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Best of ComixLaunch: Getting Chosen vs Choosing Yourself

In this Best of ComixLaunch session, Tyler looks at examples of getting chosen in comics vs choosing yourself. Hey, Tyler James from ComixLaunch here, with a BEST OF Episode ready to roll for you. These... Read more

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Best of ComixLaunch: Is Your Project Worthy of a Kickstarter?

In this Best of ComixLaunch session, Tyler discusses whether a project must be “worthy” of crowdfunding? Hey, Tyler James from ComixLaunch here, with a BEST OF Episode ready to roll for you. These BEST OF... Read more

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Time for a Break

This all began with a declaration of war on the number 49.95%. That number was the success rate of comic book projects on Kickstarter as of May 16, 2015, the day I first turned on... Read more

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New Kickstarter Feature Review: Polls in Update

Kickstarter added a new feature to their updates, now supporting polls. In this short session, Tyler will break down the new feature, discuss its strengths and limitations, how creators might use in upcoming campaigns, and end with some suggestions for improvement to better support how creators actually use polls during launches. Read more

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ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight: Overcoming Obstacles and Finding Success with David Chaucer La Forest

In this session's ComixLaunch Pro spotlight, Clay Adams interviews David Chaucer La Forest, an African-American disabled veteran, award-winning poet/author, and founder of Asani Entertainment, about building an Afrocentric shared fantasy universe rooted in positive representation. Read more

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New Kickstarter Feature Alert: Adding Free Items to Backer Pledges

In this session, Tyler trains creators on Kickstarter’s new feature for gifting free items to backers by adding existing reward items to individual backers or filtered groups via the Backer Report, with some UI quirks requiring multiple clicks and scrolling. Read more

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What You Focus on Grows (A WINS Show)

It's been a cold winter, so Tyler is rolling through with a bounty of wins from comic creators and crowdfunders to keep us focused on the right stuff. We'll start with some psychological truisms and wrap with a ton of positivity in the form of real wins from hardworking comics launch listeners. Read more

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Are You Tracking Negative Backer Volatility?

In this session, Tyler responds to a question about whether there's a reason for a seeming spike in cancelled pledges when launching projects today? It turns into a discussion about the importance of distinguishing “noise” during a live campaign from meaningful “signal.” Then we discuss ways to turn observations into comparable rates and introduces a simple DIY metric called “negative backer volatility.” Read more

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ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight: Randy Stone Comes Full Circle with his Biggest Campaign Yet

In this ComixLaunch Pro Spotlight, Clay Adams talks to Randy Stone about his journey in the comic book industry, highlighting his various roles in comics creation, including writing, drawing, inking, and lettering. Randy discusses his early inspirations, starting with Marvel Universe trading cards, and his shift from aspiring artist to self-published comic book writer through Altruist Comics. Read more

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How to Title Your Comic Book Kickstarter Project (and Avoid the Mistake Most Creators Are Making)

Would you believe that half of all comic creators launching projects on Kickstarter are making a big mistake when it comes to how they title their crowdfunding projects?
In this post I’ll show you how to title your Kickstarter project to attract more backers and to increase funding on Kickstarter.

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Is the Kickstarter Bubble Going to Burst for Comic Creators?

Wondering the Kickstarter success rate for comic projects is and whether or not the so-called Kickstarter bubble is about to burst? This video has the answer!

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Comics Crowdfunding: Making the Case for Indiegogo

While ComixLaunch has almost exclusively focused on the Kickstarter platform, it is not the only game in town. Indiegogo is a crowdfunding platform that hundreds of comic creators have chosen to fund their projects. In this guest post, Jen Finelli makes the case for Indiegogo.

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5 THINGS THE 2016 ELECTION TEACHES US ABOUT KICKSTARTER

The 2016 contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton provides ample crowdfunding lessons. (There’s a reason we call them Kickstarter campaigns.) So, sit back, relax, put your partisan politics aside, and let’s look at what worked and what didn’t.

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