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 →
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 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 →
March 8, 2013
Kicktraq Quick-tip: Focused Advertising 101
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 →
February 22, 2013
Kicktraq User Tagging: What the Heck are Gadgets and Gizmos, Anyway?
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 →