How to use Community Achievements

Community Achievements add depth and connection to your campaign. They spotlight shared accomplishments, making the crowdfunding experience about more than just your product. Whether you decide to feature funding goals, backer counts, or other metrics, Community Achievements are flexible enough to adapt to your campaign's essence, inspiring meaningful actions that drive participation and progress.

How to Set Up Community Achievements

1. Go to the "Achievements" section in the engagement portion of your admin dashboard.
2. Click "New Community Achievement" in the top right.
3. Fill out a title, description, and select a "Goal Type" (either "Funding Amount," "Action," "Manual," or "Pledge Count").

   1. Funding Amount refers to "If we raise X amount of money, Y will happen."

      

      
      

   2. Action is more flexible — think "Followers on Instagram" or something along those lines. Progress toward the goal will be tracked when backers click on the action button:

      

      
      

   3. Manual requires YOU to update the "progress number." This is useful if the progress is happening outside of BackerKit, or if backer actions require manual tracking.

      

      
      

   4. Pledge Count refers to "If we get X amount of backers, Y will happen."

      

      
      
4. OPTIONAL: Add a Community Achievement Image (PNG, JPG, GIF up to 10MB).
5. Click "Save," and then "Save & Publish" if you're ready for the Community Achievement to be viewable by the public.

Share Out the Community Achievement

After you've published, if you're ready to notify your backers and project followers about your new Community Achievement, you can post an update by clicking "Updates" on the sidebar under "Engagement."

Click "New Project Update," and select any community achievements you would like to associate with this project update. Add any additional context to the "Body" of the update, and then click "Save" and "Save to Publish."

To inform your community (who has not backed yet), you can check off "Also notify Launch members."

For more ideas on how to use BackerKit's engagement tools, check out this help article.