I think that the truth is that the Kickstarter model is much more effective for physical goods & design oriented projects as Matthew alludes.
People still have a hard time putting money towards intangibles compared to pre-selling and effectively co-funding hard costs of mass production. People need to see - tangibly - what their money is going towards. Games and films are an outlier because the psychology around entertainment and money is VERY different from utilities. I think that your KS page could be more effective, but you've actually just chosen the wrong marketplace to crowd-fund your idea and you're not speaking to the people who actually care about these problems, as you've already deduced. Rather than focus on an arts/creative/design audience, you'd be better off in front of a business or productivity-minded audience. -Alex -- /ah indyhall.org coworking in philadelphia On Saturday, August 4, 2012 at 9:27 PM, Matthew Arkin wrote: > Hi Miles, > > Some feedback from me when I see that page: > Way too much text, I have no idea what the project is trying to do before I > get bored of reading. I don't get to the "Our Model Is Simple:" until 14 > paragraphs into the page. > I look at the graphics and I get confused, too much going on. > What differentiates you from some of the other project > management/collaboration tools out there like Google Apps, Office 365, > Basecamp, etc? I see the graphic that shows a notebook and my mind > immediately goes to Microsoft OneNote and sharing notebooks via Skydrive. > > There is also the issue that software products are the least funded group on > Kickstarter, physical products do much better for a variety of reasons. > > Matt Arkin > President - ITligence Technology Solutions > CTO - Life Highlights Digital Memories, FullofApp > MVP - Microsoft > > On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 9:15 PM, Miles Fidelman <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > .... where are they and how do I get their attention? > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > I assume that a lot of folks here are involved in managing various projects > > - particularly projects involving virtual teams spread across the net. > > So... I wonder if some of you might have an opinion to offer.... > > > > I've been working on some open source software to support virtual teams > > and projects - putting some of the experiences and techniques I've > > acquired over the years into code - and I'm trying to gather some > > support via Kickstarter. > > > > The thing is, I'm having a very hard time getting people to even visit > > the project's web page - so far, only about 300 people have visited the > > Kickstarter page, despite some serious attempts to spread the word > > across various email lists, twitter, and so forth. > > > > It's one thing if people were looking at the page and not contributing, > > but I can't even seem to get people's attention - which suggestions one > > or more of four things: > > > > - nobody cares about project management (I hope this isn't the case - I > > know administrivia isn't sexy, but an awful lot of people are working on > > an awful lot of projects, and getting buried in mountains of paper, > > email, phone calls, texts, meetings, and yellow stickies. I sure know > > that I'm always looking for ways to declutter that side of my life) > > > > - I'm not reaching people who care. > > > > - I'm reaching people, but not getting their attention. > > > > - I'm reaching people, getting their attention, but not providing enough > > motivation to go the next step and click their mouse (on > > > > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1947703258/smart-notebooks-keeping-on-the-same-page-across-th > > > > > > So... I'd really welcome any feedback on the questions who cares about > > project management & collaboration tools, how to reach them, and what > > might motivate them enough to take a look at what I'm doing? > > > > Thanks very much, > > > > Miles Fidelman > > > > -- > > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Coworking" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > (mailto:coworking%[email protected]). > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
