Behind the Business

Opportunity Cost – Fact Or Fiction?

Audience, Behind the Business, Community Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds take about opportunity cost, is it something your need to consider or is it a ... myth!

The Ultimate Crowdfunding Reading List – Part 1

Behind the Business, Personal Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss the business books you need to read to thrive at crowdfunding!

The Ultimate Crowdfunding Reading List – Part 2

Behind the Business, Personal Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds are back with even more books to add to your Kickstarter reading list!

Instagram Marketing: How Kristen Made 7 Figures On Instagram Via Hairstyling!

Audience, Behind the Business, Community Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds are joined by the least nerdy person they have ever had on the podcast to talk about leveling up your Instagram marketing!

Meet The Crowdfunding Nerds Community Moderators

Audience, Behind the Business

The Crowdfunding Nerds interview Ben Levy and Devon Mettlin who are help moderate the Crowdfunding Nerds Facebook Community!

Interviewing A Sales Master: Dan Boe – Part 1/2

Audience, Behind the Business

Dan Boe joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss how consumers make decisions in sales. He describes his sales process, which involves illustrating the problem, describing the ramifications of the problem, and then stating a solution.

Interviewing A Sales Master: Dan Boe – Part 2/2

Audience, Behind the Business

The Crowdfunding Nerds continue their discussion with Dan Boe, the sales master!

Questions To Ask Marketing Agencies Before Going To Kickstarter

Behind the Business, Facebook Ads

The Crowdfunding Nerds talk about the questions you need to be thinking about before going to Kickstarter and hiring a marketing agency to help you achieve your goals.

How To Make An Awesome Kickstarter Video w/ David Diaz

Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign, TTRPG

The Crowdfunding Nerds are joined by David Diaz of Mesa Game Lab to talk about crowdfunding video trailers.

The ”Art” of Marketing Board Games

Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Crowdfunding Nerds, TTRPG, Video Games

The Crowdfunding Nerds talk about board game art, where to find great artists and how to know if your art is not up to standard.

How To Stand Out On Kickstarter With Marco Pecota

Behind the Business, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign

Marco Pecota of Raybox Games joins the Crowdunding Nerds to discuss marketing games through combining themes.

This One’s For You Jamey Stegmaier ＜3

Behind the Business, Conventions, Crowdfunding Campaign, Personal Growth

SEO Wizard Rick faces ravenous cougars in the wilderness while Andrew & Sean discuss Kickstarter delegation because Mr. Stegmaier threatened to tell the world how bad Andrew is as Scythe.

The Concept of The Magic Circle In Making Amazing Ads

Audience, Behind the Business, Community Growth, Facebook Ads

The Crowdfunding Nerds chop board game industry news while giving you some tips on how to run better Facebook ads. Also, Andrew is diffidently not a necromancer, unless he put a spell on us to tell you that...

What Are The Typical Results Of The Crowdfunding Nerds Service?

Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Crowdfunding Nerds, Nerding Out

Stock market crashes, Bitcoin busts, to industry drama and service pricing. The Crowdfunding Nerds comment on current news while answering an email question!

Secret Update, The Cake Is A Lie & The Critical Path To Crowdfunding Success

Behind the Business, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign, Personal Growth

What is the critical path you need to take get funded on Kickstarter and manufacture your board game? The Crowdfunding Nerds share some industry news and tips on laying a plan for crowdfunding success.

Getting People To Care About Your Game

Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Community Growth, Facebook Ads, Pre-marketing

The Crowdfunding Nerds talk about $85 RPG history books, how to use steam to market your board game and getting people to care about your project.

Interviewing Board Game Reviewer Alex Radcliffe of BoardGameCo

Behind the Business, Case Study, Nerding Out

Alex Radcliffe of the BordaGameCo sits down with the Crowdfunding Nerds to talk about his journey of becoming a full time YouTuber who plays and reviews board games.

Project Management, Skinny Jeans, & Cowboy Boots With Brandon The Game Dev

Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Campaign, Pre-marketing

Project management is the topic of this podcast with Brandon Rollins, also known as Brandon The Game Dev. Brandon offers Kickstarter and social media project management services and is collaborating with the Crowdfunding Nerds on a not so top secret project.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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!

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.

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.