Fund Your Next Project at Kickstarter

Crowdfunding is a popular way to raise funds for the projects you're actively working on. The big daddy of all online crowdfunding platforms is KickStarter, which had a terrific 2011.

So good, in fact, that you might just want to fund your next project through Kickstarter. The platform raised nearly $100 million in pledges in 2011, funding 12,000 projects -- 46 percent of which ultimately launched.

If you are wondering which categories get funded most often, look no further than the "category wheel" available here to see how different projects were funded. Film and music dominated, but design saw the biggest growth. Games made an appearance, but publishing and technology projects fared positively, too.

Pete Prestipino

Digital marketing executive with proven experience in all aspects of search engine optimization (SEO), performance-based advertising, consumer-generated/social media, email marketing, lead generation, Web design, usability, and analytics. - 20-year Internet marketing veteran, currently serving as the Digital Marketing Campaign Manager at Antenna Group (formerly Chicago Digital). - Former Editor-In-Chief of Website Magazine, and a regular speaker on Web technology digital marketing strategy - Author of several books on digital marketing Including Web 360: The Fundamentals of Web Success; Affiliate 360: The Fundamentals of Performance Marketing; Domains 360: The Fundamentals of Buying & Selling Domain Names, and SEO 360: The Fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization.