Daily Archives: Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Webcomic Success Through Advertising

Carbon Dating has been online for almost a year. It is featured in two national magazines and in the past few months it’s readership jumped from 8k to 25k unique visitors per month. This big jump in readership was not the result of links or interviews, it was the result of a targeted campaign that cost about $200 dollars in total.

I see this all the time, there is some stigma or pride in the webcomic community:

“If you make great art, people will notice.”

“Draw hard for two years, then you’ll start to gain an audience.”

“Word of mouth is how comics get popular.”

like its title. There are several things to consider when choosing a title for a webcomic.

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