I'e noticed that I've slowly been losing activity on my comic to a point where I'll maybe get one notification every few days or less after the day I update. I always upload on a consistent schedule and try to promote myself whenever I can, but it doesn't seem to help much. I just wish I could know how to fix this. I didn't wanna add a link but if anyone wants it I'll just leave it here.
Sep '18
Sep '18
Hi Ghostieblu!, what i noticed is that you upload a page and then you weekly update it until is completed.
This has the drawback of notifying you in the part with the bell 
instead of the part of the bookmark 
. So This can make some upgrades go unnoticed.
I understand why you do this, you want to keep the pages clean and with a proper lenght. But not every reader is used to your method.
Hope this helps!
I think it's not greedy when you're asking for advice about something specific. We can better investigate when we can see whats going on. I think it's clear you're genuinely asking for help and not just trying to drum up interest. ^^
(but you have a link in your profile, so nosy people like me will go look anyway 
)
yeah, but I just don't want to have too many episodes. for me personally it's hard to keep up with comics with one page episodes.. I even had the dirty idea of making a new episode whenever I update and delete it right after just so the notification would come up.. but I don't know how people would feel about that..
I don't think this is dirty/cheating, but readers who click to check for the "new episode" may see there is no new episode, assume you didn't update the comic and leave without ever seeing the update. This won't help you at all!
Yeah, i get you. I try to keep my updates relevant/entertaining too. That is the key of a good pacing
Your current method is more comfortable to read in the long term, and i understand sometimes time is a limitation. Maybe an option could be to update once every 2 weeks with the complete page (if that method works for you)
Yeah your method of updating is probably not the best for Tapas but I do understand why you do it and nothing wrong with that. The problem is most people won't notice any activity or for current readers that see the notification area instead of the comic upload might just think you fix some grammar or something minimal.
It takes them to the TOP of the latest episode (sometimes to another episode depending on which episode they read last...). So if they don't see the new content at the top of the episode, they still might not realize it's been updated.
Oh wow!
You're kind of shooting yourself in the foot if you're updating in a way where people don't get the alert. Especially since probably none of the mobile audience sees it if it's not in appearing in bookmarks. And you're not gaining new eyes because you're not appearing in the Fresh section!
the only way I could do that is if I tried to make several pages a week, and with school and all I really don't think that would work
No, I didn't mean that you have grammatical errors. What I meant was that if you simply update and existing chapter adding drawing and pages when people get a notification with the bell instead of the new comic icon people MIGHT think that the update is simply some grammar correction or something and might not give it a full check is all.
I understand. School and responsibilities take some time. See what works for you in your current situation.
Hope you figure it out!
I usually assume this and rarely check page updates.
The simplest solution I can think of that lets you continue as you are is to create a page that explains something like "New page of Mirror Monster added to Previous Episode!" every time you update.
You can also update less frequently but in batches. Or update in the more typical format. But I think it'd be unwise to change nothing.
*edit: You could also add a small banner at the top of each episode reminding users that new pages will be added and to scroll down to not miss anything. Like "Remember new episodes will continue to be updates here, so scroll down every update!" Or whatever.
When you do things in an unusually way you have to really up your communication game.
One comic I used to follow handled it this way: Every new update was a new episode, so that everyone got a "new episode" notification like normal. Then, after a few updates, they'd combine a bunch of them into one episode, deleting the extras.
To explain in more detail, they would start out updating like this:
and then edit it like this:
so that their archive would eventually like sort of like this:
and then once they got to page 20, they'd combine 16-20 into Episode Four and delete the extras.
This means they would lose the comments they'd gotten on the episodes that get deleted this way, but to them, it was worth it to keep their archives from having too many episodes -- and they figured the comments had been around long enough that everyone had gotten a chance to read and reply to them.
You don't necessarily have to do that, but it's another option to consider if you don't want to change the way your archive is laid out, but also don't want to lose mobile readers who won't get the edit notifications!
