Ramblings, News, & Other Goodies from Kicktraq
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
So, you’ve got a fantastic idea for an amazing new gadget that the world desperately needs and you’re bringing it to Kickstarter in hopes that it will fund. Or perhaps you’ve launched your shoe-string-budget community project and you’re willing to spring for an ad to Continue reading →
If you haven’t noticed yet, Kicktraq allows for user tagging of all 37,790 (and counting) projects we’ve tracked. Why did we go with user tagging as opposed to Kicktraq tagging? Because we’re not the subject matter experts on your projects. You are. You the project Continue reading →
