24 Hour Tweetathon

15 mins to go!:

The nerves are starting to set in now but mixed with excitement! I'm not expecting to get any donations during the tweetathon but I plan to use it to get the word out about the film and get more interest. Feeling a bit tired because i have been up for 5 hours getting things ready so have made myself an extra strong coffee to wake up a bit and will have another one if i feel myself getting sleepy during the tweetathon. Going to get everything set up and ready to kick off at 5!

Hour 1:

its only an hour in to the tweetathon and we have already had a donation of $20! really wasn't expecting a donation so soon! 30 tweets in an hour must be working!

Hour 2:

No donations this hour but the support I am receiving with tweets and retweets is great! The only problem is I feel i tweeted too much in the first hour and starting to run out of things to say without repeating myself but I guess thats what a tweetathon is constantly repeating yourself to get the word out to different people over the world!


Hour 3:


Still no donations but still getting great support. Feeling like the extra strong coffee earlier is starting to kick in now, either that or its the excitement of the tweetathon! My paypal app on my phone notifies me when I get a payment the only problem is it keeps going off since my last donation so I keep getting excited that I have had another donation then when I check I haven't! Even if I end the tweetathon still on $20 its still an extra $20 on the grand total for the film!

Hour 4:

Still not had another donation but feel like my tweets have slowed down in the past 3 hours. I have managed not to repeat myself yet though but may start soon because judging by posts on my time line t looks like I have had a new audience join me. Still feeling optimistic about the tweetathon and I haven't had any more notifications from paypal confusing me!

Hour 5:

Things are still slow and starting to feel tired now so I think I might have to go for some fresh air and get another coffee or energy drink to wake up a bit.

Hour 6:

Things still seem slow with no donations since hour 1. Judging by my twitter timeline there seems to be alot of people fundraising for their film tonight so I am trying to use it to my advantage by getting ideas for tweets as well as seeing how I can be different with tweets to try and get noticed.

Hour 7:

We have had our second donation of $20! that brings the total for the tweetathon up to $40! and we have reached the half way mark of our goal! I really wasn't expecting this much support for the film and didn't expect any donations during the tweetathon!

Hour 8:

It's now 1am and feeling slightly tired but still have an energy drink on the go so hopefully will wake up a bit soon! My twitter time line seems to have gone a bit quiet I think people have started to go to bed so it feels a bit like I'm talking to myself but even if I am maybe someone on the other side of the world will be logging on to twitter and might see my tweets!

Hour 9:

Still no donations but have been having a couple of discussions about film making which is keeping me company as well as keeping me alert! I am also starting to get some more retweets from my followers which is helping to get the word out on the film!

Hour 10:

It seems like my film has sparked some good discussions on twitter and have also had 2 actresses interested in auditioning for the film! I have also had one of my tweets feature on here http://paper.li/dklon which from what I can gather is its a collection of tweets relating to film making so hopefully that will bring more interest to the fundraising page. I'm no longer feeling tired but I am feeling slightly sick from the caffeine drink earlier so might lay off that for a bit!

Hour 11:

Nearly half way through the tweetathon! still no donations and things seem to have gone very quiet on twitter but then again it is 4am uk time! I can hear my bed calling me! I suffer from insomnia any way but this is usually the time I go to bed. I'm not feeling tired but I went in to the bedroom earlier to get m dressing gown as was feeling chilly and was very tempted to wrap myself up in bed! Have laid off the caffeine for now as my stomach is still feeling a bit sick from earlier. If my neighbours were to look out the window and see me stood by the front door looking in to the sky they must think I'm mad! but it helps to wake me up!

Hour 12:

12 hours down! 12 hours to go! things are very quiet on twitter but think that things will get busy again in a couple of hours when everyone is waking up again. Just had a bowl of cereal and some milk to see if that helps my stomach settle a bit fingers crossed it does! I still feel like I am constantly repeating myself through the tweets but I guess with tweetathons and fundraising you have to repeat yourself in the hopes that the message will be read by a supporter eventually.

Hour 13:
Feeling very lonely now! no one to talk to as everyone is in bed asleep which is where I should be! My time line is very quiet and starting to feel like I'm talking to myself! My tweeting has slowed down due to my time line being quiet but have had the odd tweet of support!

Hour 14:
My eyes are starting to feel very heavy now! It's starting to feel like my body isn't going to let me get through the next 10 hours but trying so hard to push through the tiredness. The good news is my stomach has finally settled so maybe its time for another strong coffee! Starting to feel like I'm the narrator of big brother! "Hour 14 in the 24 hour tweetathon and Racheal has started to go crazy!" Ok enough of my mentalness time to see if anyone is awake on twitter!

Hour 15:

Things are starting to pick up a bit now looks like people are starting to wake up! Had some interested in a film I worked on in wales and also interested in The Conspiracy Effect! now its time to take a short break to get some breakfast and fuel up and wake up!   

Hour 16:

All fed and watered now! I did start to wake up a bit but now my eyes are getting heavy again! I'm trying to fight the tiredness but at the minute it feels like tiredness is winning!   

Hour 17:

I have officially been awake for 24 hours now! Just like filmmaking you learn from your mistakes as I am learning  from this tweetathon! At least next time I know to start the tweetathon when I wake up not 7 hours later! still no donations and due to the tiredness my tweets have slowed right down! I have now resulted to repeating old tweets because my brain is struggling to think of new things to say. I have never wanted my bed so much in my life!

Hour 18:

It's been a slow hour! no donation not many retweets and time seems to be dragging! My timeline still seems very quiet I think people must be enjoying the nice weather!


Hour 19:

I am starting to get a headache from tiredness now eyes are still heavy and things are still very quiet but nearly on the home stretch! the thing thats keeping me going at the minute is its only 5 hours till bedtime!


Hour 20:

4 hours to go!!!! I'm awake but it feels like my body has given up! I ache all over and feel like I have a hangover! still not had a donation in 14 hours and my tweets have still slowed down but I'm still trying to push through and seem positive about things but I'm still happy that through this tweetathon we have reached the half way mark towards our final goal!


Hour 21:

Things have started to look up again! Have had the campaign page added to a female filmmakers group and have also been contacted by a follower who is interestd in helping with the film and also being the film and is going to take a look at his finances at the end of the month and try to donate to the film. Feeling awake again and planning on concentrating on tweeting a bit more now I feel like I have more energy now.


Hour 22:

2 hours to go! and donations have completely dried up! the total is still at $40 and now only gettting the odd retweet but have managed to pick up on the amount I am tweeting.


Hour 23:

Last hour!!! donations have completely dried up but aiming to keeping pushing in the last hour and tweet as much as I can to try and get one last backer!


Finished!

In the last hour especially the last half hour I didn't stop tweeting I was tweeting so much in the last 5 mins I was in fear of being put in twitter jail! I didn;t get any more backers but I am very happy with the $40 raised during the tweetathon considering I wasn't expecting any donations when I started this 24 hours ago! I apologise for any spelling mistakes or un readable words but my eyes are extremely heavy and im starting to get a headache from staring at the computer screen constantly for 24 hours! now its time for bed which has been shouting at me for the past 12 hours! good night!