At the bottom of this update is the list of all of those who are in the “Thank You” section. If you are supposed to be on the list (backers of $10 or more and $5 backers), please check that your name is on the list and spelled correctly.
We are still doing changes to the comic book, but we are very close!
The entire family is helping
Good News = We are only a few pages from completing the comic book.
Bad News = We are not going to be able to get the physical comic books to you before the end December.
The Good news is that we are almost done with the comic book and currently ahead of schedule on getting the final copy ready for printing. We have been working hard to make the changes from the original script to this new and improved one… We are very excited to hear what people think.
We talked to the printers today and it turns out the company we had planned on using has several hidden costs they do not mention in their pricing list online and it turns out their standard turn around time for a order our size is 5 weeks.
We are currently looking for a new printer.
A crazy week as usual. It was hard to find the time to put in my 16 hours this week. My wife is due any day, the comic book (Madman of Magic) my wife and me are working on, my laptop died, family is planning to come to see the baby, I signed a new contract for putting on animation workshops for the local schools, and …. Well that is all I remember I can remember, but I did find 16 hours to work on the Niche Site.
I have figured out that attempting a backlinking strategy for the first time is very time consuming.
This tool makes it a little easier (it is free):
http://www.my4hrworkweek.com/ultimate-backlink-tracker/
These are links for my back linking strategy. If you don’t know what that is, please read my post from Week 5: Back links and Article Marketing
I received this email 14 days after the success of my campaign and a few days after the funds were placed into my bank account. I wanted to share this with you for those interested in starting, in the middle of, or have just completed a Kickstarter campaign.
Congratulations on your successfully funded Kickstarter project!As you dive into the next stage of your project, we’ve put together a few tips to help you along the way:
1. Stay connected with backers
Respond to comments, questions, and messages, and use project updates to keep backers in the loop. Your backers will love getting the inside scoop on your project’s latest developments.2. Send out reward surveys
Send out your surveys when you’re ready to collect all the info you need to deliver
Last week we received the Kickstarter funding in our amazon account; which means we can start ordering prints for all of the cool rewards purchased by our backers. T-shirt, posters, and stickers have been put into their appropriate file format and sent off to the various printers. Once the proofs are finalized we just wait to get the final products in the mail. Their has been some revisions on the script for the comic. We are in the process of creating new images and reorganizing the panels for each page.
When I got a backer through Kickstarter, I would receive an email that looks like this:
During the first 2 weeks of the campaign, every time I got one of these emails I would go to my social media and thank the backer by first name. I didn’t use their last name in case people would use that information to try and spam the person for their own project. I stopped doing this towards the end only because I was busy trying to promote the project more. Also, I lost track of who I had and hadn’t thanked. |
We reveal what the Madman of Magic Comic Book project means to us, our Kickstarter funding Statistics, and how you can help spread the word about our project in this post. If you have any questions while reading, please leave them in the comment section below and we will answer it for you.
And now, to the post!
Today is September 14, 2012 and we have less than 17 days before the Madman of Magic Kickstarter campaign ends. This is very exciting as Leah and I will be getting back to producing the
