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Inside Crowdfunding Ep. 1: Tubestart’s Josef Holm On Monetizing Digital Video With Crowdfunding

On this week’s episode of Inside Crowdfunding, we interview Tubestart co-founder and CEO Josef Holm to get more information about his crowdfunding platform for YouTube content creators. We also discuss Tubestart’s new charity-related initiative and Holm’s recent ReelSEO article about MCNs participating in the crowdfunding… Read More

TubeStart Offers Free Crowdfunding For Charities & Nonprofits

TubeStart is offering to help 501(c)(3) organizations by allowing charities and nonprofits to crowdfund on their platform for free. Any organizations interested in taking advantage of this offer are encouraged to contact TubeStart. More information on how to do so is available on TubeStart’s web… Read More

Making Money From YouTube: How Crowdfunding Can Fill The Gap

Imagine netting over a million YouTube views in a month and getting paid as little as $50 for that accomplishment. That is the reality Jack Conte, half of the music group Pomplamoose, spelled out in a recent interview with Upstart Business Journal. Pomplamoose has over… Read More

WATCH LIVE: The Young Turks Hold 24-Hour “Turk-a-thon” In Final Hours Of Indiegogo Campaign

We recently reported on an Indiegogo campaign for The Young Turks that had succeeded in meeting a $250,000 goal on Indiegogo. The goal of the campaign is to crowdfund a new studio for a program touted as “the largest online news show in the world.”… Read More

Brief: YouTube Crowdfunding Platform TubeStart Offers Google Analytics Integration

TubeStart recently announced the addition of Google Analytics functionality that will allow crowdfunders using their platform to track their campaign activity using one of the world’s most popular free analytics suites. You can track traffic to your campaign page, see where visitors are coming from,… Read More

WATCH: The Young Turks Celebrate Indiegogo Success, $250K Goal Met

The Young Turks is a long-running online news program that was launched in 2002 as a source of politically progressive news and commentary. The program and its team are currently crowdfunding on Indiegogo to build a new studio, and they can now begin to celebrate… Read More

Batman-Themed Indiegogo Campaign Nets Cease & Desist From Warner Bros.

The creators of webseries Batgirl: Spoiled were disappointed to find themselves on the wrong end of a cease & desist from Warner Bros. Entertainment, who currently owns the rights to the Batman likeness and franchise. Indiegogo promptly removed the campaign page and the project’s creators are now… Read More

TubeStart: 6 Ways To Steer YouTube Traffic To Crowdfunding Campaigns

TubeStart just launched a few weeks ago as a crowdfunding platform geared specifically toward YouTube content creators. The platform hopes to close the revenue gap many YouTubers are left with once YouTube and owner Google takes 45% of advertising revenues. TubeStart CEO Josef Holm recently… Read More

WATCH: Help Kickstart World War III! (Satire)

The Second City Network posted this satirical video to YouTube yesterday announcing the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to raise $1.6 trillion. The goal? To help kickstart World War III. The fake pitch video promises things like “organic, grass-fed bombs,” “hybrid Prius tanks,” and “drones… Read More

Full Length Crowdfunded Film, Ashens and the Quest for the GameChild, Hits YouTube

Back in April of this year filmmaker / comedian Stuart Ashen (AKA Ashens) from Norwich, England crowdfunded the film, “Ashens and The Quest For The Game Child” and generated $73,690 on a goal of $50,000.  Over 1200 backers came to aid his project on Indiegogo…. Read More

WATCH: Smosh YouTube Channel Hits $250,000 Goal, Thanks Backers

Smosh is a giant in the YouTube universe. With over 12 million subscribers, it is YouTube’s largest channel by subscriber base. Now the duo behind Smosh, Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, have closed a successful crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The team landed over $250,000 in… Read More

TubeStart Officially Launches Crowdfunding Platform For YouTubers

We recently brought you the story of TubeStart, an innovative crowdfunding platform with four funding models available for YouTube content creators. The platform officially launched from beta today. The platform has a host of campaigns in the early stages of seeking funding. The two to… Read More

TubeStart: Four Ways For YouTubers To Crowdfund Money From Fans

Subscription-based & pledge-based crowdfunding models could provide a new & exciting means of monetizing video content for YouTubers YouTube is a disruptive force in the world of video content and has long provided a means by which video content creators can monetize their hard work…. Read More

Most Popular YouTube Channel Crowdfunds on Indiegogo

Registering 11,715,712 subscribers and 2,547,428,423 views and counting (yes 2.5 Billion views) YouTube channel Smosh is the most popular channel by subscribers on the entire YouTube platform.  As a matter of fact this competes with most broadcast networks today.  This video company started back in… Read More

Indiegogo Creates YouTube Partner Page to Help YouTube Creator Crowdfunding Campaigns

Indiegogo has announced creation of a YouTube partner page in recognition of the growing number of YouTubers crowdfunding their YouTube channels.  The guide is designed to help YouTubers leverage the Indiegogo platform to finance their their channels and hopefully take them to the next level…. Read More

Huge Social Network Lands Toby Turner Over $600,000 In Crowdfunding Campaign

How important is a robust social network to any crowdfunding campaign? Ask Toby Turner. Turner is a YouTube sensation. His three channels (TobyGames, Daily Vlog and Tobuscus) boast over 10,000,000 aggregate subscribers. TEN MILLION. His videos have been viewed over 2 billion times. YouTube also pays… Read More

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