I'm kinda losing hope in reaching 100 subs (tips/advice) share your journey in tapas

[Vayvaction]

I'm kinda frozen at 64 subs and barely getting any views...Another thing is out of those 64 subs only like...5-10 actually interact with my novel...I've tried a lot of promotion technique but if i'm honest they don't work much. Idk how the algorithm work but I might try changing my genre from drama to romance fantasy

(i started in april this year) https://tapas.io/series/I-Will-Be-The-Death-Of-You/info

[jwabeasley]

64 subs in 8 months isn't bad for a webnovel at all! It's a very crowded field, it's really hard for readers to sift through the large quantity of online novels, especially for those of us with highly limited time.

[kyupol]

Started in April 2024... That's about right for novels. Most people seem to like comics more.

Try promoting outside of tapas. Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and certain niche forums totally not comic related (other hobbies, political, religious, etc) to give you ideas.

Also do sub4sub, and fanart and engage with others.

Oh and I'm gonna say I'm gonna plug anyone who sends me ink support or fanart as I've already done. They're plugged in the end of every episode I have. I have 270 subs and get 1000 views on average each month.

[Leyelle]

Slow and steady is the way. You've just gotta be patient. Being active on the forum and interacting with other writers as well as making marketing material also helps. Do you have artwork of your ocs? I've found that really helps garner attention

[Juniper_dG]

Changing the genre probably will help. I had mine classified as drama, since it's a less crowded field. I thought that being closer to the top in popularity by genre would help. I had a bit of a surge with a staff pick. But I changed it to boy's love, which I think might be the most crowded genre, after another staff pick. That time, subs skyrocketed.

I commissioned art from a popular fan artist, and tagged her when I posted the cover of the book. She reposted my posts, so we both got a little cross-pollination from each other's audiences. I do promotions outside of Tapas on Bluesky, Insta/Facebook/Threads. My sister posted about it, and since she has a different circle of friends from me (mine have been seeing me bang on about my novel for two months), it got me a lot of new views. Weirdly, I saw an increase in views from posting on LinkedIn. I write posts about how I'm trying to increase views and engagement so that it has a work-related spin. It helps that my social and professional circles on social media have a lot of creative people.

I started posting on November 18 and I got to 100 on January 4. I now have 132 subscribers.

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[Juniper_dG]

I have another suggestion for you, @Vayvaction, and I hope it doesn't come off the wrong way: It would help if you had an editor or beta reader go over your writing to catch grammar mistakes and suggest better wording in some places. I would do a quick sweep starting with the first episode--it's so important to make a good first impression.

[keshsaba]

@Vayvaction sub4sub has been the best way for me so far to gain subscribers. wanna do one? here is mine

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[TerriPauline]

sub4sub is a great way to gain subscribers, but I feel it is also a double-edged sword. We need readers, not necessarily writers, who maybe don't have that much time to read other's work. (I know many writer also read a lot; at least I do.)

Maybe try marketing outside tapas, as some suggested?
You can try other platforms for cross-posting. That also requires a lot of marketing and learning the site's ways of working, etc.

[Renaissance_Fox]

I have subscribed to your novel. And would appreciate it if you would do the same as well. Just started and it's like posting into the void.

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[Renaissance_Fox]

Can you elaborate more on this? What do you mean by plug? And have you started earning from the ad revenue.

[Vayvaction]

I don't do sub4sub since i'm aiming for genuine subs/readers and i feel like cross posting might spread out my subs if you get what i mean