Crowd Funding Made Easy Many companies are taking to crowd funding as a way to bring in capital for business ideas, work- ing capital, and to introduce new products and services to the market. Learning expectations:  What types of crowd funding are available depending on business type  Best practices and tools to make the campaign successful  How to integrate social media to market the campaign

1. CROWD FUNDING
MADE EASY
 Please turn Phones to Silent or Vibrate
 Facilitator & Introductions
 Follow the Facebook page
FB.com/LadyBiznessInc
 Complete Evaluations

2. CROWD FUNDING
An alternative method of
raising finance for a
business, project or idea
by attracting a ‘crowd’ of
individual investors via the
internet.

3. CREATING A CAMPAIGN
• WHAT IS IT FOR
• WHO DOES IT HELP
• BENEFITS TO
SOCIETY
• BENEFITS TO
DONORS

4. VISUALS
• GRAPHICS FOR
SOCIAL MEDIA
• GREAT PHOTOS
• PRODUCT MOCKUPS
• PRODUCT STATS
• FIVERR.COM

5. VIDEO
• YOUTUBE
• ANIMOTO
• VIMEO
• SHARE

6. BROADCAST
• FACEBOOK BIZ PAGE
• TWITTER
• INSTAGRAM
• YOUTUBE
• DEDICATED EMAIL
• WEBSITE
• EMAIL LISTSERVE

7. TIMELINE
• DAYS
• WEEKS
• MONTHS
• CREATE A
STRATEGY

8. TARGET
• HOW MUCH
• WHAT IS NEEDED
• BUDGET
• IMPLEMENTATION

9. SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths Weaknesses
Opportunities Threats
ACTION ITEMS
Fundraising Goal
Obtain Equipment
Training
Online Sales

10. CHOOSE YOUR SITE
• KICKSTARTER.COM
• QUIRKY.COM
• INKIND.COM
• PATREON.COM
• INDIEGOGO.COM
• ROCKETHUB.COM
• FUNDABLE.COM
• FUNDRZR.COM
• GOFUNDME.COM
ALL OR NOTHING KEEP WHAT’S RAISED

11. ONLINE LOAN OPTIONS
KIVA.ORG
Greensboro Community
Development Fund
Wilson Lester
1451 S. Elm Eugene Street
Greensboro, NC 27406
www.GCDF

12. LADY BIZNESS ALTERNATIVE
• CREATE YOUR OWN
SITE W E-COMMERCE
• HAVE AN EMAIL LIST
• HAVE A WAY TO TAKE
MONEY
• PAYPAL
• SQUARE
• STRIPE

13. GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE!
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