Kickstarter Backer email

When I got a backer through Kickstarter, I would receive an email that looks like this:

John Doe is your new backer!

Amount pledged: $10.00 to “MADMAN OF MAGIC: The Beginning of the End”
Reward: You will receive a physical copy of “MADMAN OF MAGIC: The Beginning of the End” signed by Leah and me mailed to your door + an EXCLUSIVE downloadable PDF copy + a hearty “Thank You!” on the inside back cover of the finished comic.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012

$1,088.03 is currently pledged toward the $500.00 goal.

Visit your project’s dashboard:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madmanofmagic/madman-of-magic-the-beginning-of-the-end/

Tip! Keep your backers engaged by posting updates. Every time you post an update, your backers get notified by email.

During the first 2 weeks of the campaign, every time I got one of these emails I would go to my social media and thank the backer by first name.  I didn’t use their last name in case people would use that information to try and spam the person for their own project.  I stopped doing this towards the end only because I was busy trying to promote the project more.  Also, I lost track of who I had and hadn’t thanked.