#59 ATN Interview with Ariel Hyatt, Author of Crowdstart by Above The Noise

As a 20-year entrepreneur and founder of Cyber PR, Ariel became interested in crowdfunding a decade ago while speaking on a panel with the founder of ArtistShare, the first documented crowdfunding website.

Ariel is a seasoned speaker and dynamic guest, having spoken in over a dozen countries to 100,000 creatives and artists as well as speaking at SXSW 11 times and counting.

After years of advising clients on crowdfunding campaigns and putting her money where her mouth is through a ton of contributions, Ariel decided put her PR experience, event planning and grit into practice and launched a crowdfunding campaign of her own. We’re excited to let you in on her new book that documents the lessons learned (and stress endured) during that campaign which raised over $60,000.

In Crowdstart: The Ultimate Guide to a Powerful and Profitable Crowdfunding Campaign Ariel provides a clear, actionable roadmap that helps artists, entrepreneurs and creatives figure out who’s in their crowd and how to marshall that support into an effective crowdfunding campaign.

The latter part of the book walks the reader (step-by-step and day-by-day) through how to create and implement a successful campaign, design an effective video, create the right amount of reward tiers and stay in an empowered mindset to ensure campaign success.

In this podcast, we get into some useful and practical tips for building a successful crowdfunding campaign.