been doing a bit of research on the concept of crowdfunding. Crowdfunding is not a new concept: the Statue of Liberty, for example was a gift to the United States from France, but they did not have the funds to build the base on which to display it, so they crowdfunded it, asking the citizens to donate an average of £0.89! {indiegogo.com} Love it! 

To me, the possibilities of crowdfunding seem endless! You can start a project (e.g. a film, an album, a community garden, a new technological invention, etc) and crowdfund it rather than going to a bank or a venture capitalist. Or you can choose a cause that you are passionate about and crowdfund that!

So I went to www.indiegogo.com and signed up (yes I definitely have something brewing!) and watched some of their tutorial and webinars on crowdfunding (highly recommended), so whatever you are wanting to raise money for (a project or a cause), crowdfund it! 

Here are some tips from the guys at indiegogo.com:

Keys to Success:
1.     Engaging pitch
2.     Attainable goal
3.     Unique perks
4.     Proactive communication

Top 5 Crowdfunding Mistakes:

1.     Crowd funding is not a lottery 

2.     Setting a goal that is too high

3.     Jumping the gun with marketing

4.     Dry business pitch/video

5.     Promotion of perks that just don’t work

Check it out and see if crowdfunding could take your path to world change (or funding your inventions or projects)

Blessings!

Ronell x

{photo credit: http://www.indiegogo.com/}

Raise Awareness {Mandela Day} 21 / 67 ways to change the world

As promised on Mandela Day 2013 (19.07.13), this is part of my series on their 67 suggested ways of changing the world. This one comes under the category of 'Help Out for Good Health':

21. Talk to your friends and family about HIV.


As previously mentioned, HIV and AIDS is rife in South Africa, so it is the disease at the forefront of South Africans' minds. You could equally spread/raise awareness about another illness or cause that you (or a loved one) suffer from or support by telling others about it. Raising awareness of an illness such as HIV/AIDS can save a life as it is also (but not by any means exclusively) a sexually transmitted disease and raising awareness of how it can be contracted in this way could and does save lives.

Blessings!

Ronell x



{photo credit: http://www.voatibetanenglish.com/content/article/1381748.html}