How We Made $15,000 In Under 28 Hours

[akbrouwer]

<div class="bbWrapper">So some of you know I have launched a new <a href="http://bit.ly/1fPTjfr" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">Kickstarter</a> with my business partner Cathryn.<br /> <br /> Well, we were fully funded in under 28 hours- which left 33 days to scale over $100k (and we have and our still going at the time of this post)<br /> <br /> Many of you asked how we got funded so quickly, but we haven&#039;t quite shared the whole story until now.<br /> <br /> SumoMe reached out to us and asked if we could share our strategy, so Cathryn put together this amazing blog post giving you a detailed step-by-step on how to do the same thing (and generate over 3000 emails in a 3 month time frame)<br /> <br /> We share everything we did to create a 3325 person email list, and then sent them an email that boosted our sales from the get-go.<br /> <br /> Let me know what you all think of the post, she put in some serious hours creating it, and it took us almost a full week to put together all the templates we used.<br /> <br /> You can check it out here:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://sumome.com/stories/kickstarter-email-list" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="noopener">https://sumome.com/stories/kickstarter-email-list</a></div>

 

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[Bellini]

<div class="bbWrapper">Thanks <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/13893/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="13893" data-username="@akbrouwer">@akbrouwer</a> ~ <br /> <br /> I read the blog - Good stuff! <br /> <br /> Reminds me of how much I need to learn about social media...</div>

 

[akbrouwer]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 30453" data-quote="Bellini" data-source="post: 485487" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=485487" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-485487">Bellini said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Thanks <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/13893/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="13893" data-username="@akbrouwer">@akbrouwer</a> ~ <br /> <br /> I read the blog - Good stuff!<br /> <br /> Reminds me of how much I need to learn about social media... </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote>You can learn... or you could always pay someone <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></div>

 

[juggler619]

<div class="bbWrapper"><a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/13893/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="13893" data-username="@akbrouwer">@akbrouwer</a> awesome share on the blog! nice stuff. <br /> <br /> cheers</div>

 

[Bellini]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 13893" data-quote="akbrouwer" data-source="post: 485490" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=485490" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-485490">akbrouwer said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> ... or you could always pay someone <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> That&#039;s <i>exactly</i> what I was thinking. ha<br /> <br /> I may have to.</div>

 

[Imgal]

<div class="bbWrapper">Awesome roadmap <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/13893/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="13893" data-username="@akbrouwer">@akbrouwer</a> ! Love the strategic way you kept the momentum going. It&#039;s that classic thing of a duck looking like it&#039;s gliding along when it&#039;s paddling like hell underneath!</div>

 

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[akbrouwer]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 33522" data-quote="Imgal" data-source="post: 485522" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=485522" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-485522">Imgal said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> Awesome roadmap <a href="https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/members/13893/" class="username" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" data-user-id="13893" data-username="@akbrouwer">@akbrouwer</a> ! Love the strategic way you kept the momentum going. It&#039;s that classic thing of a duck looking like it&#039;s gliding along when it&#039;s paddling like hell underneath! </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> haha.. that is a great analogy.</div>

 

[MKHB]

<div class="bbWrapper"><blockquote data-attributes="member: 13893" data-quote="akbrouwer" data-source="post: 485523" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=485523" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-485523">akbrouwer said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> haha.. that is a great analogy. </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote> <blockquote data-attributes="member: 13893" data-quote="akbrouwer" data-source="post: 485456" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-title"> <a href="/community/goto/post?id=485456" class="bbCodeBlock-sourceJump" rel="nofollow" data-xf-click="attribution" data-content-selector="#post-485456">akbrouwer said:</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-content"> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandContent js-expandContent "> So some of you know I have launched a new <a href="http://bit.ly/1fPTjfr" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Kickstarter</a> with my business partner Cathryn.<br /> <br /> Well, we were fully funded in under 28 hours- which left 33 days to scale over $100k (and we have and our still going at the time of this post)<br /> <br /> Many of you asked how we got funded so quickly, but we haven&#039;t quite shared the whole story until now.<br /> <br /> SumoMe reached out to us and asked if we could share our strategy, so Cathryn put together this amazing blog post giving you a detailed step-by-step on how to do the same thing (and generate over 3000 emails in a 3 month time frame)<br /> <br /> We share everything we did to create a 3325 person email list, and then sent them an email that boosted our sales from the get-go.<br /> <br /> Let me know what you all think of the post, she put in some serious hours creating it, and it took us almost a full week to put together all the templates we used.<br /> <br /> You can check it out here:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://sumome.com/stories/kickstarter-email-list" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">https://sumome.com/stories/kickstarter-email-list</a> </div> <div class="bbCodeBlock-expandLink js-expandLink"><a role="button" tabindex="0">Click to expand...</a></div> </div> </blockquote><br /> Wow That was incredible.</div>