Behind the Business

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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!

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.

Listen To This Podcast Before Creating A TTRPG

Behind the Business, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

How To Stop Amazon Crushing Your Post-Campaign Sales

Audience, Behind the Business, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign, Ecommerce

The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss the latest Kickstarter update that has announced a partnership between Jellop and Kicktraq. They also dive into post-campaign strategy and how not to be pwned by Amazon.

Shelfside’s List Of Things You Need For Board Game Influencers

Audience, Behind the Business, Community Growth, Emails

Ashton of Shelfside fame joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to talk about reaching out to Board Game influencers.

Mastering the Art of Manufacturing with Hersh Glueck

Behind the Business, Distribution & Fulfilment

The Crowdfunding Nerds sit down with manufacturing expert, Hersh Glueck of Hero Time to discuss all things tabletop manufacturing!

Manufacturing – How Many Games Should I Print?

Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Distribution & Fulfilment, TTRPG

Hersh Glueck joins the Crowdfunding Nerds in part 2 to discuss tabletop manufacturing.

How Playing Tabletop Roleplaying Games Will Make Your A Better Marketer With Dina Said So Studio

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

The Crowdfunding Nerds are joined by Dina of Dina Said So Studio to talk about how understanding tabletop games can make you better at marketing!

How To Estimate The Results of Your Crowdfunding Event Before You Launch

Behind the Business, Crowdfunding Campaign, Emails

Keven reached out to the Crowdfunding Nerds with a questions on how to work out his potential revenue from running a crowdfunding event.

Min-Maxing Amazon Board Game E-Commerce

Behind the Business, Distribution & Fulfilment, Ecommerce

The Crowdfunding Nerds are joined by Amazon Ecommerce expert, Jack Dunbar to discuss everything you need to know about min-maxing your post-campaign selling strategy!

Running A Campaign Outside A Kickstarter Friendly Country

Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Crowdfunding Campaign

The Crowdfunding Nerds chat with Mo and Jad of Cation Arts to discuss the unique challenges of running crowdfunding campaigns from a non-friendly Kickstarter country such as the United Arab Emirates.

Product Placement In Board Games With B2B Partnerships

Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Crowdfunding Campaign

The Crowdfunding Nerds continue their discussion with Mo and Jad of Cation Arts in a second episode to address B2B opportunities for revenue generation in the board game design space.

Playing The Long Game In The Board Game Industry

Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Case Study

The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss catastrophic success and cover some things that will help you think about the long game success in the board game industry.

Using Miniatures In Marketing With Marco Pecota

Behind the Business, Ecommerce, Pre-marketing

Marco Pecota of Raybox Game joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss his use of miniatures in crowdfunding marketing.

How To Leverage YouTube As A Games Publisher

Behind the Business, Board Gaming, Case Study, Community Growth

Gabe Barrett of The Board Game Design Lab joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to talk about everything he has learnt about YouTube.

Common Sense Finance Advice

Behind the Business

The Crowdfunding Nerds are joined by Mark Gleason of G2 Business Solutions to talk about the important subjects of payroll, accounting and more!

Lab Rats & Life Balance

Behind the Business, Personal Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss what causes work life imbalance and what you can do to bring things back to normality.

Establishing Relationships Vs Making Transactions

Behind the Business, Community Growth, Personal Growth, Pre-marketing

Rosemary Litoff joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to expound the necessity of building customer relationships for business success.

Crowdfunding Page Optimization Tips

Behind the Business, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign, Landing Page

Samuel Steele, of Tabletop Hub and Should You Back It, joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to talk about red flags of Kickstarter and Gamefound pages.

Principles of a Thriving Business w/ Andrew’s #1 Mentor

Audience, Behind the Business, Personal Growth

The Crowdfunding Nerds are joined by Julie Lowen to discuss mentorship and the principles of businesses that thrive.

Diagnosing Underperforming Crowdfunding Campaigns With Marco Pecota

Behind the Business, Case Study, Ecommerce, Emails

Marco Pecota of Raybox Games joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss the underperformance of a crowdfunding campaign with a proven IP.

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