Ways to attract new readers?

[misterloki]

Twitter has gotten me quite a bit of followers. I participate in #webcomicchat and #comicbookhour which happen on the weekends at designated times. Webcomic creators use the hashtag to converse about the topic for Saturday/Sunday. People also like having a forum where they can follow and talk to a creator in a more casual fashion. I also utilize tumblr and go to cons. I do also have ads on smackjeeves! Honestly it's a little bit of everything. You never know where your audience is going to come from and it does jsut take time.

Currently my following on Tapastic is still small, but my following on my main site garners me close to 30k viewers a month.

[fsarbolaez]

Hello United_cuttles, what I do is introduce myself as the writer of, Age of the Atroximals, to newcomers or people who I figure hasn't read about my comic yet on this forum; seems to work 50/50, largely in part due to their tastes in genres. In addition, I too use Twitter as well but I don't have that many followers there, because I don't tweet that often to begin with. Instead, I use a dedicated Facebook whenever I add a new episode to one of my stories. Of course, I also make sure I add a new episode even Sunday, around a certain time, on the dot. I find that helps too when people expect your new material to appear like clockwork.

[sorrelma]

tumblr works pretty well for promoting my comic! i also have a few message boards from back when people used message boards that i like to post links to my comics on. i still have a few buddies back there who like to see new stuff

i've heard that project wonderful works pretty well for advertising but i haven't used it. a lot of the clicks you get from ads won't actually bring in readers, just higher view counts. i have a pretty high density of subscribers for the number of views(15~ views/subscriber) rn and idk when i'll be willing to let go of that lol

[DTSaranya]

Most of my followers for Waffles and Pancakes come from Reddit and Imgur. I link to my main site rather than to Tapastic, though, as people who don't have an account sometimes complain about getting prompted to create one when they visit.

The Reddit approach works much better for standalone funny strips than for story-based webcomics, though I have seen some of the story-based ones get attention there. If you do end up posting a story-based multipage series on there, though, I would recommend linking to an imgur album of all your pages (or the first chapter - whatever works), and then linking people to your site in the comments. Posting each individual page on its own doesn't work all that well unless the pages are funny and comprehensible to an outsider.

[PotooGryphon]

Besides the slow advertising that comes from thr forum.

Don't rely on the forums alone to advertise on. Use social media, grow a following on social media too, try livestreaming, do fun extra things to get people excited and interested in your art, fan art, guest comics, art requests, try paid ad spaces, trial and error and find what works best for you.

Does it just take time?

Yes, time is a part of it. It takes a lot of extra hard work to gain attention and build a readership and that does take time.

I still haven't been here very long and am no longer concerned with subs.

It's good not to be concerned with the numbers and subs and just create. However posting on Tapastic requires LOTS of self promoting. It's slim chances these days, with so many creators now on the site, to get featured on the front page in any of the sections. It take doing more through promoting in multiple locations and doing extra stuff to get people interested.

[gnekomikero]

Interact as you mean it. Promote your comic even you're playing some online games. Make friends then tell them you have comics. Social media is common tool. Make a blog. Comic forums or manga forums. Share your comics for a review. there are many ways don;t just stick with 1 plan but many plan. my best place to share is Imgur.

[Sh4d0wCr4wl3r]

Hey Cuttles! Um...well...I dunno. I've found that subbing and talking to other people really helps sometimes. I dunno. Mine are rolling in kinda slow as well...

[sarrowsmith10]

Interact as you mean it. Promote your comic even you're playing some online games. Make friends then tell them you have comics. Social media is common tool. Make a blog. Comic forums or manga forums. Share your comics for a review. there are many ways don;t just stick with 1 plan but many plan. my best place to share is Imgur.

I love this. I think just being genuine in your efforts. You want folks to follow your comic? leave comments? share it around for you? Then do those things yourself for someone else's comic. Be the sort of fan that you wish you had for your work.

If you are friendly, and connecting with other creators, and the readers you DO have, then that will spread.

[demthorshie]

I've had a lot of success with twitter and reddit when working to increase my comic's readership. I use tumblr and a few other social media sites as well and they've helped a little. That and posting in Tap forums and on other comic related forums seem to help a lot too. Also keep in mind that generating more traffic your comic will higher the likelihood of it showing up on the front page of Tapastic categories, which can be extremely helpful in boosting its readership.

I think just keeping the comic interesting and presenting your very best works can attract many new readers as well.

[maxzaguishi]

for my alone comic I use instagram, facebook and twitter but truth not that so well works, have the problem that I do not grow so rapidly as all the rest, so uses the forums and sometimes they work me, hope that this post should help me to obtain new places for publicity
https://tapastic.com/series/WHITE-PALADIN-

[jackalope212]

While it didn't get me huge numbers in subscribers/new readers, I got a big spike in views after posting my comic updates on Facebook and Tumblr, where I encourage people to view my comics and tell others about them as well, and that it might help me in the long-run since I'm on the ad revenue program (need to rack up those views). I might expand out to other social media sites, especially now that I have a 3rd comic in the works.

[gone]

Wow this is alot of useful information i dont know whete to start but with a thank you soooo very much. I do openly talk to all my readers thou. There good people. And comment and share others but that has gotten me little to nothing especially if they already have a successful comic :/ or just dont care. Ill start trafficing on tumblr more actually. Deivant art does a little. Ill try twitter also. Never had a imgur. And the online gaming idea. I didnt know there was so much you had to do/could do the forums have helped a good 60/40 but they only come to self advertise also T_T ill wait as long as i need too! Its not going anywhere. Im trending when i update on Thursday but still not too much publicity it helps tons thou!!. But art style trally doesnt matter on tapas that hard. Lol.

[gone]

Thank you all you wonderful people i have soooo much to do now :33 this is genuinely great advice telling me what does and doesnt work.
https://tapastic.com/series/The-megalith-symphony
https://tapastic.com/series/Mechanical-heartbeat

[jinxedcomic]

Interacting with others is my weakest trait and is probably why my series has so few readers. I just float around like a little ghost.
Guess I better interact more.

[gone]

Ive been here 6 months have 60 subs have of which arent even on the site anymore and barely 40 continuous readers. Its not really something activity can bring you gold for but it helps keep a few with you. That and regular updates. So far all the help here has upped my views sslightly and ill look at your comic ^^

[gnekomikero]

But what are you doing now is interacting. Just get to use to it. Simple reply and message is a good thing. Try to 9gag, imgur, reddit, and etc. And remember there is no need to shy about your art and stuff. Share your comics with guts. You know when I play league of legends when it's picking summon, before the game starts I try to communicate them by simple greeting like " good luck to us team". and when they reply leave a msg "you know I'm making comics try to check it out" Usually I make subs from gamers".

[KoalaMari]

Use a lot of websites like Pinteresst, instagram, deviantart, etc.. You may have to promote your webcomic on various groups in deviantart. And I mean LOTS.. Another way that helps is to communicate online to other artists. Communicate frequently and update your work regularly as much as possible. That's what I did back then (even if my art wasn't that great) when I was using a different platform to promote my webtoon. I've earned likes, comments, and subscribers and it was double the amount compare to when I was starting. But because I want to improve my art, I stopped and practiced, then restarted my webcomic here on tapastic. Anyways, don't forget to reply to your readers from time to time (don't do it all the time). I hope this helps.

[Shanny8]

I've mainly been pushing my comic on Facebook, Twitter, & Google Plus. My Tumblr sucks- I've been on it for almost a year and it has grown much at all. I still post/promote there, but I kind of write it off as a moot point. I dont do Instagram, Reddit, or any other social media platforms. Hopefully I can get a lull in my workload this fall and start building my site.

[slockins101]

This one I can relate to...

[sokoscar]

I think we should help each other! I mean comic artists should unite! This site helps a lot and dont forget about other social media!