How do y'all like to market/advertise your comic/novel?

[Verrell_Rain]

I've been trying to figure out how to engage the forum in ways other than linking my Webtoon then it hit me! What creative ways do you guys advertise your art to get it out there? I personally love taking an existing or upcoming panel and modifying the dialogue like the attached picture. How about you guys?

[WolfUnderTheMoon89]

For the forums, I only post my novel when people ask for it
And furthermore I post on twitter that I've updated with a small line from the part that's been posted.

[domisotto]

I post a funny logline with a link on Twitter for my novel, but I plan to get into more of quotes/moodboards on twitter and Instagram.

[drcharlotterodricks]

I post on the forum threads where they ask for a link and I'm generally very active here.I also cross promote across all the various social media .Not mandatory but very often when I've commented on someone's work it makes them want to check out the premise of my comic too.I always maintain since my comic is a bunch of one shots it can be read from any page and binged under 15 minutes.

[drcharlotterodricks]

I post on the forum threads where they ask for a link and I'm generally very active here.I also cross promote across all the various social media .Not mandatory but very often when I've commented on someone's work it makes them want to check out the premise of my comic too.I always maintain since my comic is a bunch of one shots it can be read from any page and binged under 15 minutes.

[pilot-obvious]

I like to make genuine connections here on the forum. I find that just being a human that is super supportive of everyone else on here brings more traffic to my comic (I have it linked on my profile, so I'm assuming people just click on it.) Plus, I make friends that way! And we're more likely to engage with each other's work on a more personal level.

Aside from that, I promote myself a lot on my social media. I share small updates on Twitter and Instagram, remind people that I have a comic and that it would mean a lot to me if they checked it out.

[Prisim]

Right now I'm just trying to be more active on the forums and maybe make a few friends on Tapas, but I do have to get used to the fact it doesn't have the same rules about not advertising as Wattpad did. I keep forgetting if people ask for links, I can share them LOL But aside from that, the forums are really all I have at the moment. I deleted my Twitter account a few months ago because I couldn't handle some of the toxicness anymore, and when I re-opened it I decided I wasn't going to really use it for anything but following some news accounts I need. At least not until I'm a bit more emotionally stable, so taking out social media leaves me with little ways to actually market myself (my facebook is private so advertising to my friends on there would be useless LOL)

[foxnflames]

Socials: Twitter has Instagram. There are a few threads floating around where you can follow people.

Forums: I find the topics where there’s actual engagement with other creators. Those could be sharing passages or examples from my stories. Or a game where you provide examples or talk about your characters or creative processes. When in doubt, make a topic of your own

[Llyrel]

I share WIP posts on my Pillowfort blog and on Instagram hoping to get people interested. For my next updates, I'm planning to share a small preview of my newest paes on Tumblr/Instagram/Pillowfort/whatever.

I also recently joined the ComicFury forums, but more than using it for promoting myself, I am looking forward to interact with fellow artists on there. The community seems nice and welcoming, so it's very promising I'm liking what I'm seeing of the Tapas community too, but to be honest I find the infinite scrolling format of the forums a little hard to navigate, so it's taking me a little longer to get used to it D:

[vblairehawthorne]

Having genuine friendship is legit the only reason how I got to where I am rn, albeit my numbers aren't that high either anyway oof! Hahahahaha! But I learned after months of being on Tapas that being polite and supportive will get you places!

[CosmicLeon]

Well other than the forums, word of mouth, I have an Instagram just for my comic and post custom art there. It's going ok, but you have to be really persistent XD

[Hutch-Comics]

Yelling at people whilst throwing bread at them. Apart from that I dunno. I've tried Facebook, Instagram and the forums here.