Kickstarter — What's working and what's not

<p>Today's show is brought to you by <a href="https://www.wacom.com/"><strong>Wacom</strong></a> — makers of the powerful, professional, portable <a href="https://amzn.to/3nJd0u6" target="_blank"><strong>Wacom One</strong>! </a> This week, we've devoted the entire show to Kickstarter — what's working, what's not, and how you can improve your campaign!</p><p><strong>Questions asked and topics covered...</strong></p><ul><li>Kickstarter is the most tangible, real-world, evidence-based way to show how impossibly HARD it is to reach people, even with a focused message</li><li>Kickstarter Self-loathing vs “people not hearing about it”</li><li>Traceable Kickstarter links</li><li>Managing Kickstarter money</li><li>Kickstarter post-mortem</li><li>Kicktraq is almost always hyper-optimistic... here's a better way to project earnings</li><li>Instagram's is nearly useless</li><li>Is TikTok going to be better?</li></ul><p>Today is a great time to bump up your <a href="https://patreon.com/comiclab" target="_blank">ComicLab membership</a> to the $10 tier! Patreon backers at that level will get exclusive access to livestream recording sessions — as well as an <i>archive</i> of previous livestreams!</p><p><strong>You get great rewards when you</strong> <a href="http://patreon.com/comiclab"><strong>join the ComicLab Community on Patreon</strong></a></p><ul><li><strong>$2 —</strong> Early access to episodes</li><li><strong>$5 —</strong> Submit a question for possible use on the show AND get the exclusive ProTips podcast. Plus $2-tier rewards.</li><li><strong>$10 —</strong> Gain access to the ComicLab livestreamed recording sessions (including an archive of past livestreams), plus $5-tier rewards</li></ul><p>Brad Guigar is the creator of <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/episodes/evil-inc.com"><strong>Evil Inc</strong></a> and the editor of <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/episodes/webcomics.com"><strong>Webcomics.com</strong></a> Dave Kellett is the creator of <a href="https://dashboard.simplecast.com/episodes/sheld