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Hey guys, I 've just launched my first project on https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/12 ... -functiona and done all the social sharing with my friends. What is the best way to reach backers on Kickstarter? How do Kickstarter determine who appears in the first page of the category? Thanks!

promote, promote, promote...

Looks like you're off to a great start. Keep up the good work and wish you the best!

Promotion is critical. After launch the real work is starting. Literally have to promote the campaign, every single day.

I talked about this a bit in this article: http://www.crowdcrux.com/proven-crowdfu ... r-creator/

The best way to initially reach Kicsktarter backers is during the honeymoon period described in that article. After that period, it's much harder and you usually have to do it indirectly (through news stories, communities, etc).

KIckstarter doesn't disclose their algorithm, but in my experience, the highest correlation is pledges per day. I think Kicktraq has some great tools to figure out which projects are trending based on activity and pledge growth which can be used to assess how you are ranking in Kickstarter's eyes.