Digital + printable planner for crowdfunding authors
The Ultimate Crowdfunding for Authors Planner
Plan, launch and fulfil a crowdfunding campaign for your book
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 25-page digital planner with clickable tabs, contents and back links
- Two designs: Classic and the colourful Pop design
- Printable US Letter versions of both designs
- Recommended Resources for Authors PDF
A hyperlinked PDF for Goodnotes, Notability, Noteshelf and other PDF note apps on iPad or Android tablets. Tap the tabs and contents to jump between pages.
About this planner
Plan, launch and fulfil a crowdfunding campaign for your book. The Crowdfunding for Authors Planner has 5 sections: plan, rewards, pre-launch, campaign and fulfil.
It comes as Goodnotes & PDF, Microsoft Word, Notion template and E-ink edition, or as a printed, spiral-bound planner, so you can plan in the app you already use.
Sample pages
Take a look inside
Real pages from the Crowdfunding for Authors Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
5 sections, 25 pages in the PDF
Plan3 pages
- The project
- Costs & budget
- Funding goal
Rewards4 pages
- Six reward tiers
- Add-ons
- Stretch goals
Pre-Launch3 pages
- Campaign timeline
- Pre-launch followers
- Campaign page checklist
Campaign3 pages
- Launch day checklist
- Daily totals
- Update calendar
Fulfil3 pages
- Backer survey
- Fulfilment tracker
- Campaign review
Section and page counts are for the Goodnotes & PDF edition; the other formats hold the same planning pages, arranged to suit each app.
Highlights
Inside the Crowdfunding for Authors Planner
A goal that covers real costs
- Pin down what you're funding and why backers should care
- Every cost listed: printing, packaging, postage and fees
- A funding goal built from your costs, fees and tax
- Sized to the audience you already have
Rewards backers want
- Six reward tiers with price, cost to fulfil and shipping
- Add-ons such as signed bookplates and earlier books
- Stretch goals checked for cost at each unlock level
- Keeps your tiers simple and clearly different
Launch with a crowd waiting
- A campaign timeline worked backwards from launch day
- Track pre-launch followers week by week
- Campaign page and launch day checklists
- Daily pledge and backer totals, plus an update calendar
Deliver what you promised
- A backer survey to collect details before you order stock
- Track every stage from ordering stock to the last parcel
- Due dates and done ticks for each fulfilment stage
- A campaign review to shape your next project
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