Website and Twitter account monitoring ongoing crowdfunding campaigns for coops across different crowdfunding platforms
I am writing an article titled "Crowdfunding coops - 10 Biggest campaigns in biggest US crowdfunding platforms".
I have went through crowdfunding websites looking for ongoing and past crowdfunding campaigns. Across the largest crowdfunding platforms, theres maybe few dozen active crowdfunding campaigns by coops in the English speaking world.
It wouldnt be a platform for cooperative crowdfunding, but a website compiling all the ongoing crowdfunding campaigns in a single website. Later on, especially with the cool things happening with Open Collective, we could also expand to hosting crowdfunding campaigns. But we could start such a website more easily first.
I could list and update all the campaigns. I wonder if there would be interest for Platform6 to include the list in its website?
This would be a website similar to democraticjobs that would include and categorize all the ongoing crowdfunding campaigns for coops across different crowdfunding platforms. Might also attract visitors to our website.
We could also tweet everytime theres a new coop crowdfunding campaign added - this way people might find following our Twitter account useful if they would like to know about new coop crowdfunding campaigns.
Started a Twitter account called "Coop Crowdfunding Alerts". I will tweet every time there is a new coop seeking crowdfunding, with the tweet including a link to the crowdfunding campaign. Platform6 could do outreach by having a website compiling all the campaigns, with each of the Coop Crowdfunding Alert tweet linking to the Platform6 website that collects all the campaigns (from kickstarter to gofundme), also tagging platform6 twitter account. This rather messy explanation is perhaps more easily understandable by looking at the bottom image in this post:
The site would be similar to Democratic Jobs, a website listing jobs open in worker coops that is embedded in the Platform6 homepage.
Theres two pictures: one about what the Twitter account looks like now, and one on how the tweets could look like and how it could be used to promote platform6 twitter account and the platform6 "coop monitor" website.
Mark Simmonds (Co-op Culture) Fri 31 May 2019 6:52AM
I'm thinking that it should include bond offers too and I'm assuming that you'd want to go international - not just UK.
Mark Simmonds (Co-op Culture) Fri 31 May 2019 6:53AM
Have you seen http://www.shares.coop/ ?
Leo Sammallahti Fri 31 May 2019 8:09AM
Yes, its great.
I would be interested in using the Twitter primarily to tweet about coop crowdfunding projects that enable participation globally - as the followers of the twitter account also likely are geographically scattered. Most projects in most crowdfunding platforms enable that.
If in addition to the Twitter account, Platform6 would create a website with an updated list of ongoing crowdfunding campaigns for cooperatives, you could allow visitors to browse through the coops regionally - even if the campaigns that allow only local participation wouldnt be tweeted about. Perhaps you could even type your address to see the closest coops crowdfunding across different crowdfunding platforms!
bob cannell Fri 31 May 2019 9:16PM
I and many other people no longer use Twitter. It's too much hassle. Maybe Facebook and Twitter?
Mark Simmonds (Co-op Culture) Sat 1 Jun 2019 9:47AM
I'm the other way round Bob - hardly use FB now and using Twitter instead.
bob cannell Fri 31 May 2019 9:25PM
Mark thanks for the shout out for shares.coop. Now being managed by share energy under the CBC banner. share energy do the admin for several energy coops some really big ones
Leo Sammallahti · Fri 31 May 2019 8:47AM
Here is a short description and heres a slideshow I have used to explain Coop Exchange.
I could imagine there are lot of problems with using CrowdFunder etc. to sell cooperative shares compared to a platform designed for the purpose.
There arent many cooperative investors, true. Part of the solution is to make investing as easy as possible for as many people as possible - which is what I think is one of the great things about Coop Exchange.
Collecting all investment and donation possibilities across all platforms to a Platform6 run website and tweeting them on Cooperative Crowdfunding Alerts Twitter account is also making investing easier.