I would guess that you need to be clearer about what, precisely, you're proposing to build or deliver if you get your kickstarter funding.
For someone to click through to your kickstarter page (let alone volunteer money when they get there..), they have to be thinking, "Hmm, that sounds like something I might like!". In this post you've referred to your thing as "software to support virtual teams and projects", which is about what I vaguely remember from your first announcement on this list, and doesn't convince me to spend the ten seconds to follow your link. Maybe it's like Trello, maybe it's plugins for MSWord to 'show changes' in a better way, maybe it's a friendly version of IRC... You can't reach people who don't care, but you can reach people who think "Meh, I'll do nothing, and just wait and see if anything comes out of it" and change their thoughts to "I can do this little thing to help make this happen". I think specifics will help people to move from one to the other. Good luck! ;Daniel (open to job offers: [email protected]) On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 11:25 AM, Miles Fidelman <[email protected]>wrote: > .... where are they and how do I get their attention? > > Hi Folks, > > A lot of folks here are involved in using/developing technology to support > various forms of networked collaboration, with particular leanings toward > open, decentralized approaches. So I wonder if I might solicit opinions > on the following..... > > 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<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 > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tiddlywiki+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <tiddlywiki%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/tiddlywiki?hl=en <http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki?hl=en>. > > -- Daniel Baird I've tried going to the XHTML <bar /> a few times, but it's always closed. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" 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/tiddlywiki?hl=en.
