So when we apply the definition of gamification to crowdfunding, we get more ways to engage audiences, contributors, and team members into solving our funding problem. Sounds pretty good to me. In fact, at the bottom of this post I’m going to show you 10 actionable ways to apply these concepts to your own campaign.

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“Gamification can potentially be applied to any industry and almost anything to create fun and engaging experiences, converting users into players.” - Gamification.org

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“Gamification techniques strive to leverage people’s natural desires for competition, achievement, status, self-expression, altruism, and closure.” – Gamification.co

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When supporting another crowdfunding project, backers have a natural desire to want to share their good deed. Gamification can accelerate that desire to share and accelerate some other key factors that were not present before. Competition, achievement, and special treatment are only 3 of the powerful elements that can drive us as supporters (and creators) to spread the word about how awesome they are. Running a campaign without any elements of gamification is like shouting at people to pay attention to your thing. The marketing world can tell you that interruption marketing has been getting crushed since before 2001, see Permission Marketing for extra credit on that one.crowdfunding marketing

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You want to see some examples? I thought you would never ask:

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Here are just a few to check out;

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1. Wastleland 2 – (raised $2,933,252)

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2. Kingdom Death: Monster – raised $2,049,721 ( 14 stretch goals achieved)

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Projects that are not games, but use the “gamification methods” in their rewards:

1. The Game of Books - raised $109,970kickstarter project

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2. Trace   (raised $161,260)

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I only highlighted a few of the elements that helped these campaigns expand their reach, I’ll challenge you to explore these campaigns a bit further and see how many different methods of gamification you can spot. crowdfunding advertising

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Recently I watch as my 8 yr. old decided that his games were not cutting it and that it was time to create his own. Now I know what you are thinking, kid’s make up games all the time, so what? Well that’s what I originally thought until he started making it. I watched as it took him over an hour (as a focused hour for an 8 yr old is about 5hrs after conversion) to tape on a certain set of numbers to the front of his bowling pins in order to form a number selection for his bingo game. Simple in design, he then crafted the rules to say that the Blue Pins are added to the other Blue Pins that are knocked over during a players turn, and the Yellow Pins are subtracted from the Total. After handing me my Bingo card to start play, I started dissecting the numbers. Mathematically it was impossible for me to get a bingo, and 3x as likely for him to get one during play, hmmmm……

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Key Takeaway: at any early age we look for ways to give ourselves a head-start, a leg up on the competition, and an unfair advantage.

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Apply some of these techniques to give yourself that advantage that everyone else is looking for.indiegogo marketing

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1. The Leader Board. (competition and status) Give ambassadors a unique bit.ly link to track the traffic they send, create a leader board and reward the winner  Take a look at what Pat Flynn does on his Niche Site duels, and use my leaderboarded template here.

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3. First-in Discount. (Special feelings) Early bird special for low qty. This will drive the initial wave (and get Kicikstarters attention) while creating a sence of urgency toward backing your campaign.

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4. Random Upgrade- (Create some Jealousy/competition) Free level upgrade to random person who shares on social media on day 5, 10, 15, or whenever you feel like having a reason to update all your backers.

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5. Bonus for the Friend - (Look what I got you, reciprocate?) Refer a friend bonus.kickstarter marketing

6. Upgrade ME. (Delight your customers) Product improvements at certain milestones. Adding certifications, developing features, or increasing quality standards.

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7. Upsize ME.  (Delight your customers) A random backer will receive double their rewards, or get bumped up to the next level. They might just feel the need to share this with their circles.

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8. Super Ambassador – Like the Leader board, some ambassadors would like to remain behind the scenes and just help out anomously. Allow them to help while remaining undisclosed, but update you campaign backers with “Super Ambassador #2″ just got this special little thing for doing some specific call-to-action, ie sharing on facebook, twitter, and pinterest.

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9. Social Butterfly – Facebook competition + Pin it to win it.  Use Agorapulse to simply these.

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10. Thunderclap- (Viral) Use Thunderclap.it to create a initial wave of attention to your message, and surprise the loudest “clap” with something cool, something that they are going to want to talk about.

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