Behind the Business
Reddit Ads? Yay or Nay?
Behind the Business, Community Growth, Facebook Ads
The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss alternative advertising methods outside Facebook ads. Do Reddit Ads hold up against the many options out there?
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Oh Boy, Let’s Talk AI
Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Campaign, Nerding Out
The Crowdfunding Nerds talk about how developments in AI could impact the Crowdfunding space. Buckle up because everything from SEO, idea generation, image creation and content moderation is covered. It’s about to get nerdy.
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How To Grow A Community With Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier Games
Audience, Behind the Business, Community Growth
Jamey Stegmaier of Stonemaier Games joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss the most effective methods of communication for growing communities online.
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How To Know If People Want Your Game Before Spending Time & Money On It
Behind the Business, Board Gaming
The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss a community questions about research and development.
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Listen To This Podcast Before Creating A TTRPG
The Crowdfunding Nerds sit down with Chris Birch of Modiphius Entertainment to talk about the Open Gaming License controversy, the 2d20 World Builders Program and how to stand out in the marketplace as a TTRPG developer.
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5 Dangerous Assumptions That Can Kill Your Crowdfunding Campaign Before It Begins
Audience, Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Campaign
The Crowdfunding Nerds seek to help you think critically about your game development by pondering 5 dangerous assumptions that can kill your crowdfunding campaign before you even launch.
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Why Gamers Back Crowdfunding Campaigns
Audience, Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Campaign
The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss why gamers backed Deliverance on Kickstarter from a recent question and answer. You will be able to leverage these reasons for your own Kickstater or Gamefound campaigns!
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How To Get Better At Marketing Your Game
Audience, Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Campaign, Facebook Ads, Personal Growth
The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss several resources that will help you market your game!
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Troubleshooting Your Mid-Campaign Slump With Galen McCown
Behind the Business, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign
The Crowdfunding Nerds are joined by Galen McCown of Galen’s Games to talk about troubleshooting the mid-campaign slump of Super Snipers.
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Listen to this Podcast Before Making Stretch Goals
Audience, Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Campaign, Distribution & Fulfilment
Andrew Lowen describes a mistake he made with stretch goals on the last day of his Kickstarter campaign. The Crowdfunding Nerds talk about obligations to delivering to backers, even when it hurts!
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Let’s Talk Zombicide With Ross Thompson
Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Crowdfunding Campaign, Distribution & Fulfilment
The Crowdfunding Nerds continue their discussion with Ross Thompson on marketing big games while diving into the Zombicide Kickstarter campaign.
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Reflections On 100 Episodes of Crowdfunding Nerds + Bonus Behind The Scenes Stuff
Behind the Business, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign, Facebook Ads, Landing Page
In this special 100 episode celebration the Crowdfunding Nerds discuss the top 5 game changer moments since launching the podcast. The episode also includes a miscellaneous bonus episode.
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Surveying Your Community – Why & How You Should Do It
Audience, Behind the Business, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign
The crowdfunding nerds surveyed the Deliverance Board Game community and share valuable insights and tips to survey your own community.
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Why Being Positive Will Make You More Money
Audience, Behind the Business, Personal Growth
The Crowdfunding Nerds talk about being positive when things are mostly negative and how it can aid you in winning favour with your backers!
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Self-Promotion Without Andrew Lowen
Behind the Business, Community Growth
Uh oh ... Andrew is away and someone thought it was a good idea to allow Rick and Sean to do the podcast by themselves! They talk internet privacy, censorship and self-promotion done wrong.
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Pitching Your Game With Willem Delventhal (Indie Game Academy)
Behind the Business, Facebook Ads, Video Games
The Corwdfunding Nerds are joined by Willem Delventhal of the Indie Game Academy to discuss video game marketing and the benefits of publicly pitching your game to peers.
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How To Come Up With Shipping Estimates With Kirk Dennison of Thunderworks Games
Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Campaign, Distribution & Fulfilment
Kirk Dennison explains tips for shipping and fulfilment in the US, EU and Australia. He also covers some very important changes to German imports you need to know about!
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Kickstarter Videos On A Budget With Ori Kagan (Kagan Productions)
Audience, Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Campaign
Don’t have the budget for a professional Kickstarter video? Not to fear! Ori of Kagan Productions joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to give you 3 solid tips to creating videos for your Kickstarter on a budget!
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Email Open Rates For Kickstarter
Audience, Behind the Business, Emails
The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss the ideal email open rates that show your community is engaged while sharing tips to improve them.
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Marketing Tinyfolks On Steam With Pierre Vandermaesen
Behind the Business, Personal Growth, Video Games
Pierre Vandermaesen, indie game developer of Tinyfolks joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss the challenges of developing and marketing video games for Steam.
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The Science Of Pricing Your Crowdfunding Pledges
Behind the Business, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign, Distribution & Fulfilment, Emails, Facebook Ads, Landing Page
Jasper Gardener Burch of Pine Island Games and the tabletop game Nut Hunt joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss Facebook advertising mistakes and the science of correctly pricing your pledges on Kickstarter!
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What To Do If Your LIVE Kickstarter Has Not Funded Yet
Behind the Business, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign
Ben Levy of Strongbox Games joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss co-authoring Mantle of The Keeper and the challenges of running a Kickstarter campaign that has not funded yet.
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Amish Romance Novels & Publishing With Kyle Mann
Audience, Behind the Business, Community Growth, Facebook Ads
Board Game enthusiast and Editor-in-chief of the Babylon Bee, Kyle Mann joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss publishing and self-promotion.
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Customs De Minimis? And Other Freight Wizardry With Brandon The Game Dev
Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Distribution & Fulfilment, TTRPG
Brandon The Game Dev joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to chop tabletop game manufacturing, freight and fulfilment.
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