How to Start a Kickstarter Campaign: Hard-Won Lessons From a First-Timer
Mario Waugh has worked as a graphic designer, app developer, and mobile website designer for years. But he always had an interest in writing. He decided to run ...
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Relaunch a Failed Kickstarter Campaign in 3 Steps
Nearly 500,000 projects have launched on Kickstarter since the company was founded in 2009. Only 186,821 of those projects have been successfully funded. Failur...
How to Build Your Indiegogo or Kickstarter Email List in 10 Steps
Your crowdfunding platform won’t serve up backers to you — you have to find them. So, before you launch your Kickstarter or Indiegogo campaign, you need to buil...
Building an Email List: How to Ensure Kickstarter and Indiegogo Success
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...
Rap Godz Co-Creator on Building a Brand
In 2018, brothers Omari Akil and Hamu Dennis launched Rap Godz. This unique board game in which you play as a rapper, trying to live your dream as a hip hop art...
Build Your Crowdfunding Email Strategy in 4 Steps
Successful Kickstarter creators know that mobilizing backers from past campaigns can help get a new project funded early. But what’s the best way to encourage y...
Get Your Tabletop Game Ready for Manufacturing
After experiencing slowdowns during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the manufacturing industry is ramping back up. While factories are resuming produ...
How Can Crowdfunding Creators Prepare for Tax Day?
This year, the US federal tax deadline is July 15, 2020. If you aren’t already prepared to file, now is the time to get started. Whether you prepare your taxes ...
How to Get Repeat Kickstarter Backers
Repeat backers can give your campaign the boost it needs to reach its funding goal early. But how do you build a community that’s willing to support you time an...
Building Your Crowdfunding Campaign’s Foundation Through Product Positioning
The following is an excerpt from Mark Pecota’s new book, CROWDFUNDED. Mark Pecota is the CEO & co-founder of LaunchBoom — a global crowdfunding agency who i...
Crowdfunding and Taxes: What Creators Need to Know Before Filing
Whether you’re planning to launch a crowdfunding project or you’ve already hit your goal, it’s critical that you think about the tax implications of your campai...
Why You Should Launch Your Crowdfunding Campaign Now
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is reshaping daily life. Although so much is changing globally, BackerKit's mission remains the same. We’re here to provide the...