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#139: The ONE Thing You Need To Do BEFORE You Launch That Toy Kickstarter
Making It in The Toy Industry with The Toy Coach
English - August 17, 2022 07:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsDesign Arts Business Entrepreneurship toy industry how to design a toy how to make a toy toy design fit toy design make my own dolls entrepreneur small business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Kickstarter is just a platform for product presales? Right? Wrong! Sales is an important aspect of the platform, but today’s episode is all about how Kickstarter can actually help you develop an authentic community for your toy or game idea. Today’s guest launched a Kickstarter and funded his original game idea in just 4 days. Then he went back and launched another successful campaign for an expansion pack for the game!
Today you will hear from Joe Slack, a board game designer. In addition to designing games he has also taught courses on board game design and wrote an internationally best selling book: The Board Game Designer’s Guide. He funded his solo play game Relics of Rejavihara on Kickstarter, then also funded the expansion pack Montalo’s Revenge on the platform.
Joe tells you how he used social media organically to get people interested in his board game, how he strategically planned his second Kickstarter campaign, and some of the options for fulfillment and shipping partners when doing a Kickstarter for a game. You’ll also find out what a pledge manager is and why you might want to use one once your Kickstarter campaign is over. If you’ve got a crowdfunding campaign going for your toy or game, or you’re thinking about making one, listen to this episode!
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