Welcome to The Ultimate 3 Month Guide to Crowdfunding!
The comprehensive, step-by-step system that helped me to raise over $63,000 for my first feature film, chock-full of easy checklists, cheat sheets, battle-tested tips, and pre-written templates you can easily copy/paste to run your own big campaign!
Considering crowdfunding to launch your dream project?
In 2025 alone, creative projects on Kickstarter raised over $706 million dollars. That's nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars, floating around just waiting for good ideas!
The money isn't 'scarce' - it's just waiting for a project that looks professional enough to trust, with a clear and well-executed plan to reach its intended audience.
I'm Racheal and, in The Ultimate 3 Month Guide to Crowdfunding, I've taken absolutely everything I learned while raising over $63,000 for my first independent feature film and I've distilled it down for you into a simple, easy-to-use 62 page battle plan, updated for 2026.
It's loaded with checklists, cheat sheets and templates you can easily copy & paste to run your big campaign. I did all the heavy-lifting for you and am ready to coach you through every step. We'll start right at the very beginning: the moment you decide you want to run a campaign. I break down everything you should do immediately to start building a foundation for your campaign and, ultimately, your dream project.
Then I'll walk you, step by step, through everything I learned throughout my months of preparation and consulting with other crowdfunding campaign managers, so you’ll know exactly how to prepare and can determine precisely when you’re ready to hit that big 'Launch' button!
From there, the guide is packed with graphics, exact messages and email blurbs I used, daily checklists for both you (the Campaign Manager) and your team, complete tips for every phase of the process - including modern social media marketing tips for 2026 - and even my biggest mistakes so you’ll know exactly where to avoid them during your own campaign. I also prioritize "free" over "expensive," giving tips on using free tools rather than expensive software.
Together, we'll save time, make sure you're fully prepared, and earn you even more money!
Skip the generic advice. This guide is built on the exact battle-tested strategy that helped me raise $63,388 for my first independent film.
What You'll Get:
The 3-Month Strategic System (The Core Guide): I walk you through two months of prep and the entire month of your campaign, giving helpful tips such as creating a killer campaign video, how to set the best launch date, tackling the 'awkwardness of the ask' or how to crush the "Dead Zone" (middle weeks) with exciting high-engagement events - and so much more. I also advise on where pitfalls lie so you can avoid costly mistakes, saving you time and helping you to earn even MORE money!
The "Plug & Play" Communication Pack (Copy/Paste Email and DM templates)
The "No-Brainer" Checklist System: Checklists for every phase so you know and exactly whether you're on track at every checkpoint.
Why:
Save you time: I know, first-hand, just how daunting the workload of a big crowdfunding campaign is at the start. With this guide, I've launched you forward months by organizing everything you'll need into one place.
Avoid Pitfalls: Although we ended up surpassing our big $60K goal in the end, there were certainly moments in the middle where I wasn’t sure if we’d make it all the way. After everything I had poured into it for months and months, and witnessing the blood, sweat, and tears other artists were putting into theirs, the very real idea of anyone’s campaign being a failure was utterly heartbreaking and horrifying to me. Having been through it all myself, I've seen the countless pitfalls that can easily cause a campaign to fail. It's so important to see these coming so you can avoid them, as all-or-nothing platforms such as Kickstarter face the very real possibility of failure.
Earn you even MORE money!: By doing the proper, strategic prep-work and avoiding costly mistakes, my biggest goal is to help your campaign earn even more money toward your big dream project!
𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝘶𝘱𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝙝𝙚𝙛𝙩𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘯'𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 3 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙙𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥-𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦-𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 & 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 - 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 $24.99 - 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳.
*Note: The Ultimate 3 Month Guide to Crowdfunding is organized to start you two months out from your big "launch day" but you can pace yourself however needed, depending on the time you have available. If you need to launch even sooner or have more time to spare, you can focus on the guide as 'checklists' rather than months to accelerate through it faster or spread the workload out thinner.
Crowdfunding is an incredible tool for the modern independent filmmaker and artist, but it can also be paralyzingly daunting, starting from zero.
With The Ultimate 3 Month Guide to Crowdfunding, I've taken the guesswork out of it all and done the heavy-lifting for you, to set you up for crowdfunding success and show you just how possible it really is.
𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚍𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚞𝚙𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍/𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚏𝚝𝚢 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚐𝚗'𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝟹 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚑 𝙶𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚍𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 - 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛 $𝟸𝟺.𝟿𝟿 - 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚜𝚘 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚕𝚕.
Print it out, mark it up, copy & paste directly, and use this 3-Month Guide as it was intended: your complete-yet-simple 62-page battle plan for running the epic crowdfunding campaign of your dreams!
Invest in the success of your future campaign and let's give your dream project the green light.
Let's get started today!
x Racheal