Ideas from Other People

[ysabetwordsmith]

So far, I have front-loaded this community with updated posts from my own discussions of cyberfunded creativity. Other people have also written some good stuff on these topics. Here are some examples:

"Crowd-Requesting: A New Gatekeeping Model"
"How to Crowdfund Your Product Release"
"Sustainable Funding Models"
"The Three Micahs" (a series on how to run a creative business)

There is also a cluster of articles about some issues relevant to crowdfunding, the famous "1000 True Fans" discussion. It concerns devoted fans who spend $100/year or more on a creative person's products, and whether or not it is feasible for a creator to amass enough such fans to make a decent living.

"1,000 True Fans"
"A 20-Step Process for Finding Your 1,000 True Fans"
"The Case Against 1,000 True Fans"
"How to Attract Your 1,000 True Fans"
"In Defense of 1,000 True Fans"
"The Problem with 1,000 True Fans"

Closely related to this is "the long tail" theory of marketing, promotion, and economics. It deals with the impact created by a very large amount of very small contributions or actions, especially over an extended time period.

"The Long Tail" article by Chris Anderson
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More book by Chris Anderson (Amazon page)
"The Long Tail" (Wikipedia article)
"Applying the Long Tail to Online Fiction"
"Finding the Long Tail in Music"
"Libraries and the Long Tail"

What other resources have you found useful in cyberfunded creativity?