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025. Funded Today | Zach Smith is Co-Founder of the World's Largest Crowdfunding agency - Funded Today. He enjoys starting, running, managing, and selling businesses. Most importantly, he loves helping others turn their dreams, ideas, and inspirations into successful companies.  He is the Co-Author of the upcoming book “Funded” and also the Co-Founder of “CrowdCon Virtual”, the world's first and biggest virtual crowdfunding summit. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode with Zach Smith, visit here. ***   Looking to offload some vacant land? Explore what the host's other venture, Bubba Land Company, can offer you!

Checkout this not to be missed episode with NCFA Founder Craig Asano and Zach Smith, CEO and Co-Founder of Funded Today. In 2017, Zach delivered a keynote at NCFA's Canadian Crowdfinance Summit in Toronto after raising $150 million dollars. Fast forward to today, and the Funded Today machine has raised north of $426 million USD and counting. In this episode, learn what it takes to be a serial entrepreneur -- "It's not really about how much money you raise on the platform, it's about what you learn from the money that you've raised." They discuss the story of Funded Today, pivoting, diversifying investments, being strategic, doing what you love, and of course how to raise millions of dollars with rewards-based crowdfunding including a couple of real life examples. If you have an innovative project, gadget or piece of hardware, or have an app or board game and want to know if you can crowdfund dollars for it in 2022, tune in now....grab a cup of your favourite and dig in. Enjoy!

Today I have on with me, Mr. Zach Smith! Zach is the #1 person in the world when it comes to crowdfunding. From Indiegogo to Kickstarter, to any other form of crowdfunding, Zach is the man for it. He is the co-foudner of Funded Today, raising over $300mm. In addition to that, Zach is launching his own fund soon using his great expertise in fund raising. If you are having a hard time trying to raise capital for your fund, then this is the episode for you! By the way, if you want to learn how to start a fund, go to www.investmentfundsecrets.com & if you want a free call with one of my coaches to help you strategize, go to www.investmentfundsecrets.com/free-call

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In this episode, you’re going to hear from our very own in-house legal counsel here at Funded Today, Thomas Alvord. He’s going to give you the insider’s look at everything you should be considering when it comes to business law, contracts, and just running your new business. So let’s get started… ---------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐ During this episode, we detail these takeaways:  1. Entrepreneurs should prioritize developing a viable business over protecting themselves legally, as the latter is pointless without (and funded by) the former, and they should expect legal issues to grow in proportion to their business size.  2. Entrepreneurs in the USA should minimize their taxes by chartering a “holding company” to own their business, limit their personal liability by incorporating their business (perhaps initially as an LLC that transitions eventually into either a C corp or an S corp), obtain a federal EIN for their business, and transact all business in its name.  3. Business owners should choose their first hires (who may become their biggest competitors) carefully, hire them with non-compete agreements, and always treat their employees well.  4. Business owners should compose brief clear contracts with good mechanisms for resolving disputes, and always try to resolve disputes amicably before resorting to either arbitration or expensive lawsuits.  5. Business owners should seek legal counsel as necessary, but minimize use of lawyers, as they are expensive and may sometimes prioritize their own interests above their clients’ interests.  6. Crowdfunding campaigners should ensure that they are not violating any intellectual property rights before launching campaigns, but avoid paying excessive attention to filing for trademarks and copyrights and patents (which may include provisional patents).  7. Amazon sellers should obtain US trademarks, which will enable them to enhance their Amazon listings with valuable “enhanced brand content.” ✍️ Click here for this episode’s complete show notes! ----------------------------------------------------------------

025. Funded Today | Zach Smith is Co-Founder of the World's Largest Crowdfunding agency - Funded Today. He enjoys starting, running, managing, and selling businesses. Most importantly, he loves helping others turn their dreams, ideas, and inspirations into successful companies.  He is the Co-Author of the upcoming book “Funded” and also the Co-Founder of “CrowdCon Virtual”, the world’s first and biggest virtual crowdfunding summit.*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode with Zach Smith, visit here. ***

I remember exactly where I was when I heard the term "operationalize your values." A speaker asked the audience of more than a thousand if they had done the work beyond creating values. The process of operationalizing your values will take the company values from a project to a way of living the values. Today I am talking to Zach Smith, CEO of Funded Today about the steps to operationalize your values. We will talk about why it matters and what you can do to avoid mistakes in your journey to operationalize your values. Get the show notes for Operationalize Your Values to Grow Fast with Zach Smith at Funded Today Click to Tweet: Listening to an amazing episode on Growth Think Tank Featuring Zach Smith with your host @GeneHammett http://bit.ly/GTTZachSmith #OperationalizeYourValues #Leadership #GHepisode449 #GTTepisodes #Podcasts Give Growth Think Tank a review on iTunes!

On this episode of Stories Behind the Grind, listen to my conversation with Thomas Alvord, Co-founder of Funded Today. We discuss myths in Crowdfunding, Pareto’s principle, two must knows after launching  and the one thing to guarantee success Also discover The steps Thomas took to launch Funded Today Why you should be prepared and the benefits to growing your network Application of the 80/20 principle in real life Why you should invest in businesess that are in an industry that is growing more than 10% each year How Thomas applied his knowledge in marketing to Funded Today Why your mental attitude is so important Which platform is best to launch on -  Kickstarter or Indiegogo? Myths in the crowdfunding space When you should be building your brand and business What you should be thinking about when using crowdfunding to launch a long-term company Thomas' biggest life influences and what they have taught him Thomas' definition of the grind Links: Funded Today - https://www.funded.today/ Get Funded Today: The Funded Today Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-funded-today-the-funded-today-podcast/id1443963202 Be sure to follow me on Instagram and say Hi @aidanvoc Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts. You can find this episode plus all the previous episode here. Four ways you can support this podcast Take a screenshot of this podcast and send it to a friend who may like it Take your Grind to the next level by implementing a sales funnel to turn your passive website visitors into paying customer with ClickFunnels, the #1 sales funnel software in the world. You can get a free trial by going to www.clickfunnels.com Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts! Connect with me @aidanvoc (I respond to all DM’s there)  

Scientific Happiness, Crowdfunding Tips, Joyful Style, and More in Process Hacker News Welcome to the Process Hacker News, your weekly roundup of useful news and updates from Process Hackers who have been guests on Hack the Process with M. David Green. This week we’ve got scientific happiness, crowdfunding tips, joyful style, and more. For all the links, check out the show notes at https://www.hacktheprocess.com/scientific-happiness-crowdfunding-tips-joyful-style-and-more-in-process-hacker-news/. Enjoy! Media In his latest podcast episode, Daniel Coffeen teaches us about the performative essence of language while reading Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl.” Recent Hack the Process guest Michael Kaufman has a new video on Big Think about equal parenting, or sharing the care work between parents, which may be one of the biggest positive changes in gender equality in today’s society. Interested in how crowdfunding works? Zach Smith from Funded Today came on The Nicole Holland Show to talk about the secrets to getting your ideas crowdfunded. Julia Geisman, CEO of CareerAgility, has experienced bias because she is a woman, and strongly believes in the importance of gender diversity and female leadership. Learn more about Julia on the latest episode of the Twelve-Minute Convos Podcast with Engel Jones. Style coach Stasia Savasuk believes our fashion style can bring us joy by defining who we are. Hear Stasia explain this message and discuss her entrepreneurial journey on the Jumpstart Your Joy Podcast with host Paula Jenkins. Kate Swoboda guests twice on the Think Outside the Lines Podcast for a two-part conversation about coaching and what she calls the courage habit–which is also the title of her newest book! Writing San Francisco elementary schools are practicing mindfulness thanks to mindfulness teacher and Hack the Process guest Andrew Nance. Andrew and his work were recently featured on ABC 7 News. Setting priorities should be your number one job as a business owner. In a new article by Mark Silver, he proposes what your other top priorities should be and why. Avochato, co-founded by Alex De Simone, was pointed out in a Forbes article about business to consumer communication as one of the customer relationship management tools that allow sales teams to text message customers. Get the most out of your leads by creating a multichannel sales process. Justin McGill, co-founder of lead generation service LeadFuze, has made a guide to walk you through the steps. Recommended Resources Psychologists, educators, social workers, and healthcare workers are invited to join The Science of Happiness: A Greater Good Gathering from May 2 to 5 at UC Berkeley to hear about how we can create happiness in today’s busy and stressful life. Jack Kornfield, an author and Buddhist teacher highly recommended by Loic Le Meur, will be one of the presenters. When starting a new job, what should you focus on? Michael D. Watkins, an author whose book Pam Wasley recommended, shares five questions we need to keep in mind when taking on a new role. Thanks for checking out this Process Hacker News update from Hack the Process. If you liked what you saw, please leave a comment to let us know what processes you’re hacking.

On this episode of Stories Behind the Grind, listen to my conversation with Zach Smith, co-founder and CEO of Funded Today. We discuss how Funded Today raised  over $250m in funds for over 2,500 businesses, why letting go was one of the best decisions Zach made and how to retain company culture across a digital workforce. Also discover Where the idea for Funded Today started The hardest thing Zach learned to do that accelerated the growth of Funded Today What Zach would have done if he could do it all over again How to build great company culture without having a traditional office Replicating the water cooler effect in a remote business model What it takes to be an entrepreneur Dealing with the emotional aspects of entrepreneurship Why you should step back and let your staff step forward What you need to have a successful crowdfunding campaign How business owners start to build their own compelling story Where Zach’s  interest in entrepreneurship stems from How to stay focused and driven How to understand your why and who How Zach manages to consistently achieve his goals Zach definition of the grind Links: Zach Smith https://www.facebook.com/realzachsmith Funded Today - https://www.funded.today/ Get Funded Today Podcast - https://www.funded.today/podcast Be sure to follow me on Instagram and say Hi @aidanvoc Subscribe to the podcast on Apple, or anywhere else you listen to your podcasts. You can find this episode plus all the previous episode here. Four ways you can support this podcast Take a screenshot of this podcast and send it to a friend who may like it Take your Grind to the next level by implementing a sales funnel to turn your passive website visitors into paying customer with ClickFunnels, the #1 sales funnel software in the world. You can get a free trial by going to www.clickfunnels.com Rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts! Connect with me @aidanvoc (I respond to all DM’s there)    

Zach Smith is a serial entrepreneur, having never had a “real” job his entire life. He’s always starting, selling, running, and managing businesses. Zach loves helping others turn their dreams, ideas, and inspirations into successful companies. He is the co founder of Funded Today, a full service marketing agency that has helped raise over 240 […]

Zach Smith is a serial entrepreneur, having never had a “real” job his entire life. He’s always starting, selling, running, and managing businesses. Zach loves helping others turn their dreams, ideas, and inspirations into successful companies. He is the co founder of Funded Today, a full service marketing agency that has helped raise over 240 million dollars for crowdfunding campaigns. His company is known as “the guys who come in and raise you a bunch of money after you’ve done everything that you can do on your own.” Zach was in the marketing business when clients ran out of money and proposed crowdfunding. He was able to raise $115,000.00 for an attachable, magnetic running wallet in 35 days. From that client, his crowdfunding business was born. Since then he has helped with pre launch campaigns and pioneering the approach of direct marketing. Ready to unlock life-long financial confidence and become unstoppable? Pre Order Unlock it Here http://www.unlockitbook.com/ Join The Next Free Masterclass By Dan https://www.highticketcloser.com/masterclass Show notes and free resources https://danlokshow.com/

Zach Smith is Founder and CEO of Funded Today, LLC, the world’s most successful crowdfunding firm and largest provider of crowdfunding marketing services worldwide. In 2018, Smith’s company finished 27th on the prestigious Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing companies His company has raised over $225MM… and counting… for various crowdfunding campaigns in just the last 4 years! In this episode, we discuss: Entrepreneurship vs Employee Mindsets Crowdfunding vs Venture Capitalists Pivoting and Adapting in Business How To Scale Your Business 

Check out https://funded.today to see everything going on at Funded Today HQ! Thomas Alvord from Funded Today is here to chat about the Wim Hof Method and why a human optimization program is essential for true fulfillment. We also dive down some rabbit holes discussing everything from breathwork, to memory enhancement, and crossing over into spirituality and emerging science. Check out https://beyondhomosapien.com/sound and download Free Sound Healing MP3s! Talk soon! -Paul Tokgozoglu

Want to see everything that Zach Smith and Funded Today are working to achieve? Check them out at https://funded.today Today Zach Smith and I are going to talk about Crowdfunding and how it can change our world! Check it out! Remember to go to https://beyondhomosapien.com/sound/ and download some Free Sound Healing MP3s! Talk soon! -Paul Tokgozoglu

In this episode, we’re going to talk about the single-most-effective way to generate the best possible conversions for your invention. After testing HUNDREDS of other methods and marketing mediums, this one simple strategy trumps all the rest—and it’s not even close just how well this strategy converts as compared to ANY other method we’ve tested. To do so, we’re bringing on another special guest, the jack-of-all-trades get-’er-done closer himself, Mr. Colton Bybee, the Director of Outreach at Funded Today. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐ During this episode, we detail these takeaways:  1. It’s important to update backers regularly—usually about twice weekly, depending upon exactly how communicative they want you to be, which they’ll generally tell you—at the time-of-day that’s best for wherever most of them live.  2. It’s helpful to end each backer update by introducing no more than five cross-promotions (which may also be called “cross-collaborations” or “CCs”) arranged with other campaigns, even if a few backers complain about it.  3. Cross-promotions should never feature competitors’ projects, but they fare best when featuring complimentary projects, although they still do well featuring unrelated campaigns, especially campaigns that have attracted high percentages of repeat backers.  4. Not all backers will read cross-promotions, nor click on them, but those who respond to them will normally convert at unusually-high rates of up to 20% or so, which is far more than the average rate of about 1%-3% (depending upon average pledge size)—and, conversely, if cross-promotion traffic doesn’t convert, then it’s almost guaranteed that no other traffic will convert, either.  5. Some popular campaigns have raised over $50,000 directly from cross-promotions alone—and, just like with other forms of crowdfunding marketing, increased pledges from cross-promotions generally encourage increased pledges from all other sources. ✍️ Click here for this episode’s complete show notes! ----------------------------------------------------------------

In this episode, we’re going to get a little bit deeper into pre-launch. There’s no one in the entire rewards-based crowdfunding space who has generated more e-mailing addresses and more interest for new inventions and businesses than our very own Director of Lead-Generation & Affiliate Marketing at Funded Today, Mr. Tevin Christopher. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐ During this episode, we detail these takeaways:  1. College isn’t essential to either learn or prosper.  2. Crowdfunding success isn’t about either chance or “magic,” but about adhering to fundamental business principles, including in pre-launch phase—and it’s ideal to be first to enter a market, but only if you come sufficiently prepared.  3. Kickstarter campaigns should launch with a thorough prototype section, with funding goals that are not only high enough to seem legitimate but also low enough to avoid daunting people, and with support from Google Analytics to effectively analyze marketing data.  4. It helps to engage in pre-launch marketing among both personal contacts and generated leads (obtained through social-media ads), who can not only provide useful feedback to creators but also help creators to reach their respective funding goals as quickly as possible, which is a great advantage.  5. Leads may be e-mailed 24 hours before a campaign launches to prepare them, during launch to mobilize them to pledge, 24 hours after launch to report progress, weekly thereafter, daily again during a campaign’s final 3 days, and then weekly or monthly afterward as long as those leads continue to yield revenue.  6. Affiliates include backers who get paid a small cut for bringing pledges to campaigns, whether from themselves or from others, which contribute to a campaign’s success.  7. Influencers can also help (although not usually as significantly), especially those with sizable audiences that sufficiently fit one’s product—and they are best arranged in advance so that they enjoy ample time to receive a product and review it. ✍️ Click here for this episode’s complete show notes! ----------------------------------------------------------------

In this episode, we’re busting out our secret weapon. There’s even a bit of some “water cooler talk” going on at Funded Today, that this guy is “THE Crowd Whisperer.” If there’s anyone in the entire crowdfunding universe who has an eye for a great product and how to create one yourself, it’s this man, our very own Director of Client Specialists at Funded Today, Mr. Curtis Child. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐ During this episode, we detail these takeaways:  1. Learn as much as possible from your competitors’ campaigns about what helped render their products and/or presentations successful.  2. Before you ever launch a campaign, back some campaigns, both to familiarize yourself with the crowdfunding process and to establish yourself as part of the crowdfunding community.  3. Crowdfunding backers constitute a community with certain commonalities, and you can expect most of your project’s backers to be repeat not new.  4. The crowdfunding community seems to notice campaigns more readily when they use attractive uncluttered thumbnail images created from high-quality soft photographs of trendily-colored products on white backgrounds.  5. Crowdfunding campaigns raise funds better anytime they’re the first to offer the crowdfunding community a desirable innovation to a ubiquitous product, rather than marginally improving upon a previous project, although the latter can also enjoy success.  6. Rather than marginally improving upon someone else’s original idea, campaigners might succeed better by applying an already-successful innovation to an entirely-different product.  7. Many crowdfunding campaigners expect to raise $1,000,000 but don’t—but short-term success does not correlate with long-term success. ✍️ Click here for this episode’s complete show notes! ----------------------------------------------------------------

What a cool conversation. Zach Smith CEO and Co-Founder of Funded Today, master of business and crowdfunding joined me and we talked about all things business, life, happiness and becoming self aware. This guy is so sharp and so smart you will love it.  Take a listen, I cant put into words how great this was! Enjoy!

This episode presents how Funded Today started, how its co-founders Zach Smith & Thomas Alvord have now helped to raise over $200,000,000 and counting in just the last four years, and some takeaways for how you can apply the lessons they learned to your own business ventures. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐ During this episode, we detail these takeaways:  1. Persistent experimentation-and-learning (despite failure) is a key to entrepreneurial success.  2. It’s good to try to offer customers what you can do better than anyone else (or few others).  3. If you provide a sufficiently-good service, then your clients will help market it for free; relatedly, you can judge that you have a good business idea when you don’t need to pay to market it.  4. Don’t market blindly (if possible) but collect data, analyze it, and base your decisions upon it.  5. Spend as much money as possible as long as it remains profitable to do so.  6. Start lean while you focus on providing a good product/service before bothering with peripheral things like business cards.  7. Growth always requires time, so don’t expect to become a massive company “overnight.” ✍️ Click here for this episode’s complete show notes! ----------------------------------------------------------------

This episode presents the surprisingly-simple #1 formula for coming up with your next big product, and how you can analyze past crowdfunding campaigns to gauge how well your product will perform. And, remember, don’t wait until tomorrow—get Funded Today! ---------------------------------------------------------------- ⭐ During this episode, we detail these takeaways:  1. Narrowing your potential market narrows your chances of crowdfunding success.  2. Crowdfunding backers like to support “cool” (often techy) innovations.  3. Honest positive poignant storytelling adds value to your crowdfunded product/service.  4. Learn from other campaigns’ backers, as well as your own backers, to give consumers what they actually want. ✍️ Click here for this episode’s complete show notes! ----------------------------------------------------------------

Check out Crowdinsight by Gadget Flow today! https://thegadgetflow.com/crowdinsight/ In this interview, Zach and Thomas of Funded Today talk about the secrets to making millions in crowdfunding Useful Links: Funded Today Website Subscribe to our podcast newsletter - http://gdfl.us/podcastnewsletter

How does a business go from startup to #27 on the Inc. 500 list in a few short years? Find out on this episode of Mind the Business.  Zach Smith and Thomas Alvord of Funded Today discusses their company's climb to #27.  They also talk about crowdfunding.  So far, they have raised more than $207 million for their clients.   To listen to this episode, click on the link below:  

We talk with Thomas Alvord from "Funded Today" about what it takes to make a great Crowdfunding campaign.

[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/7figureceo/7CEO_053__Think_Bigger_With_Zach_Smith_and_Thomas_Alvord.mp3″ title=”7CEO 053: Think Bigger With Zach Smith and Thomas Alvord” artist=”Casey Graham” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Zach Smith and Thomas Alvord of Funded Today join us in this episode from Utah. Zach is the CEO and Co-Founder and has been in sales and the digital space for about 10 years. Thomas was in law school when he became intrigued with digital marketing. He used his background and skills most recently working on the political campaigns of Ted Cruz and Ben Carson building email lists using digital marketing. Zach and Thomas decided to join forces about 2.5 years ago and now Funded Today is the world's largest crowd-funding platform – a place for someone with an idea to raise money to get the process started for their new product or idea. In 2.5 years, they've raised $110 Million and exceeded the 7-figure market quickly. Email your top take-aways and learnings to Casey@CaseyGraham.com TOP TAKE-AWAYS MAKE THE NUMBERS MEANINGFUL It's important to have key metrics you look at and hold your team accountable and visibility to review them at any time. In general, entrepreneurs live off gut while CEOs live off dashboards. The larger your company the more important it is to have clear, accurate data to be able to make informed decisions. Keeping up with numbers will also allow you to view month over month and year over year data for good comparisons. PARETO PRINCIPLE (80/20) Pareto Principle implies that only 20% of your efforts produce 80% of your results. This principle makes knowing your numbers so important. You have to know your metrics – the one you care the most about and a few others that help lead you to that number. This principle is true regardless of what industry you are in or what type of product or service you're selling. YOUR TARGET MARKET The first thing you must decide when selling is your target market. Ask the questions: Who is your market? How big is the market? How fast is it growing? Can you be the leader in the market? Once you have the right marketplace, you can systematize your sales process so that more than just you can sell your product/service. You elevate yourself by letting go of the sales and empower others to run the sales. Once you have someone else running sales, determine what other products or services you could offer that compliment your core offering. HOW TO THINK BIGGER IN YOUR BUSINESS Use Thomas and Zach's SLCRR approach to ask the questions to generate new ideas and ways to increase sales, profits and value. S – Services – what other services can we sell? L – Leads – what can we do to get more visitors? C – Close – how can we close more leadss? R – Results – how can we create greater results to add more value for our clients? R – Repeat – how can you get repeat business? Email your top take-aways and learnings to Casey@CaseyGraham.com

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwitunes or on Stitcher by clicking here: http://bit.ly/ymotwstitcher. Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2nKyWsg. ------------------- Lots of people hold themselves out to be crowdfunding experts. I haven’t met anyone who has raised more money in on Kickstarter and Indiegogo than Funded Today’s Zach Smith. He reports raising over $110 million total across hundreds of campaigns. Smith visited with me (watch the video recording of the interview above) to talk about how to apply his experience and insights for social entrepreneurs. He thinks of himself as a social entrepreneur, helping other entrepreneurs to be successful. He is almost a prototypical entrepreneur. Young, confident—even brash—he has built his company to 50 employees and reports “eight figures plus” in revenue. Funded Today charges 25 to 35 percent of funds raised, so in its short three-year history, we’d expect it to have generated over $30 million in revenue. ------------------- Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2nKyWsg. Need a crowdfunding speaker? Learn more about Devin Thorpe at http://crowdfundingspeaker.org.

What are the 7 P's in a successful Crowdfunding Campaign? Two of them are PRODUCT and PLATFORM.  To learn the other five listen to our show with our guest Zach Smith from Funded Today.

On this episode of Crowdfunding Uncut, Khierstyn chats with the co-founders of Funded Today, one of the most successful crowdfunding consultancies in existence. The Funded Today guys believe smart entrepreneurs and business owners who want to raise LOTS of money on Kickstarter or Indiegogo must become master marketers, sales experts, and direct response gurus. But the reality is that most of them are so busy building a world-class product that they can’t do any of those things, which are full-time jobs in their own right. That’s why Funded Today exists. They’ve built a company that specializes in those things so you don’t have to. On this episode, you’ll hear from Josh and Thomas, the co-founders of Funded Today. When you don’t need a marketing budget.   One of the things Josh and Thomas from Funded Today have discovered is that when you are using paid advertising - whether on the Google ads platform, Facebook ads, or even direct mail - there can often come a time when you don’t have to worry about your marketing budget and can freely keep on spending money. What’s the scenario where that can happen? It’s when your ad-spend is less than the revenue you’re making minus all your expenses. In that case, you’ve got the green light to keep advertising because your net gain is going up as long as you do. It’s an obvious mindset to some people and a mindset shift for others. You can hear how it works in this situation, on this episode.   How the Funded Today team validates products before moving forward with them.   If you were to reach out to the Funded Today team to find out what it would take for them to come alongside your product to make it a crowdfunding success, what you’d find is a process that takes you through a handful of phases. At the front end, you’ll be required to go through a validation process where your product idea and current resources will be analyzed and evaluated for both potential and ability to succeed. It’s one of the ways the Funded Today guys have found that they are able to increase the success of those who partner with them - by only moving forward with those who have the greatest chance of success. It’s an intriguing idea that will give you lots ideas for how you can increase YOUR product's chances of success, so don't miss it!   Crowdfunding is really about two things: Funding and validation.   Though the word “funding” is a part of the name and the fundraising aspect is what most of us think of, Crowdfunding is about more than raising money. The crowdfunding model also enables you to validate a product idea. Is it truly driven by market demands? Is there enough interest by a large enough demographic to warrant a reasonable expectation of success? Is your marketing message dialed-in and effective? These and other questions are answered by the crowdfunding process. Through the many crowdfunding campaigns the team at Funded Today has managed, they’ve taken the time to analyze and understand the data so that they can best advise their clients and make every campaign a success. Thomas and Zach share a ton of great information on this episode of Crowdfunding Uncut, so be sure you make the time to listen.   There’s a lot of value in telling someone their crowdfunding baby isn’t as cute as they think.   The main reason the Funded Today crowdfunding management process has been so successful is that they validate every potential client at the front end of their relationship. It’s a lengthy, in-depth assessment of the probability of success the product might enjoy. Sometimes the numbers and facts don’t come out looking very hopeful. That’s when Thomas and Zach of the Funded Today team say that it’s better to tell the product developer that their dream product - their baby - is not as beautiful as they think it is. The way Zach says it is this: If they can’t raise the funds for your product, nobody can. That means you probably need to rethink your product. Get insights from these two guys on this episode. They know the crowdfunding business.   Outline of This Episode   [2:25] How the Funded Today company came about. [7:25] When do you need a marketing budget, and when do you not? [11:44] The services Funded Today offers to crowdfunding campaigns. [14:00] How the team uses their email list for clients. [16:29] The product validation and due diligence phase for every client. [19:01] How the team handles a product/company that fails due diligence. [29:55] Why the Funded Today team says projections are impossible to make. [34:00] What is different in how Funded Today markets a campaign? [46:03] The variety of things that go into a crowdfunding marketing success. [50:25] The Funded Today founders offer advice to serial creators. [53:03] At what point should creators reach out to the Funded Today team? [1:00:10] The “7 Ps” the Funded Today team analyzes to gauge potential success. [1:08:29] Why it all comes down to belief and desire: don’t give up! 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Thinking of crowdfunding? Learn how you can generate more pledges and run a successful campaign from Zach Smith and Thomas Alvord, founders of Funded Today, who’ve raised over $100,000,000 across different Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects. Zach and Thomas detail to the experts the hooks, strategies, and ads they use to successfully fund a campaign, along with how crowdfunding can validate if you have a good product or not. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: The businesses and products crowdfunding is good for and why people should think about crowdfunding (« and the products that shouldn’t). Why conversion rate means nothing for crowdfunding and the metric that truly denotes your campaign’s success. The Triple F Strategy that will help you launch and give your campaign momentum. The two profitable paid traffic channels and the “Holy Grail” for crowdsourcing. LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Indiegogo Kickstarter Press and hold link to visit the page Show Page Notes Thanks so much for joining us this week. Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave us a review on iTunes!

Could you use some extra money to scale your online business? Do you want to test the marketplace demand for your physical product? If so, Kickstarter and Indiegogo are your tools and Zach Smith from Funded Today is your guide to raising capital for your business using crowdfunding. Funded Today Crowdfunding Success Matrix Funded Today […]

Could you use some extra money to scale your online business? Do you want to test the marketplace demand for your physical product? If so, Kickstarter and Indiegogo are your tools and Zach Smith from Funded Today is your guide to raising capital for your business using crowdfunding. Funded Today Crowdfunding Success Matrix Funded Today Blog Crowdfunding Cashback Network Display TranscriptRobert Plank: Zach Smith is going to talk to us today about crowdsourcing. Now Zach is a serial entrepreneur, never having had a real job his entire life. He is always starting, selling, running, and managing businesses. Zach loves helping others turn their dreams, ideas, and inspirations into successful companies, and this passion lead to his creation of Funded Today LLC, which is America's most successful crowdfunding firm, and the largest provider of crowdfunding marketing services worldwide. I'm excited. Can we talk about it? So you guys strap yourselves in. Zach, how are things today? Zach Smith: Doing real well. Thanks for having me on your show today, Robert. Robert Plank: Cool, I'm glad you're here, because this is a new topic that I don't know much about, but I've seen it kind of take off. I've seen it get popularity. So crowdfunding, what the heck is it? Zach Smith: So crowdfunding is basically a way to raise money, that over the last few years has become extremely popular. There's a lot of different types of crowdfunding, but we'll just cut out all of that. The part of crowdfunding that we focusing on is called rewards-based crowdfunding, and that means that people essential preorder new ideas on sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. So let's say I've invented a cool new watch, and this watch does all kinds of fancy features. I might have a prototype of just one such watch. Well I film a video, I talk about this watch, I talk about how I want to bring it into mass production, and I tell people for $250 you can preorder this watch that I have on my wrist, and I'll make one for you just like the one I have here, and then people pay $250 to get this watch. There's no catches, there's no strings attached. You don't have to give up any equity in your business, and people do this to the tune of millions and millions of dollars. Funded Today, like you mentioned in your intro, has done that more so than anybody else in the world for thousands of different inventors now. Robert Plank: Awesome. So you're the guy to talk to. I've seen every now and then... Before the show started recording we were talking a little like, Indiegogo and Kickstarter, people have used that to bankroll movies and TV shows and stuff like that. Plus on the practical side, every now and then I'll see something. I'll see someone will invent a camera that allows them to talk to their pets and dispense pet food remotely. Zach Smith: I saw that one, yeah. Robert Plank: Yeah, that's the most... That's the one that comes to mind the most when I think of crowdfunding and Kickstarter type of stuff, but it's also practical enough, something like a multimillion dollar movie and stuff like that. Using the watch example, someone says "I'm going to design the watch." So what are the steps then? I guess they sign up for a site like Kickstarter, they make a webpage. I guess maybe they can make a prototype or a graphic, and then people can preorder the watch. So the thing that I was curious about as you were explaining it, let's say that you, Zach Smith, say you can preorder this watch for $200. I preorder the watch and then what happens, because I've seen some of these say we need a hundred backers or something like that. What happens if they don't get adequate funding for that project? Zach Smith: Yeah, great question. As an entrepreneur, you want to know how much it's going to cost you to build this watch, so let's say that your MOQ, your minimum order quantity, is 1000 watches. You've talked to manufacturers, you've talked to suppliers,

Today I’m thrilled to have a very special guest on the show, Zach Smith. Zach is the founder of a company called Funded Today and he’s helped hundreds of startups achieve success with their crowd funding campaigns. For example, he helped raise over 9.1 million to launch the popular travel jacket from Baubax. And chances are if you are on Facebook, you probably saw an ad for it because it was a pretty cool product. In fact, this jacket became the most funded clothing project in the history of crowdfunding and one of the top 5 most successful Kickstarters of […] The post 123: How To Raise 9.1 Million Dollars On KickStarter With Zach Smith Of Funded Today appeared first on MyWifeQuitHerJob.com.

Ep 178 Zach Smith, the cofounder and CEO of Funded Today, the world’s leading crowdfunding agency. Listen as Nathan and Zach talk about how to grow a list and what makes a crowdfunding project successful. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it! Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: bit.ly/1SynoAg Top Entrepreneurs join Nathan Latka daily inspired by, Art of Charm, Pat Flynn, John Dumas, Entrepreneur on Fire, Chalene Johnson, Lewis Howes, School of Greatness, HBR Podcast, the StartUp podcast, Mixergy, Andrew Warner, AskGaryVee, and the great hosts of BiggerPockets! 3 Key Points: In order to back campaigns that will a nearly guarantee a return, Funded Today utilizes its massive email list to gauge interest and calculate projections for project candidates. Ubiquitous products that are used widely with an interesting backing story are qualities of a project that would perform well in crowdsourcing. Social media customer acquisition channels are invaluable for growing a list. Zach believes that Instagram in particular is the next big thing. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show 01:24 – Zach joins the show. 02:43 – Funded Today built a big list months in advance before launch. 03:31 – RooSport 2, attachable magnetic running wallet. 04:41 – Funded Today built its list for about 10 to 65 cents a click. With about a 30% opt-in rate. 05:33 – Zach’s favorite customer acquisition channels are Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. 06:36 – RooSport 2 spent about 10-15K to build their list through various means. They raised 50K for the product in the first ten days of launch. 08:22 – Funded Today makes money by taking a percentage of all the money raised. 11:49 – They take about 35% of total sales as commission. 13:21 – In order to know which campaigns to back safely, the Funded Today runs a testing period during which they find statistical significance from their list and project growth. 14:09 – Another advantage of using Funded Today’s services is they’re well connected in the crowdsourcing industry. 14:29 – Funded Today has 31 employees and a list of over one million emails. 14:57 – The business made about 8 million in 2015, aiming for 16 million in 2016. 15:32 – Zach’s ideal client is someone who understands the factors that go into running a successful crowdsourcing campaign. 15:54 – Some factors for a successful campaign are: ubiquity, techie-cool, story-exciting. 17:10 – Genuine stories behind crowdsourcing campaigns seem to have greater success. 20:34 – Famous Five Resources Mentioned: Edgar – Nathan uses Edgar instead of other scheduling tools for Twitter because Edgar cycles through content over and over (buffer/others you have to re-input content over and over – time consuming). In the last several months, Edgar has driven Nathan over 3728 clicks that he didn’t have to work or pay for. Here isNathan’s Edgar Content Calendar:     Funded Today – Zach’s business @tweetzachsmith – Zach’s Twitter Google Drive and Skype – Zach’s favorite online tools David and Goliath by Malcom Gladwell – Zach’s favorite business books Elon Musk – CEO Zach follows  Bio Zach Smith is the cofounder and CEO of Funded Today, the world’s leading crowdfunding agency. The business has raised over 40 million dollars and counting for over 300 campaigns for Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Famous 5 Favorite Book?- David and Goliath by Malcom Gladwell What CEO do you follow?— Elon Musk What is your favorite online tool?— Google Drive and Skype Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?— You can learn much on your own, find a mentor and try to learn as much as possible from them. 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http://www.thesaleswhisperer.com/session244 http://ReferWes.com * How Zach Smith and his team have raised over $107 million on Kickstarter and Indiegogo in under three years * The importance of metrics and tracking * How to test quickly and validate and why you must do that with every launch * Why he takes on the risk of fronting all the ad spend for new clients and how he controls that risk * How to turn a shooting star into a super nova * The 7 P's of the Funded Today launch * Why you can't throw anything against the wall today if you expect to succeed Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-sales-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy