So I recently attempted to crowdfund for some new equipment on IndieGoGo (since Kickstarter doesn't allow non-project-related fundraising). Honestly, it was a half-hearted attempt at best, and I was more trying to use it to get more music video bookings. It failed miserably.
BUT! Someone saw the campaign. Someone who's come across my work but who I've never actually met in real life or heard from prior to this. And that person decided they wanted to help me out and emailed me. Thankfully I didn't delete it as spam (almost happened).
A day later, I had half of my funding goal sitting in a Bitcoin wallet (it's still there, and I'm patiently—and hopefully— waiting for the market to rebound). He later sent an email wishing me luck and hoping that the contribution helped out.
Moral of the story, I guess, is that even failures can bring success, more attention, etc. I almost didn't bother with the crowdfunding campaign because I knew it has little chance of succeeding, but now I'm so glad I did!
(Apologies if this is in the wrong place...)
BUT! Someone saw the campaign. Someone who's come across my work but who I've never actually met in real life or heard from prior to this. And that person decided they wanted to help me out and emailed me. Thankfully I didn't delete it as spam (almost happened).
A day later, I had half of my funding goal sitting in a Bitcoin wallet (it's still there, and I'm patiently—and hopefully— waiting for the market to rebound). He later sent an email wishing me luck and hoping that the contribution helped out.
Moral of the story, I guess, is that even failures can bring success, more attention, etc. I almost didn't bother with the crowdfunding campaign because I knew it has little chance of succeeding, but now I'm so glad I did!
(Apologies if this is in the wrong place...)
