Make Pledge Levels More Convenient for You and Your Backers
If you make things as clear and convenient as possible, you’ll inspire more pledges and prevent future problems at the same time. In our last post, we discussed...
Josha Nathan
How to Optimize Your Pledge Levels To Gain Momentum
In the world of crowdfunding, momentum is a powerful force. Rapid growth in the first couple of days will raise your project’s ranking on Kickstarter and Indie...
Make Your Kickstarter Backers Happy with Add-Ons
What is an Add-On?
An add-on is an optional item that can be added to a Kickstarter pledge without changing pledge levels. Adding-on isn’t actually a Kicksta...
Harness the Power of Spotlight with BackerKit Pre-orders
Last week, Kickstarter released a new project page layout called “Spotlight” for successfully funded crowdfunding projects. Spotlight displays each project in a...
Winding down your BackerKit project
Last week, we talked about how to get a project set up on BackerKit, but getting set up is only half the battle. To get a project to completion, it’s important ...
Understanding the BackerKit Flow
Below, is a simple overview of how the BackerKit survey works for both project creators and backers; each flow compliments one another. Let’s get started!
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Putting your BackerKit project together
Here’s a secret: there’s no one-size-fits-all method to how a project creator should get things done. Different projects take different approaches; there are di...
A Million Reasons to Celebrate!
We’ve been working pretty hard and reached a solid milestone this past week! So far we’ve served 100 project creators (and counting) and over 165,...
Crowdfunding Project Fulfillment: By the Numbers
At BackerKit, we’re constantly talking to project creators. One conversation that we have with crowdfunders centers on the uncertainty that greets them upon fin...
How to be a truly successful crowdfunder? Ask Peak Design.
Thanks to Peak Design, the world is taking better pictures.
In four short years, the company has grown from a nascent idea to a leading provider of functiona...
Are Crowdfunders Hijacking CES?
The 2014 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), with over 150,000 attendees and 3000 exhibits, promises that it is “the place where you are certain to find the next b...
2013: A Year in the Life of a BackerKat
The last year has been a thrilling, humbling, and ultimately satisfying ride, and it’s all thanks to you.
Last January, BackerKitten was new to this wo...
Josha Nathan
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