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23 days left on my kickstarter. So far I've found spreading the word via Twitter to be the most successful. My project is aimed at graphic designers so it's quite a niche product. Twitter has a lot of designers out there so it was a case of contacting the right ones and asking them to support and share the link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ti ... ic-designe

timporteruk wrote:23 days left on my kickstarter. So far I've found spreading the word via Twitter to be the most successful. My project is aimed at graphic designers so it's quite a niche product. Twitter has a lot of designers out there so it was a case of contacting the right ones and asking them to support and share the link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ti ... ic-designe

Hi,

Nice idea, (although no use to me as I can barely use Microsoft Paint).

When you say spreading the word via twitter, is this contacting your existing people, or making new connections?

Although my campaign isn't complete, my #1 tip would be to plan out how much time you need to plan before launching your KickStarter campaign. Don't just "set a date" a month beforehand and give yourself a month to prepare. Actually lay out each task that needs to be done, how much time it will take, and when you plan to get started. THEN set your launch date.

Items to consider:
1) Project video
2) Any additional explainer videos
3) Press releases
4) Contact bloggers & back-and-forth with them
5) Contacting old clients and potential supports. Organize a date for them to donate (Day 1 of campaign)
6) Double-triple check campaign text.
7) Test campaign multiple times with at least 20-40 people for feedback and revisions. Test in 3 phases (takes at least 7 days)

I would say a big one, if its not listed, is faith in your own project.

Sure you might feel a slight moment of panic when you suddenly think your goal seems too expensive, but don't fret!
Have faith in your project, because that is faith in yourself, and if failure happens, it is merely a new lesson you learn to help make sure that your next project is even better and more enticing to those whom give it a look over!

Marketing is like a relationship, you really do have to give it your all and have trust in it and yourself, else people will notice when you begin to have doubt!

My best tip to crowdfunders, especially those who are new to the idea, is to START EARLY. Depending on your product or what you are trying to raise money for, you may need to start preparing 6-8 months in advanced (I would recommend a minimum of 3 months).

Things to consider: Prepare the campaign page ahead of time, create a video, market test your product, setup and provide constant posts on all relevant social media accounts, create an email subscription form to start building interest, have a website/landing page setup, start building relationships with several targeted bloggers, build a contact list of websites/bloggers in the niche market you are entering, pre-draft email templates, etc.

Best of luck everyone! If anyone has any questions at all, please feel free to PM me

We have recently launched our campaign and these tips may prove to be useful. Thanks!

Hi everyone - I know that one of the most common tips is to find backers who back a lot of projects, and I've definitely noticed that a large percentage of our backers are 'serial backers'. Does anyone have any advice on the best way to identify and contact these serial backers? I know someone mentioned Twittter, but it's hard to sift the real people from the marketing scams.

We've just launched our portable camp stoves for tents/tiny houses on Kickstarter here http://kck.st/1IDFgRc.

Hi FrontierPlus,
Our app Krowdster has a Crowd Builder feature that enables you to contact hundreds of "serial backers" on social media filtered by project's category.
https://www.krowdster.co/blog/crowdfund ... press.html

We used Gleam.io for a giveaway contest to build our initial support email list, connected that to Mailchimp, used WordPress for the website on Liquidweb, and started reaching out to contest websites, facebook groups, etc, and getting into the industry targets also. It's working so far!

We are yet to launch and I can say Pre-planning is a huge amount of work so never stop collecting contacts until launch....and met likely after too! It will never be too early to start planning!