We recently hosted a Kickstarter project and thought we would share some ideas that worked for us. Here they are in no particular order. Good luck in your ventures!

 

1. Reddit.com – make a post of your page and respond to comments
2. Referral Bonus – the last week we made a facebook post of an extra piece of art we mailed to anyone who referred someone else above a certain dollar amount
3. Facebook Daily – we posted two sentences/day of a story (with a poll about what should happen the next day). It gets your page refreshed on everyone’s wall at least once per day. You could do anything that people would look forward to each day.
4. Pinterest – a note here, don’t pin up all of your images at once. You want to have one for every day or every other day of your campaign.
5. Digg.com – make a post, comment on other posts, etc
6. Guest Blog – if you have a friend with a blog (especially if it connects in any way with your project), offer/beg to write a guest blog for them
7. Blog – this is a little hard to start during your campaign, but if you already do it, don’t forget to keep doing it
8. StumbleUpon – this is also better started sooner, but asking people to thumbs you up during your campaign is all to the good. Remember, win or lose, the exposure is great and can be as valuable to your project’s success as the $$$$.
9. Friends – do you have a friend with 500 pins or a master rating in their forum of choice? They’re already considered a prominent member of their community, even if it’s not the neighborhood block. Ask them for support! If you get even one backer out of asking, it was worth it, right?
10. Join New Forums – joining forums is very easy, and even junior members can post and comment. It won’t hurt (as long as you’re not trolling or ticking people off), and it certainly might help! It’s even an interesting use of your time since the forums ought to be on the same topic as your project.

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