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New Product for Apple MacBook Seeks Crowd-Source Funding
Birmingham , Ala. (PRWEB) February 29, 2012
A Birmingham product design firm, Red Mountain Labs, Inc., is turning to the Internet to fund a new product idea.
Kickstarter.com allows entrepreneurs to pitch a product idea, raise startup capital and validate consumers demand for their product without risking much time and money. People submit projects to Kickstarter.com for review. If selected, the project has a set time to raise a targeted budget.
Kickstarters or project supporters can pledge as little as $ 1 on up to hundreds of dollars on projects. Supporters receive products from the first production run, T-shirts, and gratitude. If the project does not raise the allotted budget in the fundraising window, all pledges are cancelled, no money changes hands and the project isnt funded.
Kickstarter funds a variety of projects including art projects. According to recent LA Times article, Kickstarter will surpass the National Endowment for the Arts by distributing $ 150 million in 2012; the NEA will distribute $ 146 million.
Weve been following Kickstarter for a while now and were excited by the success stories., said Gene Eighmy, Principal at Red Mountain Labs. I came up with the macbands idea after scratching my MacBook power adapter. Its a simple idea that people liked and seemed like a great fit to try as a Kickstarter project.
The macbands product protects the Apple Magsafe laptop power adapter and prevents it from sliding off desks and sofas. Its sleek, minimal design allows use of the existing cable guide and AC power option features and doesnt cover up the Apple logo.
Funds raised will be used to create two molds; one for the larger MacBook and MacBook Pro and a second for the smaller MacBook Air, and to purchase material. A few colors will be offered initially but the company has plans to add additional colors, animal patterns, and sports team logos. Price for the macband will retail at $ 9.99.
To learn more about the project, readers can visit the pitch page here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/429632248/macbands-for-macbook-pro-and-air-power-adapters
or http://www.macbands.com
About Red Mountain Labs, Inc.
Red Mountain Labs develops technology for consumer electronics, computer, IT and medical clients and develops custom iPhone and iPad apps and hardware. http://www.redmountainlabs.com
Media contact:
Gene Eighmy
gene(at)macbands(dot)com
Phone: 205-566-1961
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While many scramble to create a six figure income online using a variety of affiliate marketing and product creation techniques, a digital expert from Eureka Advertising has his hand on the worlds pulse in hopes of finally answering, Is it really possible to make money online?
As Kishore shared, After visiting hundreds of forums about making money online, I was inspired to do a survey on the topic to see how online users feel about this increasingly important topic.
It is also amazing to see the number of books that are coming out every year about the topic of making money online. Kishore continues, A peek at amazon.com or a stroll through your local bookstore will show you the growing interest in affiliate marketing and building a home based business using the internet.
From How to Think and Grow Rich to The E-Code and Online Marketing Success Stories, we have seen a slew of books on the topic. But it was the Crowd Sourcing book that gave Dharmarajan the idea of getting large groups of people to supply accurate answers. Kishore added, Thats when I decided to use the power of the Internet to literally ask the world if they believed it was possible to make money online fast and compile the responses using sophisticated database technology.
Kishore also revealed another reason for taking his income quiz to the world. I have seen countless videos that sell the dream of push-button money making schemes. Most of these are not genuine videos and are created by shady characters who try to dupe honest folks. Instead of railing against these make money online videos, I decided to turn tables and ask online users about their own experiences.
Utilizing sophisticated database technology as part of his role as an Internet expert, Mr. Kishore will publish the answer to Is it possible to make money online once responses to his income quiz have been tabulated from around the world.
Kishore encourages people of all countries to take the income quiz. Respondents will be added to a special notification list alerting respondents when survey results are published. The survey, and the details of the participation, can be viewed at http://www.6figureearnings.com.
Several online newsletters have publicized the income quiz. Mr. Kishore hopes to make world news of a more inspirational kind when he has the answer in hand.
To submit answers to the question, Is it possible to make money online? and register to discover the collective responses when results are made available, visit six figure income survey or reach Kishore Dharmarajan directly at (0097150) 698-6164.
About:
Kishore Dharmarajan is the author of Sniper Marketing and a trusted authority on Social Media Marketing and Digital Marketing. Besides Sniper Marketing, Kishore Dharmarajan has published two books including Eightstorm: 8 Step Brainstorming for Innovative Managers, Beyond Guerrilla Marketing, How to Think & Innovate Like Steve Jobs and has spoken in front of thousands on such topics as Social Media Marketing and Digital Marketing.
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