Tag: marketing
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Crowdfunding as Cultural Production: John Dimatos of Kickstarter
Kickstarter is a self-described “cultural institution,” with over 77,000 successfully crowdfunded projects under its belt and 8,000-10,000 projects live on the site at any given moment. Although you may be familiar with the runaway success campaigns that make it to the evening news: Veronica Mars, the Zach Braff movie, Oculus Rift, OUYA, and Pebble; there…
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Finding your Champions, Campaign Videos, and other Crowdfunding Tips: Steve Tam of Indiegogo
Steve Tam leads marketing and community outreach efforts in Canada for Indiegogo, the world’s largest, open flexible crowdfunding platform. He manages tech, hardware, and design there. Steve gave us a trial run of the talk he was going to give at Dx3 2015, “How to Sell to the Right Customers.” “Who’s our customer?” is the…
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Flexible Collaborative Work Space and the Changing Landscape of Games: Frank Lantz of NYU Game Center
Frank Lantz is the Director of the NYU Game Center at Tisch School of the Arts, which has a 2-year MFA Game Design Program underway, and an undergrad BFA starting next fall. Students approach games as culture and there isn’t as much of a technical focus as other programs. Because good game design comes out…