Crowdfunding Campaign

Bonus Episode With Andrew: How To Engage Your Board Game Community

Audience, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign

In this Christmas special Andrew goes solo mode and tackles the important topic of how to engage your community before your crowdfunding event!

How To Launch Your Second Kickstarter Project With Joe Slack

Audience, Board Gaming, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign, Distribution & Fulfilment, Nerding Out

Joe Slack joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to talk about transitioning from game to game on Kickstarter!

Listen To Joe Slack Before Launching Your Second Kickstarter

Audience, Crowdfunding Campaign, Emails

The Crowdfunding Nerds continue their discussion with Joe Slack on how to transition from your a successful Kickstarter campaign to another project.

Listen To This Podcast Before Launching On Kickstarter

Crowdfunding Campaign, Distribution & Fulfilment, Emails

The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss the ultimate checklist of things to do and not do before launching your game on Kickstarter.

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.

Social Stretch Goals & Mobilizing Your Crowd

Audience, Crowdfunding Campaign

The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss the importance of engaging social stretch goals while giving some tips to generate your very own!

Kickstarter Board Game Metrics Deep Dive

Crowdfunding Campaign, Crowdfunding Nerds, Facebook Ads, Nerding Out

Andrew and Sean go through 10 successful Kickstarter campaigns and talk about the important metrics that can help you frame your crowdfunding launch!

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.

Disingenuous Funding Goals

Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign

The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss some of the latest board game crowdfunding news while addressing the problem of artificially low fund goals.

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.

Backerkit Crowdfunding? First Thoughts With Alex Radcliffe of BoardGameCo

Audience, Case Study, Crowdfunding Campaign

The popular pledge manager Backerkit, has announced that they will be diving into the crowdfunding arena! Do they have enough buffs to out DPS Gamefound? Or will Kickstarter receive an epic heal and make a comeback?

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.

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.

How To Leverage TikTok & Reddit For Your Kickstarter

Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign, Pre-marketing

Jasper Gardener Burch of Pine Island Games and the tabletop game Nut Hunt joins the Crowdfunding Nerds to discuss how to leverage TikTok & Reddit for your pre-Kickstarter marketing.

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!

Backer & Publisher Entitlement

Audience, Crowdfunding Campaign

The Crowdfunding Nerds discuss unhelpful attitudes to crowdfunding and give tips to rise above discouragement.

How To Build Your Kickstarter Community & Delight Fans

Audience, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign

The Crowdfunding Nerds talk about how to engage your community before, during and after your Kickstarter campaign with real world examples that produced results!

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!

When To Spend $10,000 On A Kickstarter Video With Ori Kagan of Kagan Productions

Audience, Crowdfunding Campaign, Facebook Ads

The Crowdunding Nerds are joined by Ori Kagan to discuss Kickstarter video production.

Playing Around Intellectual Properties with Max Dennis

Audience, Board Gaming, Community Growth, Crowdfunding Campaign

The Crowdfunding Nerds interview Max Dennis of Millian Games to discuss his campaign Sauria: The Dinosaur Park Survival Game, while navigating a product that includes many references to a larger Intellectual property.

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.

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.

Board Game Industry 2023 Predictions

Board Gaming, Crowdfunding Campaign, Crowdfunding Nerds, Facebook Ads, Video Games

The crowdfunding nerds discuss their 2023 predictions on economics, manufacturing and board game demand.

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!

How To Write A Kickstarter Update

Audience, Crowdfunding Campaign

Want to write a Kickstarter update for your board game but don’t know where to begin? Well the Crowdfunding Nerds give some needed tips on project updates.