Exploding Kittens’ Witt Godden Talks Crowdfunding
The Exploding Kittens booth at Gen Con 2018 was unlike anything I've ever seen at a convention. Large crowds surrounded an extremely large kitten display that a...
Crowdfunding Tips
Gen Con 2018: Interview w/ Feudum Creator Mark Swanson
During Gen Con 2018, I had the pleasure to sit down with tabletop game designer Mark Swanson, creator of the recent Kickstarter hit Feudum. We discussed his cro...
Gen Con 2018: Expert Tabletop Game Advice From Crowdfunding Creators
During Gen Con 2018, we hosted a panel called Engaging Your True Fans Between Projects featuring expert creators sharing advice and trading stories about their ...
Start Building Your Pre-Campaign Email List Now
It’s never too soon to start building your email list. It’s one of the most important things anyone planning to run a crowdfunding campaign can start doing righ...
Become an Active Member of the Kickstarter Community
Kickstarter is the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects. It’s a place where you can bring your passions and ideas to life and support others t...
2017 Holiday Shipping Tips, Deadlines, and Resources
The holiday season is fast approaching and those with a projected "holiday 2017" delivery date should be shipping as soon as possible. Crowdfunding rewards can ...
How to Spot a Crowdfunding Scam
It's an unfortunate, if somewhat unavoidable, reality: not all crowdfunding campaigns are what they seem. While the majority are run in a transparent, honest fa...
Who Are Your True Fans?
"To be a successful creator you don’t need millions. You don’t need millions of dollars or millions of customers, millions of clients or millions of fans. To ma...
How to Find Your Community of Crowdfunding Champions
Behind every successful crowdfunding campaign is a legion of loyal supporters. When it comes to raising money, there's strength in numbers: the more backers in ...
From Surveyed to Shipped: The BackerKit Project Lifecycle
Visualizing the lifecycle of a crowdfunding campaign can prove difficult for first-time creators. This is particularly the case for the post-campaign phase, whi...
Getting Creative with Digital Rewards
The most memorable rewards of a crowdfunding campaign aren’t necessarily physical – and they're not always costly, either.
Digital and experiential rewards can...
How to Deal with Survey Stragglers
So you’ve sent out a BackerKit survey. Now what?
It’s a common misconception that all project creators need to do is wait until the responses roll in. While mo...