Digg*athon?

Pedal * Blog

I’ve been procrastinating on this question for a few weeks now – mostly cause it wasn’t necessarily pressing, and I had a lot of other higher-priority things on my “to do” list – but with only 49 days left in our post production funding campaign, I figured sooner was better than later.

Nine days ago, I launched a new KSR introduction video – I submitted that new video to Digg, where more than 30 people helped vote it up. By the end of the day, we had raised more than $4,000 in new pledges!

I suppose I’m getting ahead of myself.

First the “idea“, then the question: The idea is pretty simple; pick a date (just a few days out) to submit Project Pedal to Digg. Spend those 2 or 3 days getting the word out to people – with tools like twitter, facebook (an event page), emails, etc – to mark their calendars, and (if they don’t have one already) quickly create a Digg account.

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Considering what 30 diggs helped accomplish, you can imagine all the ways 100+ diggs could help change things for Pedal.

Having said that, I wanted to get feedback, before committing to it, from everyone out there reading: Should we try this? What area of the project should we digg (our film’s homepage, our kickstarter campaign, a specific blog post)? How many days out should we set the “Digg*athon”?

This post is all about feedback. If you have any questions, comments or thoughts, please leave them so we can openly discus this and make a decision. Thanks!

  • Romain_nz
    Yeah, I would definitely go 64 days and THEN lead people to the KSR video. It has all that people need to know about the project, but to me it doesn't have the emotional impact that 64 days had...

    Might be just me though !
  • Romain_nz
    I know it's going to sound like i'm obsessed about them, but i reckon you should try promoting one of the 64 days episodes on Digg, or at list use it as a hook to get people to know more. I know it's what got me into the project. a lot more than a synospis or a timeline would have done.
  • Hey Romain :) No, no - it's great to get some feedback on what specifically people think we should try to digg to get people into the project. I'm glad someone mentioned a specific video.

    Would you say 64 Days over the new KSR intro video we put together a two weeks ago? Thanks for the comment!
  • kmog
    I haven't used my Digg account in over a year i think, but sure i'll digg it. Sounds like a good idea hopefully the one act can get you to your goal - perhaps more!
  • Awesome :) thanks Kmog! You've already done so much - I know I've said it before, but thanks for doing that interview.
  • He who dares, wins.
  • Thanks Kurt :)
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  • Thanks for all the comments on Facebook, here and on Vimeo, Hedge :) I always appreciate it.
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