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The Crowdfunding Press Center has now opened a Crowdfunding Career Center Job Board to provide a place for Crowdfunding sites and platforms to begin posting job openings as the Crowdfunding industry grows.

Advisory Board of Crowdfunding Experts

For example, please consider joining the Crowdfunding Press Center’s Advisory Board of Crowdfunding Experts, which is now actively seeking to fill the Crowdfunding positions listed below.  Click here to submit your 30-second business pitch.

1. New Business Development Director
2. Public Relations Director
3. Media Relations Director
4. Investor Relations Director
5. Industry Analyst Relations Director
6. Fundraising Campaign Director
7. Crowdfunding Escrow Director
8. Broker/Dealer Director
9. Crowdfunding Campaign Director
10. Perks/Promotional Items Director
11. SEC Compliance Director
12. Social Media Director
13. SEO Digital Content Director
14. Database Marketing Director
15. Financial Data Mining Director
16. Information Technology Director
17. Legal Counsel Director
18. Human Resources Director

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Front Page PR Offers Broker Dealers General Solicitation Campaigns to Market the Oncoming Wave of Equity Crowdfunding Investment Opportunities to the Next Generation of U.S. Accredited Investors

SEC legalizes Crowdfunding marketing, PR and social media campaigns to solicit investments from Reg. D accredited investors, which include, in general, people with a net worth (excluding their residence) of $1 million, income of $200,000 a year (or $300,000 with their spouse), officers and directors of the issuer and various institutions that have more than $5 million in assets

By Robert Hoskins, Front Page Public Relations

Front Page PR announced new turnkey Crowdfunding marketing programs for FINRA-registered broker dealers that want to begin planning advertising, marketing, media relations, PR and social media campaigns to reach a target audience of accredited investors that have remained allusive for the past 30 years due to securities laws.  On July 10, 2013, the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to lift rules that strictly prohibited the use of mass marketing strategies to promote investment opportunities to potential investors.

Beginning September 2013, leading broker dealers that want to make a big push into one of the most promising financial opportunities in the last eighty years can now begin working with Front Page PR’s team of marketing experts to start planning targeted marketing campaigns to reach this lucrative new audience of prospective accredited investors.

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July 10, 2013 SEC Guidelines passed for Crowdfunding and Title II of the 2012 JOBS Act:

• Eliminating the Prohibition Against General Solicitation & General Advertising in Rule 506 and Rule 144A Offerings
• Amendments to Regulation D, Form D and Rule 156 under the Securities Act

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“Aggressive broker dealers are already partnering with popular equity crowdfunding sites such as Circleup.com and MicroVentures.com in order to begin marketing to investment early adopters who are joining popular crowdfunding sites in droves,” said Robert Hoskins, Front Page PR’s Director of Media Relations.  “Adding to the crowdfunding marketing opportunity is the pent-up demand that has been building over the past five years as entrepreneurs and small businesses that have been rejected over and over when seeking traditional bank and small business loans.”

“On the flip side of the crowdfunding market opportunity are millions of qualified investors in the U.S who meet the official SEC guidelines to become accredited investors, which can participate in new equity crowdfunding opportunities, but are unaware of their unique credentials,” Hoskins continued.  “These potential investors have large sums of money sitting in their bank accounts, savings plans and 401k retirement accounts because they simply cannot find attractive deals that will provide a decent return on their investment.”

On September 2, 2013, broker dealers will be able to put together marketing campaigns to educate new investors on the potential to invest in lucrative crowdfunding investment opportunities as well as the best strategies on how to find and evaluate good deals that have serious potential as well as time proven strategies on how to identify red flags and eliminate deals that do not.

Front Page PR encourages broker dealers and equity crowdfunding platforms to contact the firm to begin planning marketing campaigns prior to September 2, 2013, the date when the race begins to build new relationships with millions of new accredited investors via mass marketing communication strategies.

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FunderHut.com Partners with Non-Profit Chicago to Promote Crowdfunding Campaigns

Chicagoland’s Nonprofit Chamber of Commerce Partners with FunderHut for community-crowdfunding platform

By Robert Hoskins

The FunderHut team is very excited to announce our new partnership with Chicago Non-Profit, Chicagoland’s Nonprofit Chamber of Commerce! FunderHut is a community-crowdfunding platform, and although we’re national, what better way to start than with our own Chicago community? We’re extremely excited to be working together to make a positive impact in the community.

FunderHut’s team believes the community plays an essential role in our everyday lives. Whether it’s your family, your neighborhood, your social clubs, or the worldwide community, these are the people and the environment that construct who we are, so why not make it better? Our motto is Finding Unity By Funding Community.

From networking events to educational events to fundraising events, Chicago Non-Profit is the number one resource for Chicagoland’s non-profits, using their extensive knowledge and resources to help their members achieve their goals. As fundraising continues to be a primary concern for these organizations, the idea of crowdfunding only seemed natural, and FunderHut welcomed the opportunity to help Chicago’s non-profits raise money and build awareness, as well as the added benefit of an increased donor base. The vision and vast network of Chicago Non-Profit, with non-profit categories ranging from Arts Awareness to Community Works to Medical Research, helps create a partnership with a shared mission in mind, improving our community.

What’s our goal? To provide non-profits with the resources they need to launch an online fundraising campaign, while receiving full support from the collaboration between Chicago Non-Profit and FunderHut.

As an exclusive benefit to Chicago Non-Profit members, we’re also returning 20% of the contribution fees. What this means is that not only is it absolutely free to sign up and create your campaign, but 20% will be given back to member organizations that launch their campaign on FunderHut.

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UrbanCloud.com Launches Indiegogo Crowdfunding to Change The Way People View Networks, Information and Social Commerce

Indiegogo Crowdfunding Campaign Currently Raising Funds to Build a New Type of Social Network Designed Specifically to Promote Social Commerce for Individuals and Businesses

By Robert Hoskins

Urban Cloud is an innovative social network that unites people on a platform designed to promote collaboration. The company claims that there is still no social media platform that provides a secure, enjoyable interface for social commerce – one that respects its users’ privacy, and discourages the buying and selling of social capital with fake profiles. Instead, why not focus on collaboration?

UrbanCould plans respect its users’ privacy and discourage the buying and selling of social capital with fake profiles

The founders of UrbanCloud believe they can make a difference by creating a social network designed specifically to meet the needs of social commerce applications such as promoting  crowdfunding campaigns.

“We recognize the problems existing social networks face and we’re offering you the chance to fix them. We’re tired of seeing the same old user experience, the impact of fake profiles, annoying advertising and misleading, opaque privacy policies,” said Sharan Soni, UrbanCloud. “We have already signed several brands onto the platform who share our vision: Quintessentially Lifestyle & Creative, Aftershock London, Patrick Hellmann Collection, Citizen M, Royal Spades and Ava Mirabelle.”

Soni added, “We are crowdfunding this exceptionally well-designed and secure platform, dedicated to social commerce for individuals and businesses. With your collaboration and contribution(s) we will make this happen.”

The company is focused on developing five key areas of innovation:

• Innovative Design – Urban Cloud is the world’s first social media platform that seamlessly unites social networking and marketing.
• Native Advertising – Urban Cloud uses a proprietary algorithm called STAC (Space, Time, Active, Content) to blend advertising into a user’s social timeline.
• Validation – Urban Cloud is able to weed out unverified and fake/spam user accounts, allowing for an enhanced social media experience for advertisers and users.
• Positive Reinforcement – Urban Cloud features a unique reward system, through which a user can accumulate points for interacting with a business. These can be redeemed for rewards to build brand loyalty and recognise social influencers all at once.
• Retailing – Each and every user can play a role in effortless and seamless retailing of virtual goods and services using Urban Cloud.

Only half of what Urban Cloud will do has been released. The rest is being given over to the people; their voices will influence what features are implemented next and how the cloud develops.

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National Financial Educators Council Launches SavingsFund.com Crowdfunding Site to Help Kids Save for College

Now kids have a crowdfunding site where friends and family can donate money to fund their future college education

By Robert Hoskins

The National Financial Educators Council has pre-launched the first crowdfunding platform designed for long-term financial security and personal finance education. SavingsFund.com was developed to give families a way to raise funds for their child’s future with the help of their family and friends. It also provides resources to deliver a real world financial education to the children.

SavingsFund helps families secure their children’s future by providing an easy way for loved ones to give money towards a child’s long-term savings goals (college, investments, etc). SavingsFund is a secure way to receive money for birthdays, holidays, and accomplishments.

According to econsultancy.com, at the end of 2012 there were expected to be more than 530 crowdfunding platforms. Of those, only SavingsFund is focused on helping families save money for their children while helping them acquire financial literacy skill sets.

Leveraging the latest technology and trends in the space, SavingsFund offers a unique approach to families seeking to save for their child’s future. With college costs expected to be over $200k for a state school and $400k for a private school in 2032, SavingsFund developers contend many families could not afford this unless they start saving early.

“The SavingsFund platform provides families timely financial education resources. As their savings account grows, so will their knowledge on how to manage their funds,” states Jayne Black, Mrs. Wisconsin International 2013 and SavingsFund National Spokesperson.

The National Financial Educators Council has been well-recognized for its leadership position in the financial education space. They develop cutting edge material that is used by youth and parents alike. Leveraging the support of celebrities, sports stars, and the entertainment industry helps raise interest and improve program effectiveness to reach this demographic. SavingsFund.com brings timely financial literacy training to families nationwide.

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SeedandSpark.com Strives to Reshape Film and Entertainment Business through Crowdfunding Campaigns

Seed&Spark Hosts First Innovators’  Summit at LA Film Fest with Film Independent and Cinedigm to Connect Filmmakers and Potential Crowdfunding Campaign Donors and Investors

By Robert Hoskins

Seed&Spark, one of the world’s first crowdfunding and digital distribution platforms made specifically for independent films, launched two initiatives to help shape the future of independent film by strengthening the ties between filmmakers and film audiences.

Seed&Spark is building a truly independent filmmaking community where filmmakers and audiences come together for crowd-funding, production, and streaming distribution

During this month’s LA Film Fest, Seed&Spark hosted the first Innovators’ Summit together with Film Independent and Cinedigm. The Innovators’ Summit is a gathering of people from the film community to leverage the collective intelligence of innovators in film production, technology, finance and distribution. CEO Emily Best led a group of 50 participants through a series of exercises that painted various possible scenarios. The purpose was to imagine what could happen and examine the factors and forces that should demand the film industry’s attention, investment and action.

Earlier this month, Seed&Spark launched a $30,000 crowd-funding campaign on its own platform to enhance the company’s offerings and site usability. The Seed&Spark crowd-funding campaign WishList records specific needs for production, marketing, festivals, travel, crew and professional services. Supporters can opt to contribute with cash or to loan goods and services that are part of the Seed&Spark campaign WishList.

“We believe that in order to compete in a world of increasing fragmentation, creators’ success will depend on their connection to and relationship with their audience,” says Emily Best, Founder and CEO of Seed&Spark. “This is also true for our success with Seed&Spark as a whole. Our platform was specifically built to engage and connect independent filmmakers and audiences. We launched the Seed&Spark crowdfunding campaign to get feedback, support, and engagement from the very people we hope our improved platform will better serve.”

Best is touring film festivals around the world to educate filmmakers about the opportunities offered by crowd-funding and the advantage of an audience-centric approach to filmmaking – from pitch to premiere. Upcoming appearances include the Galway Film Fleadh, SXSW V2V Las Vegas and the Austin Film Festival.

To help Seed&Spark change the future of filmmaking, support the company’s crowd-funding campaign before June 29 by clicking here.

Seed&Spark is building a truly independent filmmaking community where filmmakers and audiences come together for crowd-funding, production, and streaming distribution. Every time an audience member supports the making of a moving picture project (funding, following, sharing) they earn “Sparks” which can be redeemed to watch movies on the streaming platform.

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As Seen on TV Launches White Label Crowdfunding Platform to Connect Inventors with Consumers

Soon customers can support new crowdfunding  products As Seen on TV in the areas of household, kitchen, outdoor, health &  beauty, fitness, clothing, electronics, toys, novelty, pets, DVDs, and food

By Robert Hoskins

As Seen On TV, Inc. (OTCQB: ASTV) announced that it will partner with white-label crowdfunding software provider Launcht, Inc. for a first of its kind platform that will let inventors connect with consumers who then vote to support products with their pocketbooks. Inventions that are successful through the As Seen on TV crowdfunding platform will be sold through various distribution channels, including the official online destination for As Seen On TV products — AsSeenOnTV.com — which reaches a global audience.

As Seen on TV Crowdfunding Platform

The As Seen On TV crowdfunding platform will allow inventors to make their pitch to the world, and give consumers early access to innovative new products. Inventors will upload video, images, design specifications, and marketing strategies to convince consumers of their good ideas. Consumers review and comment on inventor ideas, and can become the first to own the best new products through pre-purchases on the As Seen On TV crowdfunding platform.

“We’re giving the public access into the early stages of the invention process that until now has only happened behind closed doors,” said Kevin Harrington, Chairman and Founder of As Seen On TV. “And for inventors, it’s a smarter way to find out if there’s a market for your product – you use crowdfunding pre-sales to gather feedback and determine worthiness.”

“This is a significant opportunity for our company and a terrific way to interact with consumers worldwide,” said Ronald C. Pruett, Jr., President and CEO of As Seen On TV. “We will use the feedback and consumer response to influence the product design and distribution channels we select. Of course, we’ll still search for inventions through our traditional methods, but our crowdfunding platform will allow everyone to participate in future As Seen On TV products.”

“We are honored to partner with As Seen On TV to power their new crowdfunding platform; this is a great use of our white label crowdfunding software,” remarked Freeman White, CEO of Launcht. “Our mission is to democratize access to the market, and it’s time to bring the selection and funding of great ideas out from behind closed doors.”

As Seen On TV, Inc. (OTCQB: ASTV) is the leading multichannel distributor of As Seen On TV products and serves up fun for engaged consumers worldwide. Customers can find 1,500 products from As Seen on TV in the areas of Household, Kitchen, Outdoor, Health & Beauty, Fitness, Clothing, Electronics, Toys, Novelty, Pets, DVDs, and Food. Celebrities and industry experts often endorse As Seen On TV products for their inventive nature and utility.

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Crowdvance.com Offers Crowdfunders 100% Free Crowdfunding Opportunity to Launch Fundraising Campaigns with Zero Service Fees

Crowdvance is poised to disrupt the entire online fundraising industry by serving as the for-profit fundraising platform that passes 100% of donations received to organizations for processing and that rewards donors for their donations

By Robert Hoskins

Crowdvance.com announced plans to drop the Crowdfunding service fee they deduct from donations to zero percent, down from 6.5%. By removing the company’s service fee, Crowdvance.com becomes the first for-profit online fundraising platform to be 100% free.  Most other crowdfunding and fundraising platforms continue to promote the same model: no cost to sign up, but the various platforms deduct 3-10% from donations as a service fee on top of universal credit card processing fees. Crowdvance now offers one of the the only online fundraising platforms on the planet that does not deduct an additional service fee on top of standard credit card fees.

Crowdvance.com Now the Only Fundraising Platform on the Planet to not Charge a Service Fee and to Reward Donors

“When we launched Crowdvance, we set out on a mission to help organizations run more engaging, effective, and efficient fundraisers,” said Dylan Fox, Crowdvance’s CEO.  “We got the engaging part down by rewarding donors with gifts from great national companies we partner with, but our fee was getting in the way of our company reaching all of our goals.”

Crowdvance announced this service fee reduction after completing a recent round of seed-stage financing. “After we closed our seed round, we were able to think longer term, and that’s when our team realized we wanted to go big and really change the game,” said Fox.

Crowdvance.com’s 100% free model is not the only unique aspect to its fundraising platform. The company strives to be more than just a passive middle-man like other fundraising websites. It does this by forming partnerships with national companies to arrange exclusive gifts for donors to choose from as a reward for their donation. Current partners include companies like Hulu and Fathead.

“We saw that donors were getting burned out with traditional and online fundraising campaigns,” said Zachary Herman, CMO of Crowdvance. “With traditional fundraisers, small organizations are wearing out donors by trying to sell them the same bland fundraising products every year. How many tubs of popcorn or t-shirts can someone buy? And with more organizations making the switch to online fundraising, donors are experiencing fatigue. We solve that problem by rewarding donors for their good behavior. Donors can save on things like concert tickets or pro-sports tickets, or even on jewelry, as a reward for contributing through Crowdvance to an organization they care about. Plus, now a donor can have their donation go where it is intended to go.”

As the only for-profit fundraising platform that passes on 100% of donations received for processing, Crowdvance is poised to disrupt the entire online fundraising industry.

“We can support a 0% service fee because of our innovative business model,” said Fox. “We’re focusing on the value we deliver to national companies as our main business, and passing the benefits back to the organizations that use our platform to raise funds, making it entirely free.”

Crowdvance has always had a values focus. It won first place in the international Values and Ventures Business Plan Competition in April, 2013 and now the company feels even stronger about its ability to focus on its values mission.

“Over the next few months, we’re going to open the Crowdvance platform to the masses, and are going to become the standard for fundraising. Our model just makes sense,” says Fox.

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Planning a School Fundraising Campaign? IncitED Crowdfunding Platform Offers Educators a More Effective Local Community Finance Tool

IncitED announces new crowdfunding website created for educators to offer new education funding resource to attract local and virtual community support

By Robert Hoskins

Individuals in the front lines of education are increasingly taking a direct community-based approach to overcoming funding obstacles by using online fundraising to bring high-impact projects to life. IncitED.org, a new crowdfunding platform devoted to education, was created by two local teachers as a resource for people facing a similar challenge – how to make a difference in education with little or no access to traditional streams of funding.  On June 7th, IncitED launched its beta web platform, with a collection of easy to use tools for creating grassroots online fundraising campaigns to support projects in need of $500-$50,000 and capable of reaching out to supporters both locally and around the world.

IncitED announces new crowdfunding website created for educators to offer new education funding resource to attract local and virtual community support

The inspiration for the new platform was the result of frustrations around getting new and worthwhile ideas off the ground.

IncitED co-founder Jaime Wood explained, “So many people we knew or would meet at conferences were running into the same roadblocks. They had great ideas and were willing to invest their blood, sweat, and tears into doing something to improve education, but getting even a few thousand dollars through the normal channels to develop an idea into something real was impossible or close to it.”

And with the surge in attention surrounding viral crowdfunding campaigns on platforms like Kickstarter and IndieGogo throughout much of 2012 the core ideas for a new social enterprise began to coalesce.

Wood’s business partner Kevilina Burbank recalls, “We’d both contributed to crowdfunding campaigns for friends making music or fundraising for a worthy cause. One day it finally just hit me. I said to Jaime, ‘Why not make a Kickstarter for Education?’, and we haven’t looked back since.”

IncitEd launched its first fundraising campaign in late April. Alan Burnce, a former English teacher, had become frustrated by school reform efforts that he felt it made it harder for him to connect with students meaningfully. He set out to make what he termed a more “authentic learning experience” by opening a self-directed learning center to serve teens who were not thriving in a traditional school setting. He saw an opportunity in crowdfunding and turned to IncitED because of its exclusive focus on fundraising for education. His Open Road Learning Community for Teens (http://www.incited.org/projects/9) campaign set a fundraising target of $7,500 and over the course of a month he was able to attract support from more than 100 individual contributors and eclipse his original target by over $2,000.

“I knew a lot of people believed in me, and I was confident that they’d want to help make an impact in teens’ lives by supporting the program,” said Burnce. “Crowdfunding helped get Open Road’s story out there, and I was able to pull together financial support from all over the country.  It was tremendously gratifying to find out how much people cared.”

A goal that the company has set for itself in its early months is to demonstrate the spectrum of education projects it was created to support. Founders Wood and Burbank have roots in traditional public school education as well as in the alternative ed and non-profit communities. Although IncitED anticipates many school-based campaigns, it doesn’t require those that want to use its platform to be working inside a traditional school or even have formal training in education.

“There are people everywhere who don’t necessarily think of themselves as educators in a conventional sense, but the things they’re passionate about and want to offer to the world often have a strong element of education. Somebody who wanted to develop an empty lot in the community to teach their neighbors about organic gardening would be a perfect fit for IncitED,” said Wood.

IncitED’s list of upcoming beta campaigns shows the diversity of education projects that its founders have envisioned from the birth of their original idea almost a year ago.

“We’re so excited about the groups we’re going to be working with,” said Burbank. “There’s a scholarship fund for an acrobatics school,  a project for a non-profit helping homeless kids earn their GED, another for a public grade school trying to save its Suzuki violin program. We’re also going to be helping an education-software company in New York to raise money to develop a new classroom assessment tool that could benefit teachers everywhere. There are so many dedicated people out there who want to make a difference and we want to support as many of them as possible through IncitED.”

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Crowdfunding Press Center Releases First Global 100 Crowdfunding Web Site Index

Global 100 Crowdfunding Index Provides Crowdfunding Investor / Crowdfunder Demographic  Information, Website Traffic Statistics, SEO Keyword Search Analytics, and Upstream/Downstream Histories

By Robert Hoskins

Austin, Texas – Despite the SEC’s attempt to slow the equity crowdfunding industry down, every other segment of the crowdfunding industry is breaking records worldwide as small businesses and entrepreneurs are raising billions of dollars to get their business ideas and creative projects off the ground.  If fact, by the time the SEC finally issues their formal guidelines, it may be too late to get small businesses interested in turning over any equity at all.  Why give up any control of your business, when you can successfully raise $10,000,000 through rewards-based, perks-based or donation-based crowdfunding campaigns? [Click to Tweet]

Click on the web site traffic links below to research potential crowdfunding websites and their ability to reach your crowdfunding PR campaigns desired target audience.

If your site is not listed, feel free to contact us and tell us why your site should be listed.  If you need help putting together a crowdfunding marketing campaign for your crowdfunding website or crowdfunding campaign, feel free to contact us.  We also maintain the world’s largest database of crowdfunding service providers.

Source: April 2014 SimilarWeb Website Statistics

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Global Rank	2014 Top Crowdfunding Sites	Web Traffic Rank
1	www.kickstarter.com	964  (-244)
2	www.gofundme.com	1,245  (+4,481)
3	www.angel.co	1,274  (+9,683)
4	www.lendingclub.com	2,561  (+11,280)
5	www.fundingcircle.com	3,597  (+69,986)
6	www.indiegogo.com	3,711  (-1,361)
7	www.quirky.com	4,661  (+10,336)
8	www.youcaring.com	5,022  (+29,979)
9	www.justgiving.com	6,109  (+5,016)
10	www.giveforward.com	6,370  (+22,619)
11	www.uinvest.com.ua	7,393  (-2,037)
12	www.kiva.org	7,715  (+4,039)
13	www.crowdrise.com	8,311  (+35,678)
14	www.razoo.com	8,995  (+40,736)
15	www.donorschoose.org	9,383  (+55,327)
16	www.fundly.com	9,915  (+59,157)
17	www.pledgemusic.com	11,853  (+35,156)
18	www.crowdtilt.com	13,903  (+76,675)
19	www.firstgiving.com	14,757  (+37,294)
20	www.fundrazr.com	19,265  (+36,105)
21	www.magcloud.com	23,576  (+23,576)
22	www.realtymogul.com	25,956  (+25,956)
23	www.ulule.com	26,412  (+26,412)
24	www.rockethub.com	27,902  (+44,588)
25	www.fundable.com	28,615  (+56,490)
26	www.crowdfunder.com	32,601  (+95,725)
27	www.circleup.com	33,099  (+190,056)
28	www.fundanything.com	35,349  (+71,742)
29	www.fundrise.com	36,797  (+36,979)
30	www.seedinvest.com	41,715  (+430,930)
31	www.rockthepost.com	42,885  (+219,756)
32	www.offbeatr.com	43,967  (+43,967)
33	www.wefunder.com	47,489  (+123,062)
34	www.equitynet.com	48,247  (+587,067)
35	www.gogetfunding.com	61,405  (+78,842)
36	www.pozible.com	62,443  (+2,369)
37	www.slated.com	66,677  (+66,677)
38	www.crowdcube.com	67,493  (+18,583)
39	www.assetavenue.com	68,249  (+68,249)
40	www.fundraise.com	75,650  (+122,645)
41	www.opportunity.org	75,718  (+393,422)
42	www.assob.com.au	77,558  (+386,646)
43	www.givezooks.com	80,405  (+299,806)
44	www.pave.com	81,226  (+444,764)
45	www.peerform.com	83,521  (+994,913)
46	www.ourcrowd.com	88,850  (+308,003)
47	www.pubslush.com	95,418  (+95,418)
48	www.dragoninnovation.com	98,127  (+98,127)
49	www.appbackr.com	100,023  (+105,911)
50	www.crowdemand.com	115,618  (+115,618)
51	www.microgiving.com	115,267  (+585,065)
52	www.wazoku.com	115,402  (+115,402)
New	www.flashfunders.com	133,637  (new)
53	www.give2gether.com	128,130  (+655,961)
54	www.seedandspark.com	132,384  (+435,961)
55	www.fundedbyme.com	157,351  (+22,468)
56	www.sterlingfunder.com	162,355  (+2,810,783)
57	www.piggybackr.com	167,853  (+423,875)
58	www.pledgie.com	176,929  (+47,337)
New	www.zeczec.com	190,148  (+190,148)
59	www.launcht.com	196,394  (+230,943)
60	www.bolstr.com	235,082  (+805,974)
61	www.geldvoorelkaar.nl	239,031  (+238,031)
62	www.ppl.com.pt	285,111  (+285,111)
63	www.icrowd.com	295,421  (+292,145)
64	www.peerbackers.com	312,398  (+253,364)
65	www.banktothefuture.com	312,498  (+548,122)
66	www.invested.in	344,449  (+253,364)
67	www.symbid.com	386,296  (+22,212)
68	www.growvc.com	433,297  (-163,387)
69	www.somolend.com	433,891  (+408,760)
70	www.faithlauncher.com	447,005  (+438,283)
71	www.crowdit.com	480,625  (+194,246)
73	www.crowdvalley.com	527,534 (+116,320)
74	www.givetobenefit.com	532,139  (+233,567)
75	www.pledgecents.com	540,265  (+3,168,277)
76	www.appsfunder.com	570,311  (-105,800)
77	www.artistshare.com	622,060  (+622,060)
78	www.cMEcompete.com	678,296  (+4,130,838)
79	www.foodstart.com	692,712  (+29,824)
80	www.solarmosaic.com	754,410  (-399,359)
81	www.alumnifinder.com	876,496  (-966,058)
82	www.propellr.com	880,890  (-126,480)
83	www.fundafeast.com	992,504  (+992,504)
84	www.funderhut.com	1,106,925  (+775,099)
85	www.massivemov.com	1,119,512  (-295,027)
86	www.jumpstartcity.com	1,127,431  (+399,385)
87	www.sprigster.com	1,113,545  (+3,001,889)
88	www.crowdhelps.com	1,518,364  (+2,519,368)
New	www.crowdfundingpays.com	1,612,636  new
89	www.venturehealth.com	1,743,989  (+15,277,419)
90	www.clickstartme.com	1,791,606  (-894,227)
91	www.techmoola.com	2,000,288  (+848,486)
92	www.fundageek.com	2,376,689  (-4,678,913)
93	www.fansnextdoor.com	2,587,922  (+35,789)
94	www.ArtSpire.org	2,614,373  (+2,682,752)
95	www.crowdfundingbank.com	2,735,695  (-343,103)
96	www.ipledg.com	2,841,472  (-1,375,367)
97	www.dreambank.org	4,727,020  (-854,041)
98	www.startacure.com	3,462,978  (+5,050,952)
99	www.crowdequity.com	4,853,323  (+5,513,168)
100	www.getspringboarded.com	8,005,621  (-3,514,142)

Many readers first visit the Crowdfunding Press Center to learn more about the booming crowdfunding industry and try to get a handle on how to select the best crowdfunding  website to launch a fundraising campaign and learn what it takes to plan a successful crowdfunding campaign.

Launching a crowdfunding campaign is nothing more than a fancy way to describe a typical product/service marketing launch. The only real difference between a crowdfunding campaign and an old-fashioned product marketing/PR launch is the time period for collecting money.

In the past, companies have created new products, built company websites and used marketing, advertising, social networks and PR campaigns to raise awareness among the correct target audience to entice new/existing customers to buy their product or service.

eCommerce or the process of collecting money online is nothing new.  Collecting money or pre-selling a product/service, however, is a totally new concept and seems to be working very well.  Marketers love it because they can actually test demand for a product or service prior to investing a lot of time, effort and money to bring a product to market.

If a crowdfunding campaigns fails, entrepreneurs will actually save a lot of money that would have been invested in a new business that probably would have failed in a couple of years.  If the crowdfunding campaign is a successful and you raise several million dollars, you can bet that venture capitalists and angel investors will be very interested in buying equity stock the old fashioned way.

The one question that everyone wants to get answered is what is the best crowdfunding website to utilize when launching a fundraising campaign.  The answer is simple.  Like advertising or generating publicity in any communications medium, the most important question to answer is who is the desired target audience of donors and what kind of demographics/psychographics can be utilized to create effective marketing messages to convince the masses to donate money to your cause, creative project or new business idea.

Once the target audience has been identified it is easy to target media usage patterns to find the right mix of media outlets needed to achieve both reach and frequency to reach the correct target audience with the perfect message for the lowest cost -per-thousand (CPM). This is how marketeers have been conducting marketing campaigns for almost a century.

In today’s world, reach and frequency is tied directly to search engine optimization (SEO) and social networks along with traditional media outlets.

To help marketing/PR executives as well as crowdfunding campaign managers discover this type of information, we have analyzed what we consider to be the top 100 crowdfunding sites worldwide.  We ranked crowdfunding websites by their global website traffic as well as numerous other analytics including traffic stats, search analytics, audience readership, reviews, backlinks and upstream/downstream websites generating traffic.

It will not take long before media reps, media outlets and website auditing companies jump into crowdfunding market to start providing in-depth research reports, crowdfunding website audit statements and other readership studies that detail their website’s ability to reach the desired pool of investors/donors via their crowdfunding platform or website.

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