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How to Crowdfund Your Business

November 26, 2015 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell Leave a Comment
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I presented a workshop on crowdfunding for business for Business & Employment in Launceston last night and I wanted to share my slides and also the questions you must answer before you get started.

 

Once upon a time it was difficult to find the money needed to start a business or fund a project if you hadn’t saved it yourself or didn’t have an existing relationship with a bank.

 

So what other funding options are there if you want to get started in business but don’t have all the funds saved? There are no interest loans, like NILS, small business grants, funding and assistance from the government and crowdfunding.

 

You may have heard the term crowdfunding, especially in reference to people who are trying to raise money to share their project or business with the world, and wondered how it might work for you.

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Filed Under: Business Tips Tagged With: Business & Employment, crowdfunding, funding, fundraising, How to crowdfund your business, small business

Business & Baby on Board named in ‘SMART 100’ Index

May 20, 2015 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell Leave a Comment

JBD with Biz Baby book LRBusiness & Baby on Board has been named one of Australia’s most innovative products or services, in one of the largest and most audacious innovation awards of its kind in Australia – the Anthill Magazine ‘SMART 100’ Index.

 

About Business & Baby on Board

Business & Baby on Board is the mum’s bible for starting out and succeeding in business. These women are mistresses of their own destinies with an armoury of skills that can be utilised while they are bringing up the baby.

 

The innovation initially came to life when author Johanna Baker-Dowdell’s blog posts about running her business, Strawberry Communications, around children attracted followers and comments, with readers asking for more content like this.

 

“I was encouraged to write the book Business & Baby on Board because while there were many books and guides to help people wanting to start a business from home, there wasn’t much available specifically to help entrepreneurial mothers,” Johanna explained.

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Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Anthill Smart 100 index, author, Business & Baby on Board, business mum, crowdfunding, Johanna Baker-Dowdell, Mumpreneur, Pozible, self publishing

Writing a Killer Book Proposal

August 28, 2014 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell Leave a Comment

royalty-free-author-clipart-illustration-1047753Those readers who followed my publishing story will know I approached two traditional publishers with the Business & Baby on Board manuscript before crowdfunding to self-publish the book myself.

 

Since then I’ve mentored several authors through various parts of the publishing process, including pitching their book idea to publishers. Many publishers have proposal guidelines listed on their websites, so I suggest you start there first to make sure you’re presenting the information in the correct format and sending on the right day.

 

If there are no set guidelines, I’ve included my outline for writing a killer proposal that will make publishers sit up and take notice.

 

Cover page

Start with the book title or working title and the words “Book Proposal”, followed by your name and any relevant credentials (such as your degree). On this page also include the date, your postal address, your employer or business name, contact phone number, email and website and/or blog.

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Filed Under: Business Tips Tagged With: author, book proposal, crowdfunding, publisher, self-publish, writing a book proposal

Mumpreneur profiles the experts in ultimate guide to combining motherhood and business

August 2, 2013 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell 2 Comments

Vivacious Australian publicist and journalist Johanna Baker-Dowdell wrote Business and baby on board, a working mum’s bible for succeeding as an entrepreneur, over four years while juggling her own start-up and young family.

 

The book is filled with true stories and tips to provide inspiration to mothers who want to have it all: the family, the lifestyle, and the career.

 

It features case studies and advice from 20 high profile businesswomen, including Boost Juice founder Janine Allis, Red Balloon founder Naomi Simson, writer Kaz Cooke and Carman’s Kitchen founder Carolyn Creswell.

 

Johanna’s own heart-wrenching story of how she overcame a health scare which threw the family and her writing and public relations consultancy Strawberry Communications into crisis mode is a standout among the case studies.

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Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Business & Baby on Board, Carolyn Creswell, crowdfunding, ebook, Editia, Janine Allis, Johanna Baker-Dowdell, Kaz Cooke, Naomi Simson, self publishing

10 Things They Don’t Tell You About Crowdfunding

November 15, 2012 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell 1 Comment

I recently ran a crowdfunding campaign on Pozible to raise the money I needed to self publish my book Business & Baby on Board. The campaign was a success (in fact it was overfunded), and it came with 10 lessons that I’m going to share with you here.

 

1. Do your research to find the right crowdfunding platform. In deciding whether or not crowdfunding right for my project I discovered many crowdfunding platforms including Kickstarter, iPledg and Pozible. Some are perfect for start-ups, others are great for IT projects and some, like Pozible, specialise in creative.

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Filed Under: Business Tips Tagged With: Business & Baby on Board, crowdfunding, iPledg, Kickstarter, Pozible, self publishing, Seth Godin
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