[cma-l] Fundraising through crowdfunder.co.uk

[Bill Best]

Last week Matthew posted (below) about using Crowdfunder as a fund-raising
platform:

http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/sourcefm/

Happy to say that Source FM is 32% of their way to their target with
another 31 days to go. Good luck Source FM!

Kickstarter, a similar type of platform to Crowdfunder, has recently
launched a Radio & Podcast section:

http://www.kickstarter.com/discover/categories/radio%20&%20podcast

Ribble FM has recently successfully used Kickstarter to raise £1000 to
provide "a radio service online via podcasts / streaming and on FM":

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803212410/be-part-of-a-local-radio-station-for-the-ribble-va

There are a number of alternatives to Kickstarter and Crowdfunder some of
which are listed here:

http://blog.laptopmag.com/best-kickstarter-alternatives

Here are five essential tips for a successful Kickstarter (or similar
platform) campaign:

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/five-essential-tips-for-a-successful-kickstarter-campaign.html

I expect that we will hear more of initiatives such as this in the future
and there could be a 'crowd-funding' segment in next year's CMA Conference
- watch this space!

Best regards

Bill
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On 18 October 2013 09:25, Matthew Rogers <matthew at thesourcefm.co.uk> wrote:

> Hello Fellow Radioheads,
>
> I thought I'd share our crowdfunder site with you, which has an amusing
> video made by the members of Source FM (yes that's me in the green dressing
> gown!) I thought it may inspire you to do the same at your stations,
> because actually the money isn't the best part about launching a
> crowdfunder campaign, it's the energy and the coming togetherness around a
> shared cause that's been the most important element, it has really unified
> the Source FM community once again after a difficult year.
>
> Hope you like it and if anyone would like any advice on launching a
> similar campaign I'd be happy to share my experiences:
> http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/sourcefm/
>
> Best wishes,
> --
> Matthew Rogers - Station Manager
> www.thesourcefm.co.uk
> Tel: 01326 211 782
> Mob: 07789746933
> Listen to Source FM Live<http://live.canstream.co.uk:8000/sourcefm.mp3.m3u>
>
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