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[tjbehe]

Sorry for that nasty german title translation - Babelfish is an absolute joke!

Anyhow, Over the past few months I've spent some time checking out different methods to promote this webcomic I've been working on (this is a bit of an update on a previous posting)...

www.CONTRABANDcomic.com

I've read quite a few cool articles from very clever web-savvy folks out there. But it just seems no matter how popular or good your product is, to get into the "thousand-plus-daily-readers" region, it seems you need to stump up some cash to attract new users and to remind readers you're still going strong.

Tell me what's working for you (or if I'm missing the boat here) as I'm always interested to hear the latest promo schemes folks are trying out there....

1. Post Your Sample for Free:

- DrunkDuck (attracts younger manga-manic audience and has great page and stats functionality)
- ComicSpace.com (the full comic market pros/newbies and improving functionality)
- Smackjeeves (newer but over 5k webcomics although tough to do community contact)
- Comicgenesis (slightly older but great customisation and Keenspot places the best stuff)
- Deviantart (slightly limited functionality but strong archive of high quality work)
- OnlineComics.net (one of the largest collections online)
- WebcomicNation (smaller but strong older quality webcomics)
- Clickwheel (growing collections and great viral site)


2. Buy Some Banner/Button Ads

- Project Wonderful (still around 1-2 cents per click-thru/1000 page views)
- Google Adwords (about 5-10 times more expensive than PW)
- Overture (again, way more expensive)


3. Stick your Site on Webcomic Ranking/Listing/Voting Sites

- TopWebcomics
- BuzzComix
- Thewebcomiclist
- Webcomics Super 100
- Killboredom
- digitalstrips
- ohnorobot
- comicnation
- comicalert
- webbedcomics.com


4. Plug Away on Forums and Community Group Rooms

- the webcomiclist
- topwebcomics
- comicgenesis
- comicbloc
- digitalwebbing
- buzzcomix.net
- Buzzcomics.com (France)


5. Do a Bunch of Other Traditional Web Stuff?

- Link exchanges
- Browser Fav's (ie...StumbleUpon)
- Banner exchange programs
- Online Press Releases
- Ezine Newsletter (opt-in email)
- Free Business Directories listing
- Free newsletter adverts
- Search engine optimization
- RSS Feeds
- Prize and Competitions

Cheers, TJ

www.CONTRABANDcomic.com

Contraband: Follow Toby's adventures into a new "voyeur underground" where youths prowl city streets secretly filming violent/erotic events on camera cellphones to satisfy society's demand for sensational on-the-go content.

[Bernd Glasstetter]

Please post it again in english. It is absolutely not readable

[LeGuy]

Aber dafür sehr lustig! Allein der Thread-Titel ist pures Comedy-Gold!

[tjbehe]

cool...gonna stick to english here on in....hey, actually our comic is being published by Slave Labor in Feb '08 and I'd like to post a press release - which forum topic would you recommend (specify the german name please)?

[Asher]

Hey TJ,
welcome to this cozy corner of the web.
For general stuff I'd suggest Common Interest forum (yup, that's the "German" name for that). We also have a forum on Comic Strips in which webcomics are discussed, but I am not sure if you feel comfortable if your stuff is labeled as "strip"...? I does not exactly look like a typical strip.
Please decide on one of the two suggestions--we try to avoid crosspostings (posting the same content in several forums).
Glad to see international (besides Swiss and Austrian people ) folk here, hope to read more from you.

[tjbehe]

Cheers for that..hey when you get chance, check out our interview at Newsarama.com here:

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=140991

Have a cool week!
TJ
www.contrabandcomic.com

[Hinnerk]

Please post it again in english. It is absolutely not readable

But please continue using babelfish for the headlines.