Everybody is talking about crowdfunding. At CFI (http://www.GoToCFI.com), we're newer but quite a bit better. We don't put the proverbial pistol to your head and have you sweat until the timer goes off and you've either raised all of your funds (you'll live) or you've fallen even a penny short of your stated funding objective (in which case you have a brief headache before everything goes dark). Our philosophy is a bit different. How? [you ask] Well, here:
2) We allow you to fund a project in phases or installments:
3) We allow you to draw down funds while you are in the fundraising process -- no one else is doing this -- We suppose that they must enjoy the suspense;
4) We give you free publicity... a national press release, a social media TwitterBurst (sounds a bit foolish, doesn't it, but appearances can be deceiving), where we put your link out to approximately 500,000 Twitter followers and across other social media;
5) We work with you through every step of actually designing your campaign and decorating your pavilion on our website, where you will be hospitably hosted (alliteration!);
6) We help you to create double contributor incentives -- something of significant perceived value to offer your contributors right now, so they will feel that they have already "broken even" or gotten darn near it -- and a success-based incentive for after you've commenced your operations. Contributors will not be running up the mountain with lit torches demanding their contributions back. Nope;
7) We offer you a treasure trove (now there's an expression for Baby Boomers) of resources, many of which are absolutely free, in order to help you with planning, presentation, advice, assistance, joint venturing, additional non-bank alternative financing to supplement your crowdfunding proceeds so that you can pay vendors, staff up, fulfill purchase orders and grow sales if you are for-profit, or grow donations, if you are a not-for-profit entity.
CrowdFund
your project, venture, business or non-profit on CFI’s innovative new
website platform! We’ll help you to organize, capitalize, build and
grow. We’ll post Projects (we call every exhibit on our website a
“Project”) requiring capitalization of $5,000.00 (and up), and we’ll
accept individual contributions of funds for Projects as small as
$10.00. CrowdFunding gives you a means of raising capital without giving
away equity or incurring any debt -- it’s a fabulous internet power
tool. And the fee which we charge is only 5% (five percent) of the funds
actually contributed to (i.e., raised for) your Project. Can’t beat it!
CrowdFunding (you can Google
it if you still want to get more background in general --- we’ll wait
for you...) is a means by which you (the “Project Sponsor”) attract
contributors of funds (“Contributors”) to your Project using a special
display created just for you (called a “Pavilion”) hosted on our website
(sometimes called a “crowdfunding portal”).
And
yes, we’ll help you design your Pavilion to maximize your monetary
magnetism and Contributor appeal. But we’ll expect you to be actively
involved with us in the attraction of Contributors to your Pavilion. A
campaign can only be successful if our Client is very actively engaged
in making it happen.
By the way, “CFI” stands for CrowdFunding Incubator LLC.
We work very closely with selected Project Sponsors (although we prefer
to call them “Clients”) on developing, executing and completing
successful crowdfunding campaigns. You can visit our website by clicking
on http://www.GoToCFI.com to learn a bit more about us.
Submission of your Project to CFI is fully automated.
When you’re ready to get started (after you’ve read through this document) all you have to do is:
1) Click on http://www.GoToCFI.com ;
2) Go to the large button in the upper right-hand corner of the page header (which says “CLICK HERE TO FAST TRACK YOUR CROWDFUNDING PROJECT”), and click on it;
3)
A Submission Form will magically appear. Follow the directions, fill
out the required fields and when you’re finished, simply click on the
“SUBMIT” button. CFI will get back to you within 3 business days with an
evaluation of your submission, and that will contain suggestions (no
charge for this) for what you might do to make your Pavilion and
campaign faster and more likely to be completely successful.
That’s all it takes to get started - it’s your move.
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CFI will
entertain start ups, early-stage entrepreneurial ventures, small
businesses and not-for-profit humanitarian and charitable cause-based
entities. Our
unique program, unlike any other in the industry even provides for
financing in stages or phases, where you can draw down funds
continuously as they are being raised.
CFI has
an unparalleled portfolio of resources, advice and tools to expedite
your funding and growth, while virtually eliminating any element of
possible risk to you and minimizing any time which you’d normally have
to waste on trial and error.
We
interact to assist our Clients at every phase -- from planning to
marketing, from management and co-venturing to production and sales
financing. There are no application fees and -- we are mobile accessible, too. Since we’re newer, we’ll work harder.
Use CFI
to meet your capitalization needs, and get unlimited access to free
business-building tools in the bargain. After you’ve filled out and
submitted your form, take some time to test drive the site. Press some
buttons. Read some material. Make yourself at home and play.
Once
we’ve gotten back to you regarding your Project and discussed our
special improvements with you. We’ll help guide you to implement them.
Very soon after that, you’ll have your own Pavilion. That’s when our combined all-out effort just gets started.
Continue
to the next page to see what we expect of you. You’ve got to be very
proactive. We’ll host you, help you, advise you, manage your
Pavilion...we’ll give you a free nationwide NEWS RELEASE too. But...
To be a real winner and have your CFI CrowdFunding Campaign be a stunning success, you’ve got to really become involved. Believe us -- it’s very worthwhile in the end. Here’s your portion of the homework:
Crucial Steps For CrowdFunding Success
ALERT TO PROJECT SUBMITTERS:
You must be proactive, aggressive and persistent in order to make your
project a success. Bringing prospective contributors to your project on
our website is your responsibility. Here are some guidelines. If your
follow them, you will greatly increase your ability to reach your
funding objective -- In fact, you MUST follow them!
1)
From the minute your Pavilion is up on our website, you should alert
every individual on your email list (including family, friends,
colleagues, vendors, possible customers), your social media groups
(Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) and any networking organizations which you
belong to of the fact that you’ve A) launched a project; B) its address on our website; and that C)
you are counting on them to participate [contribute] and encourage
their friends to participate and contribute. Be polite, but persistent.
Do this procedure at least weekly. Mail, post, announce, remind, and
give updates if you have any.
2)
You must, through any means possible, have at least a contribution of
$25.00 per day every single day on your project. Show momentum and
progress.
3)
You must, through any means possible be certain to get at least 100
clicks (usually from friends, family, team members, etc. on your
pavilion (through any legal means necessary) every single day through
your own referred sources and efforts. You might even get everyone you
know involved in a Clickfest
to your pavillion -- where each person in your group promises to view
the site for at least a full minute X times per day. These are very,
very effective. Make them go viral. Make them into competitive games.
But make them work. They are easy.
4)
As a general rule, if a project campaign has not raised at least one
third (33%) of its funding objective within 45 days of its posting, it
is likely to fail. Aim for at least a full third of your funding
during your first 45 days, and your chances of complete success are tremendous. And more and more unique and unknown “drop-in” visitors to your site [strangers!] with start to become
additional contributors as you project develops its own aura of attraction.
-- Your Friends At CFI Want You To Win!
At CFI,
our team is completely committed to your success. We have tremendous
resources, which we’ll make available to you. When your dedicated
efforts and our vast array of money magnetization tools (not to mention
our own flood of inbound website traffic, which grows bigger every
single day) are combined, we have synergy, harmony and victory! Get started now.
Yes, we are relatively new. But we are much more supportive, resourceful, patient and involved than are the other crowdfunding websites, platforms and portals.
Go To CFI and submit your project. We'll absolutely get back to you with our assessment (that's free, but tremendously valuable), and help you to MAKE IT WORK.
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