How do you advertise your work?

[Amiyahm]

I have made posts on social media and other websites but I don't feel like I get a lot of attention and people always say ask others but that's kinda hard for me since I'm very shy. I was just wondering how do others get their work know and out there.

[NanettesClouds]

So I'm pretty sure other people are gonna come in with really good standard advice but I wanna share a technique that I've been using that's worked fairly well? I think?

So I make a lot of minicomics, and the benefits of minicomics are 1) they're pretty easy to make 2) you can use them to ease people into larger projects 3) they're stupid cheap to print.

Making comics that can be printed as 1-sheet-zines are particularly useful because they sorta function as business cards that people actually want to keep or will give to their friends. Heck, they act as business cards that you can sell to people.

BAD INFLUENCE: A Minicomic :: ZINE | Tapas

Bad influence is one the comics I used this tactic for, and I think I figured out the format pretty well with this one - I haven't done much distribution of this zine yet, but I'm pretty sure once I do I'll have a small occasional spike in readership among my comics as a whole. That's what happened when I distributed my other minicomics anyways.

@revisionstudios uses a similar method, except they break down their series into "issues" and "trades" similar to a traditional mainstream comic book. They run kickstarters to produce these and from what I know a large portion of their audience comes from distributing these books at cons. (I have yet to do a convention but I'll be doing my first later this year :V)

It's also worth mentioning that I'm not a complete sell out - I like the challenge of making comics that fit into this format, and they're such short projects that I have the freedom to experiment with them a bit more than I do in my larger projects (or heck even my larger minicomics).

So YeAh. I'd recommend giving this technique a shot.

[Yulek]

maybe this helps?

but a big thing is patience

I think the title explains a lot... sooo... It's a bit hard to start out with your comic. just from uploading, the views are rather low in number and you can't even update as much as you'd need to to gain organic readers. so how about putting our heads together to make a list of "how to get more views" I'll try to update this post with the most helpful Ideas, so let's get thinking! :smiley: LIST of Ideas: social media: thats very general, but draw views from more than one source m…

[Nail]

1. Be active on forum. Users, who know you here more likely be inrerested in supporting your series.
2. Take a look into "Collaboration" section. Thre's ocasionly threads, like "I'll draw your OP" and similar. Participating in those is a way to recive some additional attention.
3. Search for authors and swriws you like. Often authors follow back, if you start following them.
4. Try to pase your uploads so thet you don't leave the "Fresh" list. From my experience: the first time I'm looking for a novel/comic there - I'm clicking on those that I think imight like. But on the other go I'm lokking for what I might have missed. So stay afloat and more likely someone will see you.
5. Participate in community events. Like:
   https://forums.tapas.io/t/writers-camp-x-nanowrimo-november-2018/28178
   Even if you won't win enything, you'll get some attention.

[GesuGesu]

I don't lol. I posted in some share your comic series like a year ago, but otherwise, I don't crosspromo and I don't talk about my comic on social media.

I get around and chat with people on a mostly social aspect on discord and such.

Sorry for the non-advice.

[Zaboem]

We call this the publicity stunt method. Make a shirt featuring your series. Do something stupid enough to get featured on the local news. Arrange it so a camera crew can be there when you get arrested. Wear your shirt and shout your series name as you get dragged away in handcuffs. Go viral.

Seriously though, I do not advertise at all -- like @Kimoisempai. My motivation is to create a body if work that lasts and may be used by others as a resource. Any readers I get now (although welcome) wound be beside the point.

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[Timirella]

Number five is what I did for my novel. I have never written anything in my life. Still I entered the nanawritercamp competition with this https://tapas.io/series/the-kings-choice

[Maps]

I'm right there with ya, friend.