We asked some of the tabletop gaming industry leaders, ‘knowing what you know now, what would you have liked to know before you picked your survey tool?’. Here’s what they came up with. Continue reading →
February 28, 2020
January 30, 2020
5 Tips for Growing Your Crowdfunding Community
New creators reach out to Kicktraq all the time for advice on how to better promote their Kickstarter project. After all, you’ve got a good idea, and everyone you’ve talked to is interested and supportive. It shouldn’t be THAT hard to get funded, right? Well… Continue reading →
March 12, 2014
Kicktraq Interview – IMAGES … From the Ashes (A Photographer’s Resolve)
There are many reasons for a project creator to approach crowdfunding, whether it’s to develop the latest gadget or help expand a business. But for Billy Blake, the creator behind IMAGES … From the Ashes, Kickstarter isn’t helping him create something new; it’s helping him Continue reading →
March 6, 2014
5 Successful Kickstarter Inspiration Stories for Millennials
Approximately 58 percent of millennials classify themselves as entrepreneurs, according to a survey commissioned by Millennial Branding and ODesk. If you have a great idea and the 9-5 lifestyle doesn’t give you the freedom you’d like, then consider becoming an entrepreneur. Many Kickstarter campaigns began Continue reading →
February 8, 2014
Kicktraq Interview – Geeky Sprinkles: Fun Sprinkle Shapes for Geeky Baking
The sweeping trend of crowdfunding is a truly beautiful, sometimes tasty, and always rewarding thing. It allows thousands of random, potentially good ideas to receive a rare chance at life, whether it’s as a new board game, an independent music album, a scientific invention, or Continue reading →
June 23, 2013
Kicktraq Interview – Kickstarted: Documenting the Crowdfunding Revolution
Jason Cooper of Kickstarted: Documenting the Crowdfunding Revolution shares his thoughts on documentaries, crowdfunding, the Kobe Red scandal and more. We at Kicktraq love crowdfunding. We know you do too or we wouldn’t be having this conversation. We love owning a piece of awesome for Continue reading →
May 22, 2013
Kicktraq Quickies: Linear trends bad, mmmkay?
I’ve been working on a new version of the main funding chart for a few months now primarily to get rid of the focus on trends as a lot of folks don’t understand what they mean and how they should be used. One of the Continue reading →
May 1, 2013
How Crowdfunding Is Changing My Perception of Community
Hello, Kicktraqers. MrsKicktraq here – Or, as I’m more commonly known, the Kicktraq Gnome. I spend a lot of my time on Kicktraq reviewing the tag and article submissions you guys send in. Both of these activities lead me to a lot of interesting projects Continue reading →
April 21, 2013
Kicktraq Hotlist: Heroes vs Villains
We get a lot of questions about how projects are added to our Hotlists. “Is the Hotlist a paid spot?” (No.) “But my project is awesome and appears to be successful. Why isn’t it on the Hotlist, at least for my category?” Due to our Continue reading →
March 11, 2013
Ad Development 101
In our recent article on Focused Advertising 101 we shared some tips to help you get the most out of your ad dollars by knowing when, where and why to advertise. And being the smart project owner that you are, you’ve read up, done your Continue reading →