I ran a campaign on Indiegogo a few months ago. Intrinsically, I knew my campaign would be a hard sale because it was a "feel good" personal campaign. People are more interested in the "what's in it for me" factor. Smart Crowdfunding did everything they could to help me, and followed through on every promise made. They were honest from the beginning about how hard the campaign would be, but I got a stellar press release written and excellent customer service. Their service rep Pamela essentially held my hand through the campaign. She was always fast to answer all of my questions and give me moral support. I think too many people think crowdfunding is an easy fix to their money worries. When people don't start throwing their money at the campaign, they look for someone to blame. That is the sad part of business. I would recommend them without a problem. Hiring them won't guarantee you will make your goal, but it will give you a better chance.
We used Smart Crowdfunding before we launched our Iindiegogo campaign (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ritot-the-first-projection-watch) and I have to say that Shane's advice and coaching was most valuable. He was always available to assist whenever we needed advice on anything relating to our campaign. He certainly knows his stuff and without his guidance I think we might have struggled to get things off the ground. I would highly recommend their consulting services as we learned that pre-launch activity is the key to a successful crowdfunding campaign.
When i read your blame game i recalled one of the following sayings, "To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves"
My dear friend, one cannot blame outward things without inward hatred. Outer is the reflection of the inner. This is the law Eternal.
First, blame yourself because it seems that you have worked for your campaign. Tell me the cause of your campaign and how much you worked for it. If your dream is only to collect a money then naturally you will fail. If you love only money then you go to http://weshareteam.com/admin/order.php. It is meant for you. You will get an extraordinary satisfaction there.There are several greedy organizations like this which gives basement for other greedy people, but giving habit is the spiritual one. So, please do not try to exploit it!
Anyway, after reading your blame game i have positively decided to come to an agreement with Shane Liddell. Soon, i am going to launch the campaign with Shane. For more details, please check my campaign link if you feel to check: http://www.indiegogo.com/project/preview/c6400937
We are a start-up company wanted to fundraise for a product in Indiegogo.com. We have seen Smart Crowdfunding LLC in Indiegogo's partner page and went to their website smartcrowdfunding.us . Where they got a plan of 699$ (anyone can see that plan in their homepage) , subscribing same can get our campaign will get guaranteed front page exposure, without any other conditions.
But even after 15 days, we haven't even got a single response from crowd. As this company just collected money and sit quietly.
When i asked for refund, they started to tell stories. here is a statement from them
"Just think logically! If we took $600 from clients and turned it into $20,000 within 60 days through a crowdfunding campaign wouldn't we have the best investment opportunity in the world"
Everyone knows the above statement. But my questions is, why this company selling a "guaranteed service" isn't this a scam?
People like me are just startup, and just using this kind of crowdfunding platform to raise money to start business. but these kind of scam marketing people are sucking blood out from the poor start ups.
I have already complained about them on Indiegogo, and they are processing the complaint. But i want to expose this company all over the world, so that no one will get cheated in future.
Prior to utilizing SMART CROWDFUNDING, I read a complaint on here and several other "scam" sites about the service. SMART CROWDFUNDING bashed the guy who complained saying his campaign was to blame, not SMART CROWDFUNDING. So I gave them the benefit of the doubt. Wish I hadn't.
Once I paid, they did provide a press release and it was good. But that was the extent of what they did and what purpose did it serve since nothing happened after that. Literally, NOTHING. They did not contact me after that.
There are Indiegogo analytics that show the number of people each source refers to your campaign broken down. In the month we have campaigned, the referrals from SMART CROWDFUNDING were 31. I have the screenshot to prove this. For all their claims and the $100 I paid, 31 referrals is a sad total.
No doubt they will bash me too for complaining and it appears that they have a well thought out plan for not refunding your money. [continued below]....
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..... However, take heed. DON'T SPEND YOUR MONEY WITH THIS COMPANY. They are not customer oriented, they are money oriented. They do not provide a service that makes any difference to your campaign (regardless to their assertion that "complainers campaigns were no good from the start"). The question that begs to be answered by SMART CROWDFUNDING is, if a campaign is no good, why contact the campaign, advertise that you can help, and then disappear? I would be satisfied with the lack of results if there had been any evidence of effort to assist on their part. Their business practice appears to be contact crowd funders, get their money, and then spend the rest of the time fighting refunds and responding to complaints from them. No time directed toward customer service or the actual campaign.
Our campaign has generated a buzz, but not like we wanted. But a company that did make a huge difference in a DAY was Green Inbox who were supportive, engaged and did what they advertised and then some. Now. Watch SMART CROWDFUNDERS response to this complaint. They will assert that I am lying and blame our campaign for not being good enough. Classic.
Smart Crowdfunding LLC Reviews
Did Everything as Promised
I ran a campaign on Indiegogo a few months ago. Intrinsically, I knew my campaign would be a hard sale because it was a "feel good" personal campaign. People are more interested in the "what's in it for me" factor. Smart Crowdfunding did everything they could to help me, and followed through on every promise made. They were honest from the beginning about how hard the campaign would be, but I got a stellar press release written and excellent customer service. Their service rep Pamela essentially held my hand through the campaign. She was always fast to answer all of my questions and give me moral support. I think too many people think crowdfunding is an easy fix to their money worries. When people don't start throwing their money at the campaign, they look for someone to blame. That is the sad part of business. I would recommend them without a problem. Hiring them won't guarantee you will make your goal, but it will give you a better chance.
Our Campaign Was a Huge Success - Over $1M
We used Smart Crowdfunding before we launched our Iindiegogo campaign (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ritot-the-first-projection-watch) and I have to say that Shane's advice and coaching was most valuable. He was always available to assist whenever we needed advice on anything relating to our campaign. He certainly knows his stuff and without his guidance I think we might have struggled to get things off the ground. I would highly recommend their consulting services as we learned that pre-launch activity is the key to a successful crowdfunding campaign.
Meaningless Blame Game!
When i read your blame game i recalled one of the following sayings, "To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves"
My dear friend, one cannot blame outward things without inward hatred. Outer is the reflection of the inner. This is the law Eternal.
First, blame yourself because it seems that you have worked for your campaign. Tell me the cause of your campaign and how much you worked for it. If your dream is only to collect a money then naturally you will fail. If you love only money then you go to http://weshareteam.com/admin/order.php. It is meant for you. You will get an extraordinary satisfaction there.There are several greedy organizations like this which gives basement for other greedy people, but giving habit is the spiritual one. So, please do not try to exploit it!
Anyway, after reading your blame game i have positively decided to come to an agreement with Shane Liddell. Soon, i am going to launch the campaign with Shane. For more details, please check my campaign link if you feel to check: http://www.indiegogo.com/project/preview/c6400937
We are a start-up company wanted to fundraise for a product in Indiegogo.com. We have seen Smart Crowdfunding LLC in Indiegogo's partner page and went to their website smartcrowdfunding.us . Where they got a plan of 699$ (anyone can see that plan in their homepage) , subscribing same can get our campaign will get guaranteed front page exposure, without any other conditions.
But even after 15 days, we haven't even got a single response from crowd. As this company just collected money and sit quietly.
When i asked for refund, they started to tell stories. here is a statement from them
"Just think logically! If we took $600 from clients and turned it into $20,000 within 60 days through a crowdfunding campaign wouldn't we have the best investment opportunity in the world"
Everyone knows the above statement. But my questions is, why this company selling a "guaranteed service" isn't this a scam?
People like me are just startup, and just using this kind of crowdfunding platform to raise money to start business. but these kind of scam marketing people are sucking blood out from the poor start ups.
I have already complained about them on Indiegogo, and they are processing the complaint. But i want to expose this company all over the world, so that no one will get cheated in future.
Prior to utilizing SMART CROWDFUNDING, I read a complaint on here and several other "scam" sites about the service. SMART CROWDFUNDING bashed the guy who complained saying his campaign was to blame, not SMART CROWDFUNDING. So I gave them the benefit of the doubt. Wish I hadn't.
Once I paid, they did provide a press release and it was good. But that was the extent of what they did and what purpose did it serve since nothing happened after that. Literally, NOTHING. They did not contact me after that.
There are Indiegogo analytics that show the number of people each source refers to your campaign broken down. In the month we have campaigned, the referrals from SMART CROWDFUNDING were 31. I have the screenshot to prove this. For all their claims and the $100 I paid, 31 referrals is a sad total.
No doubt they will bash me too for complaining and it appears that they have a well thought out plan for not refunding your money. [continued below]....
Report Attachments:
..... However, take heed. DON'T SPEND YOUR MONEY WITH THIS COMPANY. They are not customer oriented, they are money oriented. They do not provide a service that makes any difference to your campaign (regardless to their assertion that "complainers campaigns were no good from the start"). The question that begs to be answered by SMART CROWDFUNDING is, if a campaign is no good, why contact the campaign, advertise that you can help, and then disappear? I would be satisfied with the lack of results if there had been any evidence of effort to assist on their part. Their business practice appears to be contact crowd funders, get their money, and then spend the rest of the time fighting refunds and responding to complaints from them. No time directed toward customer service or the actual campaign.
Our campaign has generated a buzz, but not like we wanted. But a company that did make a huge difference in a DAY was Green Inbox who were supportive, engaged and did what they advertised and then some. Now. Watch SMART CROWDFUNDERS response to this complaint. They will assert that I am lying and blame our campaign for not being good enough. Classic.