Slice of Life Questions

[GreenSpleen]

Hey! Okay, so I won't take long.

I'm not a complainer much, but I have an innocent question that needs to be thrown out there. While I used Tapastic (Now Tapas permanently I believe) for fun, ya' never know when a hobby can start making you money and I don't see the problem in that.

For now, the content and fun matters before anything else so I'm chill and just rolling pages out.

Here's my small concern, though. I look at my stats frequently and note that I have more views than I do subscribers, so I feel like while people drop in to see what GreenSpleen is all about, they are not interested enough to stay.

I'm glad I can share my goodies with as much people as possible! I just don't want to think that I'm doing something wrong, you know? Because the comic corresponds to my life, after all……

Do I just keep doing me? What else can be done?

[DarkSilverWings]

Hi! I just browsed through your comic and read the generals of it, and first of I'd like to point out that your art has improved a lot! Your lines have gotten cleaner and overall the style looks cleaner in a comparison from first to last chapter.
If there's any advice I should give, it's that some of your comics are a bit far out or difficult to understand, and others are rather short so you should change your update schedule.
For slice of life comics like this one that are a few panels a page, readers will be caught up more if you update sooner!
I'd also suggest a change of summary, since your current one seems a bit empty/vague
Good luck!
(Shameless self promotion click)

[AnnaLandin]

I look at my stats frequently and note that I have more views than I do subscribers

This will ALWAYS be the case, even if you have thousands of subscribers. If one of your subscribers reads through your entire archive of, say, 200 comics, you will gain 200 views - from the same subscriber. Likewise, you'll always have people who drop in, read a few pages, decide it's not their thing and then leave.

You won't ever get to the point of having more subscribers than views.

Also? Try not to look at your stats so often. It's mostly a source of stress.

Do I just keep doing me? What else can be done?

1. Yes. And keep trying to do better at what you do, whatever it is. 2. Promote your webcomic. If you build it they will come, but only if they know the thing you built is there. Tell people! Yell on social media about it! Don't just sit back and wait for people to discover it by accident.

[joannekwan]

Yep, don't worry about it too much. Just keep on truckin'.

You won't ever get to the point of having more subscribers than views.

This would actually be bad because it would mean you have subs, but they're not reading your comic. And even if everyone who saw your comic did sub, you'd still want a higher amount of views. Because if it's exactly 1 sub to 1 view, it means they're not reading all of your episodes.

[GreenSpleen]

Makes sense. Thanks!

[GreenSpleen]

If there's any advice I should give, it's that some of your comics are a bit far out or difficult to understand, and others are rather short so you should change your update schedule.

Awesome advice… your honesty means a lot so I thank you a ton! While the pages are similar to real life experiences and general quirky things that I'm into, I can most definitely try and fix the amount of content I guess. It would mean putting in more work

I'd also suggest a change of summary, since your current one seems a bit empty/vague

This I could most definitely do. While "GreenSpleen" is rather tricky to summarize, I'll see what works best. Again, thanks!

[PopChromatic]

Subbing is a numbers game, just like sales. A small percentage of people who see your comic advertised will click it. Of those people, a small percentage will love it enough to sub. Of THOSE people, a percent will regularly read. Of THOSE people, a percent will ever support financially or buy merchandise if it's offered. It sounds depressing, but that's how every industry operates. No matter how good your comic is, it won't appeal to most people. There are so many options for entertainment in the world, and there are so many varied types of interests. Just keep doing your best and promote!

[GreenSpleen]

You said it!

[LordVincent]

This would actually be bad because it would mean you have subs, but they're not reading your comic. And even if everyone who saw your comic did sub, you'd still want a higher amount of views. Because if it's exactly 1 sub to 1 view, it means they're not reading all of your episodes.

This right here, so much. I actually had this problem when I updated too often. The amount of views each episode got went down because my subscribers couldn't be assed to keep up with 2 pages a day.

Another thing that should be mentioned is that slice of life comics are more of a chill "read bite sized when you're in the mood" kind of entertainment. I know I go read Brutally Honest once in a while, for example, but I never subscribed. Simply because I know where to find it already and it doesn't really matter if I read where I left off, or an older episode, or skip a few episodes. With storylined comics, however, I subscribe and try to keep up with updates for obvious reasons.

You wouldn't read chapters from the lord of the rings in the wrong order, but if you read issues from calvin and hobbes in the wrong order or went away from the comic for a month and came back to read it later again it wouldn't matter quite as much. A bit like that.

You've got a slice of life comic. You get views, that means people are reading it. Be happy!

[GreenSpleen]

Love the attitude! You couldn't be more right.

[DoubleAA]

Oh my gosh, i love Green Spleen!
Over at Understanding Nothing (My Comic), I'm having the same issue. Dozens of Viewers come to my comic every time its in the Fresh section (AKA Newly Updated), yet it is rare to get subscriber out of that. Its cool how our comics are genred around the same type of thing.

I look at my stats frequently and note that I have more views than I do subscribers, so I feel like while people drop in to see what GreenSpleen is all about, they are not interested enough to stay.

There will always be though times bud. But just know that there are people out there who care for your comic. Trust me, i went down the exact same road 2 months ago, when i got my first subscriber

This will ALWAYS be the case, even if you have thousands of subscribers. If one of your subscribers reads through your entire archive of, say, 200 comics, you will gain 200 views - from the same subscriber. Likewise, you'll always have people who drop in, read a few pages, decide it's not their thing and then leave.

You won't ever get to the point of having more subscribers than views.

Also? Try not to look at your stats so often. It's mostly a source of stress.

I often look at my stats. My comic cant go downhill though, because first, i need to go uphill.

Do I just keep doing me? What else can be done?

1. Yes. And keep trying to do better at what you do, whatever it is. 2. Promote your webcomic. If you build it they will come, but only if they know the thing you built is there. Tell people! Yell on social media about it! Don't just sit back and wait for people to discover it by accident.

All i do to promote is a shameful self promotion on the forums. Someone teach me the ways of a shameless self promo without the need to feel selfish. Please