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Support Black Creators | Murenga, Hawi #1-3, Black Boy’s Blues & More

Amber HumphreyJune 3, 2022

We, as BackerKit, stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. We stand against racism and anti-blackness, police brutality, and the systemic racial injustices that the Black community faces. We are highlighting Black creators and their projects in this blog.

Crowdfunding TipsPre-Campaign Tips

6 Crowdfunding Creators Offer Advice on Community Building

Amber HumphreyMay 25, 2022

Join us Wednesday, May 26th at 10 AM PT for Landing Page Do’s and Don’ts. During this live presentation, BackerKit will be covering everything you need to know ...

Crowdfunding TipsPre-Campaign Tips

How to Build Your Kickstarter Email List in 10 Steps

Amber HumphreyMay 19, 2022

Your crowdfunding platform won’t serve up backers to you — you have to find them. So, before you launch your campaign, you need to build your email list. You ha...

Crowdfunding TipsPre-Campaign Tips

4 Reasons Why You Need a Kickstarter Email List

Amber HumphreyMay 2, 2022

You’re getting ready to launch a crowdfunding campaign. You’ve got your prototype and you’re getting ready to set up your Indiegogo or Kickstarter campaign page...

Crowdfunding TipsPre-Campaign Tips

How Strong Is Your Crowdfunding Email List?

Amber HumphreyApril 4, 2022

Building an email list is one of the most important things you can do when preparing for your Kickstarter launch. The people on this list will be the ones who s...

BackerKit Webinars

Livestream: How To Get Funded on Your First Try

Amber HumphreyMarch 3, 2022

The Studio Midhall team launched their first Kickstarter project — a tabletop game called Beast — in 2021. It was an instant success, funding in 16 minutes and ...

BackerKit Webinars

Get Your Kickstarter Campaign Page Reviewed By BackerKit

Amber HumphreyFebruary 17, 2022

Having a great-looking Kickstarter campaign page is important, but that alone isn’t enough to get you funded. Expert crowdfunding creators know that the best wa...

Announcements

The Creative Fund: Recent Success Stories

Amber HumphreyFebruary 2, 2022

At BackerKit, it’s important for us to do anything we can to support and encourage all creators. A part of that work is making sure that projects by people from...

Announcements

BackerKit Year in Review 2021

Amber HumphreyDecember 21, 2021

In 2020, despite the struggles everyone was experiencing during the pandemic, creators remained motivated and demonstrated an impressive level of resilience. Th...

BackerKit Webinars

Get Your Kickstarter Project Page Reviewed By BackerKit

Amber HumphreyNovember 2, 2021

There truly is an art to designing an effective Kickstarter campaign page. It should tell your project's story in a way that's both succinct and compelling. The...

BackerKit Webinars

BackerKit Webinar: Turn Social Media Followers into Backers

Amber HumphreyOctober 18, 2021

You can leverage your social media following for crowdfunding success. But it's going to take more than simply sharing a link on Twitter to start seeing those p...

BackerKit Webinars

BackerKit Webinar: Crash Course in Marketing and Advertising

Amber HumphreySeptember 16, 2021

Have you started thinking about how you’ll promote your crowdfunding campaign? Even if your launch day is months away, it’s important to start developing your s...