27. Crowdfunding For Your Handmade Business with Rebecca Wilson

<p>Today I’m joined by Rebecca Wilson - a jeweller, ceramic artist and talented business lady. Rebecca has done successful crowdfunding campaigns and we’re going to talk about that today. Crowdfunding is a great way to raise awareness and funds for your business. Join us as we jump in!</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>EPISODE RECAP</strong></p> <ul> <li>Today I’m joined by Rebecca Wilson (0:54)</li> <li>Can you share a little about how you came into jewellery making and ceramics? (1:51)</li> <li>Your work is full of lovely colors and memories. Was that intentional? (3:53)</li> <li>How did you come into this style? (4:42)</li> <li>What is crowdfunding? (5:57)</li> <li>You’ve done a few crowdfunding campaigns. Can you talk us through what you did and the results? (6:44)</li> <li>How did you get people to know about your crowdfunder and how did you manage the marketing? (12:24)</li> <li>You do crowdfunding to get money but it’s also like a launch (14:44)</li> <li>Did you do any press releases? (15:50)</li> <li>A lot of crowdfunding pages also have videos (16:17)</li> <li>Was it important to tell people about a specific event you were trying to raise the money for? (18:18)</li> <li>Did you reach your target? (19:50)</li> <li>The deadline is really important, isn’t it? (20:41)</li> <li>Tell us about the next crowdfunder - the one you just finished (23:23)</li> <li>I imagine there’s a lot of work that went into these (27:26)</li> <li>It’s a lot of work but I’m sure there’s momentum behind it (29:17)</li> <li>If you had advice to give someone considering a crowdfunded campaign, what would it be? (30:53)</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>RESOURCES</strong></p> <p><a href="https://rebeccawilsonceramics.com">Rebecca Wilson's Website</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/eatme_keepme/">Rebecca Wilson’s Instagram</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/RWEatMeKeepMe">Rebecca Wilson’s Facebook</a></p>