By Evan Vitale
You’ve researched, planned and prepared an awesome presentation for your crowdfunding campaign and then it bombs. Now what?
Get up. Brush the dirt off your pants and try again. Right?
Before you take the same plan and presentation and create a new campaign at a different crowdfunding site (which might also cause yet another failure), you should first step back a little and review the following:
- Is your idea a great one? Everyone “thinks” they have an awesome idea, but is it really that great? If so, then why didn’t you reach your campaign goal? Was it something in the presentation or did others feel like perhaps your idea isn’t as hot as you think it is?
- Review your plan. What’s missing in your project or idea plan? Did you offer enough details to your investors? Check and see if there were any unanswered questions during your campaign. Remember, as you create your plan and presentation think of all the questions someone might ask if you were making the presentation face-to-face. Then, make sure all of those questions are answered in your campaign presentation.
- Review your financial goals. Are you dead-on with your requests or are you asking for too much money?
- Review your presentation. Did it fail to wow your crowd? What’s missing? What can you do to make it better; keep people’s interest and make them become part of your financial crowd?
- It could be that perhaps you presented your plan on the wrong crowdfunding website. They are all different and, perhaps, a change might be the key to reaching your campaign goal.
Once you have answered those questions and made the necessary edits, changes and updates, then it’s time to start your crowdfunding campaign again. A first-time failure doesn’t mean you’re finished. It means you’re gaining experience!
