Win a FREE ticket to 'The Conversation'

Want the opportunity to network with the CEO of Netflix, get a FREE $150 ticket to "The Conversation" and guest blog on IndieGoGo?  Here's your chance:

In 50 words or less, explain the most innovative audience-building or fundraising tactic for a film.

The person with the best idea will receive: 

• One FREE Ticket ($150 value) to "The Conversation" - The Future of Cinema, Games & Online Video: New Tools / New Distribution / New Rules (Oct 17/18 in Berkeley, CA) www.theconversationspot.com
• Opportunity to guest blog on IndieGoGo's DIWO Download
  

 



Submission Details:

• How: Submit your idea as a COMMENT on IndieGoGo's Feedback Profile: GoGoFeedback  (Scroll down below the ANNOUNCEMENTS section for the COMMENTS section)
• Deadline: Thursday, October 16th at 12:00 Noon.
• Options: You can mark your comment as "Private" if you'd like to keep you or your idea hidden, or leave it as public for the world to see. 
• Don't Forget: In order to submit your innovative idea, make sure you've signed up and logged into IndieGoGo.

Winner Details:

• The winner will be announced the same day at 8:00 pm Pacific Time, the night before "The Conversation" begins
• The top submissions will be posted on IndieGoGo's DIWO Download (with links to your personal / project profiles on IndieGoGo)

Good luck!

The IndieGoGo Team

Comments

[John Paul Rice]

Featured role for a fan in your movie: Create video about contest; broadcasting to fans on social network sites. Rules: must add as friend (myspace), sign up on list, name person who referred (myspace url) and submit video audition. The winner and referring fan get featured role in your film.

[Michael David Weis]

Big star + contrived public controversy = pay per view. Example: SeX-filer + sex addiction = showtime.

[JT]

Have audience vote on how movie ends while watching the movie, using hand-held clickers. Majority rules.

[FILMMAKER]

Filmmakers should be thinking long-term identity. Put up a good website and trailer, throw a party, invite all your friends and contacts. But think real hard about your online identity. That’s going to carry on, for the rest of your carrier. As you go down the list of network tools, starting with YouTube all the way to twitter.

[mabel]

Shoot a video pitch showing us what is your project about and post it to viral outlets relevant to your film/content. Use this video pitch to fundraise through places like Indiegogo and show it at a fundraiser party+screening done through Brave New Theatres. People who give you money or in-kind are featured in the next update of your video pitch, this creates a buzz and more people start donating.

[Claudia Crask]

A Great film really is the starting place, rave reviews from key players. Great trailer that sells the film but does not mislead, so it captures and engages the right audience. cable channels or late night slots, rush hour radio for an audio trailer. Magazine ads - and covers get seen, don't forget the trade mags, and talk shows. images to download on your website and short press releases for easy copy. A great Logo create a "widget" for fan sites. Find your affinity networks - if you edited in Final Cut Pro there are over 100 Final Cut Pro User Groups on the planet, and is still a rather untapped resource. Find your believers and communicate.
Facebook, LinkedIN, YouTube, MySpace, Digg, Craigslist, Twitter and user forums of all kinds. One thing I have done is Google a successful campaign for same audience, and then use all those websites as your path

[Jon Bonnell]

Build an avid, involved fan base that promote for you. Example, we recently ran a campaign through Twitter with our loyal fans that already were subscribed to our feed.

The campaign involved offering access to a free screening of our new film. All they needed to do whas send out a public @reply saying that they wanted to see it.

In doing so, that sent information on our film to all of their followers... viral advertising. We doubled our subscriber base in a week AND our fans got to see our film and provide great feedback and reviews as well.

Win win all the way around.