I am plotting a kickstarter. let me know what yall think!
I would like to start a sheep business. If funded I would make daily vlog videos.
If you donate $5 you get a weekly email of my adventures.
If you donate $10 you get your name will be in my vlog videos as supporters.
If you donate $20 you get to be 'director' of one
video, with name and credits in the vlog video and ask me a question to be answered in the video.
If you donate $50 you get to be 'director' of three videos and ask me a question to be answered in the videos or a topic for the video.
If you donate $100 you get to be 'associate producer' of first 100 videos and be 'director' of ten videos.
If you donate $200 you get to be 'producer' of first 250 videos and be 'director' of ten videos.
If you donate $400 you get to be 'supreme executive producer with bacon, cheese, and sparkles' of the first 365 videos and be 'director' of fifteen videos.
In the vlogs directors, associate producer, producer, and supreme executive producer will all be credited at the opening credits. Supporters names will be listed in the closing credits.
working script for the kickstarter video:
I'm Katie. I have
alot of farm
experience and I want to start a small business with sheep. I would
sell raw fleeces, prepared rovings and batts, wether stock, and eventually meat. Not only that, but I want to see more videos about it. Not just one or two videos. I want to see hundreds of videos of the things I am hearing about and want to learn. And I know I'm not the only one. So I have an idea. I will make these videos myself. I propose to share a video per day for 365 days. The only thing stopping me is some initial startup costs. So kickstarter is the perfect route to trying this. If I get funded, I will be able to buy materials and stock and get started. I will then produce one video a day for a year. Topics will include: sheep care, fencing, daily management, hoof trimming, breeds of sheep, pasture management, shearing, wool, spinning, felting, washing fleeces, wool prep, and more. I also want to give you the power to determine the topics that I put into the videos, so I've created rewards where you are the director, and you choose what the topic is, or what question I might put to somebody. Now is the time to present the critical question: are there a few hundred people like me that would like to see these videos? I'm willing to do the legwork - are you willing to support my kickstarter?
and I am plotting out costs of everything. that seems huge. really it is a crapload of money to me. my current estimation is at $4000 /:
I would be:
-utilizing holistic management
-working toward completely grass fed
-working on
polyculture in animal systems by adding rotating
chickens and a few goats too
-selling fleeces, prepped wools, handspun yarns, finished woolen items
-selling meat lambs and work toward selling cuts locally
-herding sheep on areas other than paddocks to better other farm fields and forested area
-actually there is two areas i'd love to use sheep and goats to help turn otherwise useless areas into food forest (swales, hugels, etc)
-work toward a flock that wont need worming etc
let me know what yall think! I want to have this well planned through before I even pull up kickstarter!