Can't get the courage to promote my comic in social media

xabelmind 2019-03-05 12:50:26 UTC #21

Mmh... I take your word:

Look, I just started my journey on the media in IG:

And Twitter:

https://twitter.com/xabelmind

It helps me to have the number of followers and followings paired up, and you can take a look on what I post to have an idea of what works. Investigate on what others do always help

Obviously, I'm not an expert and I'm figuring out step by step what should I do, so probably many times you'll see me post, delete and repost better and/or at a better hour, or delete what doesn't convince me, or... I can be pretty clumsy, so bare with me

Daknight 2019-03-05 13:40:53 UTC #22

Yeah, managing a number of accounts can be stressful O_O If you already have about 4 accounts I can see why you can find that stressful. I would still indeed combine your projects into one main account, easier to manage and people will know all your art skills instead of just some devoted to the side/start/main projects.

As for my account, I got one in twitter and instagram.

https://twitter.com/Daknight_Art

amortelito 2019-03-05 14:27:15 UTC #23

@xabelmind I tried Instagram long ago and made like two posts XD so I'm still figuring out stuff too
@Daknight right! Taking care of social media pages takes a lot of time! No wonder why influencers consider it a job! When I'm busy updating one project the other projects are temporarily inactive and people think I'm taking a break or being lazy XD this way they can see that I don't stop working.

Ok, I will follow for sure, I just need to make the new account or decide if which account will become the main one.
Thanks!

Milhamah 2019-03-06 02:13:40 UTC #24

A couple of weeks ago I posted a Facebook ad for my comic. A random person commented and said I suck and should feel bad about myself. I got over it... in 10 seconds.

Make no mistake: Being a public artist requires courage, chutzpah and a thick skin. Fandom can be fandom, and that means loving passionately and hating passionately.

But most people will offer compliments or constructive criticism, or simply say nothing at all. In the end, getting people to react to your work in a sea of internet distractions is its own form of reward.

writercynknapp 2019-03-06 02:41:54 UTC #25

The art is uniquely attractive. The concept is very clever.

KoreanTacos 2019-03-06 07:06:34 UTC #26

I'll be honest my family and I are very distant so I don't have any advice on that one, personally I told my brother about my acceptance into a zine which I was excited for and was a big moment for me, and he just kind of brushed it off. A lot of people I know personally aren't really interested in either of my comics either. As far as social media goes, I know a good chunk of my readers come from my Twitter account, and a lot of them have been far more supportive than any of my blood relatives or my "friends" from work and school. Personally as someone who's been doing this for years and being virtually invisible for the most part I will say that it's still important to try and push your work out to anyone you can. Yeah it sucks hearing the negative comments, but it's still better than getting nothing any day. Probably really rambling on, but yeah I get it, it can be somewhat rough to spread your work out, "Hey I draw a comic about being an adult," and a "Magical Girl series based in a small town in America." can be a little awkward for me to announce XD

demthorshie 2019-03-06 09:57:27 UTC #27

I felt the same way you did back when I first started my comic here on Tapastic. I didn't want to share it on my personal social media accounts for various reasons, mainly because most of my friends and family weren't interested in webcomics. So I decided to create separate social media accounts just for my comic (twitter, facebook, instagram etc.) and that seems to be working out pretty well for me so far. I get to promote my comic to people who are already interested in comics from my genre.

As far as being afraid to get negative feedback? Don't let it get to you too much. I think I've only ever gotten a hate comment once or twice ever within the last few years. I could care less whether someone likes my style or not, for ever 1 negative feedback I get, there are hundreds more who really appreciate my work at the end of the day.

xabelmind 2019-03-07 11:46:51 UTC #28

I have to remark that one thing is that your family and friends know that you're doing something, and another thing is that they're interested.

From my experience, is better that they are not interested. Have in the public someone who you know, may stop you from show or even do many things that you think they can dislike, or do things just to please them

You can't know what other people may or may not like of your work, but you can have that solely person that you personally know stuck in your head while you're drawing or posting and be thinking "If I show this, they gonna say that..."

Believe me, all what your parents and friends need to be able to respond if they are asked is "Oh, yeah, he/they/she likes to draw" and not far more

demthorshie 2019-03-07 12:15:01 UTC #29

That all makes sense, but not all of us are lose to our immediate families. I don't have the best relationship with my parents so I haven't really had an opportunity to show them what I do. As for my aunts, uncles and friends? I show them my work if they ask about it or if they show up to my home while I'm creating. I just don't believe in pushing my interests and what I do on people. No one I know personally is interested in webcomics on that level. I have had far more success marketing my webcomics and my businesses on designated social media accounts.People who stumble upon my stuff are generally already interested in comics within my story's genre.

I also think that on some level, you can't let what family and friends say or think about your art consume you. You should do what you do because you enjoy it and that's all that matters.

xabelmind 2019-03-07 12:19:22 UTC #30

I may expressed myself bad, I was meaning exactly what you said