Tagged: youtube

February 10, 2014 @ 9:57 am By Charles Luzar  |  

TubeStart is offering to help 501(c)(3) organizations by allowing charities and nonprofits to crowdfund on their platform for free. Any organizations interested in taking advantage of this offer are encouraged to contact TubeStart. More information on how to do so is available on TubeStart’s web… Read More

February 6, 2014 @ 9:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Imagine netting over a million YouTube views in a month and getting paid as little as $50 for that accomplishment. That is the reality Jack Conte, half of the music group Pomplamoose, spelled out in a recent interview with Upstart Business Journal. Pomplamoose has over… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 11:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently reported on an Indiegogo campaign for The Young Turks that had succeeded in meeting a $250,000 goal on Indiegogo. The goal of the campaign is to crowdfund a new studio for a program touted as “the largest online news show in the world.”… Read More

December 2, 2013 @ 11:45 am By Charles Luzar  |  

TubeStart recently announced the addition of Google Analytics functionality that will allow crowdfunders using their platform to track their campaign activity using one of the world’s most popular free analytics suites. You can track traffic to your campaign page, see where visitors are coming from,… Read More

November 26, 2013 @ 9:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Young Turks is a long-running online news program that was launched in 2002 as a source of politically progressive news and commentary. The program and its team are currently crowdfunding on Indiegogo to build a new studio, and they can now begin to celebrate… Read More

November 18, 2013 @ 10:03 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The creators of webseries Batgirl: Spoiled were disappointed to find themselves on the wrong end of a cease & desist from Warner Bros. Entertainment, who currently owns the rights to the Batman likeness and franchise. Indiegogo promptly removed the campaign page and the project’s creators are now… Read More

September 16, 2013 @ 10:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

TubeStart just launched a few weeks ago as a crowdfunding platform geared specifically toward YouTube content creators. The platform hopes to close the revenue gap many YouTubers are left with once YouTube and owner Google takes 45% of advertising revenues. TubeStart CEO Josef Holm recently… Read More

September 10, 2013 @ 5:12 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The Second City Network posted this satirical video to YouTube yesterday announcing the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to raise $1.6 trillion. The goal? To help kickstart World War III. The fake pitch video promises things like “organic, grass-fed bombs,” “hybrid Prius tanks,” and “drones… Read More

August 20, 2013 @ 10:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently brought you the story of TubeStart, an innovative crowdfunding platform with four funding models available for YouTube content creators. The platform officially launched from beta today. The platform has a host of campaigns in the early stages of seeking funding. The two to… Read More