Ramblings, News, & Other Goodies from Kicktraq
I’ve gotten a lot of emails/DM’s today about Lore being #3 on the Hot List and folks wondering… Why? First and foremost, the function of the Hot List is to try and guess popularity of a project based on a set of ever changing values. Continue reading →
Project Owners, let’s sit and talk for a bit about an issue I’ve become intimately sensitive to over the last few weeks. If you’ve been following Kicktraq at all you know I’m a huge proponent of engaging, empowering, and staying connected with your backers. However, this engagement doesn’t Continue reading →
One of the most powerful tools in your arsenal as a project owner is cross-promotion. Cross-promotion comes in many forms and in the crowdfunding space with an emphasis on supporting projects and word-of-mouth, it’s a golden opportunity if you can work with another successful project Continue reading →
For those board gamers among the sea of Kicktraq data addicts, you’ve probably heard of Gen Con. You know, that little convention in Indiana with about 35,000 board gamers all crammed into the convention center for 4 days. Yeah, that one. It’s currently t-minus 7 Continue reading →
Hello my fellow data addicts. Today I wanted to touch on the progress of the experimental projection cone chart. As some of you may have seen a few weeks ago, I added a tabbed interface to the charts so the experimental charts were a little Continue reading →
A question I hear frequently: How can I find more backers on Kickstarter? You’ve done all you can, you’ve reached out to your networks, you’ve run yourself ragged gathering every single one of your current backers, but the well has run dry. Now you’re Continue reading →
This week for So Close, I chatted with John O’Marra whose current project Chocolate Chips & Rocket Ships is running on Kickstarter. His project captures almost a year of self-authored poems along with the art from nearly 60 different artists and puts it in all Continue reading →
If you’ve never had real fresh local goat cheese on a spring salad, or sprinkled over some buttered mashed potatoes, or teased into your favorite lasagna – you’re missing out my friend. If it’s not obvious, cheese is one of my favorite foods, but LOCAL Continue reading →
While whipping up some numbers for a fun contest Aaron over at Custora is running against his own Pebble data, I noticed something tonight is very familiar to my eyes. Let me be frank and say I’m not a statistician, or a mathematician, or really any other Continue reading →
Today is the first in what should become a series of posts about projects I come across that I personally find interesting that are really close to their funding goals but currently trending not to fund. To show a little love (because we all know Continue reading →
