Promoting the comic
- rickgriffin
- Site Admin
- Posts: 1907
- Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm
- Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
- Contact:
Promoting the comic
So guys, I have the comic up on TWC, the Belfry, and am getting it onto ComicRank, and there's articles on TvTropes and Wikifur and we have a DeviantArt group now, etc.
So . . . does anyone else have ideas of places to promote? I would like to try and focus on places that are more about webcomics than furry stuff.
So . . . does anyone else have ideas of places to promote? I would like to try and focus on places that are more about webcomics than furry stuff.
I'm sure the cold hand of science will be able to overcome his magical powers
-
- Posts: 1415
- Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:09 pm
- Location: http://bordomirc.co.cc
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
I don't know of any other notable website where it could be. Especially one about webcomics.
Edit: in fact, are there even any?
Edit: in fact, are there even any?
Don't let others define you, Only you can determine your fate
no longer active, sorry
no longer active, sorry
Re: Promoting the comic
Hi love the comics! Anyway why not a whole "follow us on Facebook" spill?
- rickgriffin
- Site Admin
- Posts: 1907
- Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm
- Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
Because that would require me getting Facebook
I'm sure the cold hand of science will be able to overcome his magical powers
Re: Promoting the comic
Ah, well okay then. Thats my idea. Word of Mouth is really the best advertisement, its how I found the comic.rickgriffin wrote:Because that would require me getting Facebook
-
- Posts: 1415
- Joined: Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:09 pm
- Location: http://bordomirc.co.cc
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
That's how i was first told about it. Though began reading it when I clicked a signature banner on the vgcats forums. Sinder's signature.Dusty wrote:Ah, well okay then. Thats my idea. Word of Mouth is really the best advertisement, its how I found the comic.rickgriffin wrote:Because that would require me getting Facebook
Don't let others define you, Only you can determine your fate
no longer active, sorry
no longer active, sorry
- Sleet
- Bringing Foxy Back
- Posts: 17291
- Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:32 am
- Location: Nephelokokkygia
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
It's kind of hard advertising a webcomic, unless you want to start paying for banner ads elsewhere. Word of mouth is how any of the big ones get big, so I think the best thing you can do is just keep making a good webcomic. You can also encourage your loving fans to spread the word, but considering the forumdwellers are about 2/3 furries, chances are most of the places that will hear from us would be places focused on furry stuff; there aren't a whole lot of general webcomic communities.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Friendly banter? Feel free to click the "PM" button below!
Re: Promoting the comic
Ha that sig is how I found the comic too!ReCreate wrote:That's how i was first told about it. Though began reading it when I clicked a signature banner on the vgcats forums. Sinder's signature.Dusty wrote:Ah, well okay then. Thats my idea. Word of Mouth is really the best advertisement, its how I found the comic.rickgriffin wrote:Because that would require me getting Facebook
- Typhon
- Posts: 1008
- Joined: Sat May 08, 2010 1:16 am
- Location: In my house. Reading housepets. And organic chemistry.
Re: Promoting the comic
I found out while browsing wikifur which i mistakenly came upon while looking up thermal expression for a paper
(i know Wikipedia is bad for research but meh. i still use it lol).
(i know Wikipedia is bad for research but meh. i still use it lol).
Re: Promoting the comic
Comixpedia.
There's also other social networking stuff you can do (Stumbleupon, Digg, Livejournal feeds, etc.), but that would probably require more effort...
There's also other social networking stuff you can do (Stumbleupon, Digg, Livejournal feeds, etc.), but that would probably require more effort...
Re: Promoting the comic
We'd get everyone on the forums to dig it at the same time! Eh. I'd say a advert on FA couldn't hurt, but it might alienate non-furry viewers.Sinder wrote:Comixpedia.
There's also other social networking stuff you can do (Stumbleupon, Digg, Livejournal feeds, etc.), but that would probably require more effort...
- Dissension
- Posts: 8840
- Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:42 pm
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
The comic has a lot of appeal outside the furry fandom; if the association to furries becomes more pronounced, that appeal may diminish. Word-of-mouth may be the best bet.
avatar: milodesty
people are the only things that matter; take care of yourselves and each other
people are the only things that matter; take care of yourselves and each other
Re: Promoting the comic
You know Rick, between FA and DA, something like a billion people watch you. If you uploaded new strips to your accounts at the same time you update the main site, you'd get tons of exposure, not to mention the views you'd get from appearing on the front pages of those sites alone.
- Dissension
- Posts: 8840
- Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:42 pm
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
What about teasers? Like, the first panel of each update? "For more, continue to Housepets!"
avatar: milodesty
people are the only things that matter; take care of yourselves and each other
people are the only things that matter; take care of yourselves and each other
Re: Promoting the comic
Then he'd have to make custom versions of each strip instead of just uploading the finished product. And teasing people just makes them angry.
- Dissension
- Posts: 8840
- Joined: Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:42 pm
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
Oh, Sinder, you're so brainy; why didn't I think of that?
avatar: milodesty
people are the only things that matter; take care of yourselves and each other
people are the only things that matter; take care of yourselves and each other
Re: Promoting the comic
Exactly what I'm afraid of. Maybe some kind of referral system to get people to invite more peeps to see it. Help speed up the Word Of Mouth angle.Dissension wrote:The comic has a lot of appeal outside the furry fandom; if the association to furries becomes more pronounced, that appeal may diminish. Word-of-mouth may be the best bet.
Re: Promoting the comic
As far as the word of mouth goes, some good suggestions are Libraries and schools.
As for advertising it on the web more, i would recommend google, but it seems Rick is already on the top of Google when you search up Housepets (even without the ! on it!). I would also suggest possibly trying to get into some other possible related things at the moment such as maybe AskJeeves and other search related materials, but if you got top results on google, then i think you're already at a good margin already. =)
As for advertising it on the web more, i would recommend google, but it seems Rick is already on the top of Google when you search up Housepets (even without the ! on it!). I would also suggest possibly trying to get into some other possible related things at the moment such as maybe AskJeeves and other search related materials, but if you got top results on google, then i think you're already at a good margin already. =)
3 words - Liquid Metal Fur
- Esquire Fox
- Posts: 483
- Joined: Thu Mar 25, 2010 3:48 pm
- Location: Bork, Bork, Bork! (Sweden)
Re: Promoting the comic
I found this comic through an ad on the site of another comic I read (out of many many).
Are you still doing paid advertisements on other comic web pages?
I have only seen the ad once, and I went and took a look. Glad I did =P.
Word of mouth is really the best way.
It is free and readers do it often without being asked.
However, I can't think of any more to add to your list of erm... comic lists, lol.
Are you still doing paid advertisements on other comic web pages?
I have only seen the ad once, and I went and took a look. Glad I did =P.
Word of mouth is really the best way.
It is free and readers do it often without being asked.
However, I can't think of any more to add to your list of erm... comic lists, lol.
- Esquire Fox
What do you mean that's not what the signature is for?
What do you mean that's not what the signature is for?
- Sleet
- Bringing Foxy Back
- Posts: 17291
- Joined: Thu Apr 29, 2010 1:32 am
- Location: Nephelokokkygia
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
Yeah. I'm pretty sure association with furries is a bad move in general. Obviously it'd be dumb to full-out deny the association, but the moment the comic is branded as a "furry webcomic" by the public, goodbye being taken seriously by non-furries.Dissension wrote:The comic has a lot of appeal outside the furry fandom; if the association to furries becomes more pronounced, that appeal may diminish. Word-of-mouth may be the best bet.
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Friendly banter? Feel free to click the "PM" button below!
- rickgriffin
- Site Admin
- Posts: 1907
- Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm
- Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
I haven't done ad campaigns in quite a while (been siphoning the money off the ads for my own stuff recently) but maybe I should do some again
I'm sure the cold hand of science will be able to overcome his magical powers
- Teh Brawler
- Posts: 5133
- Joined: Fri Aug 14, 2009 1:26 pm
- Location: Someplace with Internet access
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
The ad is how I found it (from one swoop fell, if I'm not mistaken). Either way, it's a good idea.rickgriffin wrote:I haven't done ad campaigns in quite a while (been siphoning the money off the ads for my own stuff recently) but maybe I should do some again
DOH HO HO WELL THEN
- rickgriffin
- Site Admin
- Posts: 1907
- Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm
- Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
I don't think that's a problem; being 'furry' is a matter of perception, and most people figure that as long as it's not adult, it's not really that 'furry'Sleet wrote:Yeah. I'm pretty sure association with furries is a bad move in general. Obviously it'd be dumb to full-out deny the association, but the moment the comic is branded as a "furry webcomic" by the public, goodbye being taken seriously by non-furries.Dissension wrote:The comic has a lot of appeal outside the furry fandom; if the association to furries becomes more pronounced, that appeal may diminish. Word-of-mouth may be the best bet.
Although I have written a short story that was slightly adult and pretty furry, but because I wasn't horrendously blatant like most furry fiction is, it was just a regular sci-fi even to a guy who didn't like furry fiction normally. I think it's part of a perception of being adult but also this sort of subtle jab of superiority to humans that makes people get annoyed with furry fiction.
I'm sure the cold hand of science will be able to overcome his magical powers
Re: Promoting the comic
Well part of the mental barrier for acceptance of the comic by regular people on the Internet comes from the premise and character design. The premise is, there are animals that are constructed more like humans and are slightly bigger than their real life counterparts, but they still have human masters. This can be mistaken as a secret wish fulfillment by the author with possibly sinister intent (NOT SAYING ANYTHING SO DON'T TRY ME). The character designs for the pets are some bizarre equality between human and animal that does not manifest in all sections of the character, and almost all the animals have supermodel figures, massively thick limbs, and a propensity to bend forward at the waist. The unrelated art Rick uploads to other sites doesn't exactly do anything to change that perception, as the vast majority are anthros; highly romanticized depictions of each gender, with muscular, stern-faced males (often not wearing shirts) and busty, shapely females, and a few Pokemorphs and commissions from furries sprinkled on the side. In fact, it could serve to corroborate the awkward negative perceptions.Dissension wrote:The comic has a lot of appeal outside the furry fandom; if the association to furries becomes more pronounced, that appeal may diminish. Word-of-mouth may be the best bet.
In short, some of the difficulty comes from Rick's own decisions But he can't change any of that now. You just have to be sure to shoot that awkwardness down in the way you introduce the comic to potential readers.
I'll be sure to drop some mentions here and there when/where it doesn't feel odd to do so.
Last edited by machchunk on Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:18 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Promoting the comic
Rick, you may want to contact Bill Holbrook, the author of Kevin And Kell, to ask him if he could put Housepets! in the comics menu of his own homepage... I discovered many good comics from there, and I'm sure other K&K readers would discover yours as well.
- rickgriffin
- Site Admin
- Posts: 1907
- Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:36 pm
- Location: Greetings from beautiful Place!
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
You'd be surprised how many comments I get from readers saying they didn't know I had a deviantart or furaffinity page.machchunk wrote:The unrelated art Rick uploads to other sites doesn't exactly do anything to change that perception, as the vast majority are anthros; highly romanticized depictions of each gender, with muscular, stern-faced males and busty, shapely females, and a few Pokemorphs and commissions from furries sprinkled on the side. In fact, it could serve to corroborate the awkward negative perceptions.
I'm sure the cold hand of science will be able to overcome his magical powers
Re: Promoting the comic
Heh, I didn't know either. I only found it when the DA group formed
Re: Promoting the comic
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
Wanderer wrote:You don't need a job, you need money.
Re: Promoting the comic
I found out about Housepets via Sinders Siggy on VGcats.
the best advertisement would probably be Blind ferret
but it is probably expensive as can be, even for one week.
Just checking around now and noised that Housepets is not on http://www.onlinecomics.net
(witch I will simply now submit )
Yay, I am allowed to make up a description...
Ill go check if i can find some stuff that might expand the horizon.
===================
I also suggest you post a link to the HP group or your comic on your Da page
(at the place of wear the poll is or something)
===================
spammed some DA affiliations and adding some comics to there group from Ricks DA
that might add some attentions
the best advertisement would probably be Blind ferret
but it is probably expensive as can be, even for one week.
Just checking around now and noised that Housepets is not on http://www.onlinecomics.net
(witch I will simply now submit )
Yay, I am allowed to make up a description...
Ill go check if i can find some stuff that might expand the horizon.
===================
I also suggest you post a link to the HP group or your comic on your Da page
(at the place of wear the poll is or something)
===================
spammed some DA affiliations and adding some comics to there group from Ricks DA
that might add some attentions
"Why would you ever want to connect the dots?"
Re: Promoting the comic
Amen.Dissension wrote:The comic has a lot of appeal outside the furry fandom; if the association to furries becomes more pronounced, that appeal may diminish. Word-of-mouth may be the best bet.
I think I first discovered this comic through word of mouth from PunkJax; I thought it was cute, but I'm so uncomfortable with 99% of furry things that I didn't really bother to follow it. Then I discovered that Rick Griffin was the type of furry I could really be comfortable around, and from having befriended him, eventually my current love affair with the comic (a love affair which includes making three Housepets!-themed logic puzzles and linking to the comic in my blog's sidebar) sprouted.
I don't know how to promote things. :/
Re: Promoting the comic
*Cough* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKtUvzVE ... re=related *cough*
Fursona! :3
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
-Robert Louis Stevenson
- FerretWithASpork
- Posts: 195
- Joined: Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:04 pm
- Location: Upstate New York
- Contact:
Re: Promoting the comic
What about a vote incentive on TWC? I know it sounds silly and pointless but look at Bittersweet Candy Bowl. they have a comic as their vote incentive and require X amount of votes before there's an update.. the comic is [not great] in my opinion but they've SHOT up the ranking.
*looked at TWC* and they've overtaken twokinds.. the world is coming to an end...
*looked at TWC* and they've overtaken twokinds.. the world is coming to an end...
Re: Promoting the comic
His siggy alone accounts for about 30% of all the forumites here, myself included >_>Kyderra wrote:I found out about Housepets via Sinders Siggy on VGcats.
Signature links work pretty well it would seem Hint Hint
Hold still ~I'M PAINTING THE WORLD
----
My Devious account...
SIP. When is the next update coming? When you least expect it
----
My Devious account...
SIP. When is the next update coming? When you least expect it
Re: Promoting the comic
Hmm, doesn't really fit any of the sites I visit, but what the hell xDTwo_Twig wrote:His siggy alone accounts for about 30% of all the forumites here, myself included >_>Kyderra wrote:I found out about Housepets via Sinders Siggy on VGcats.
Signature links work pretty well it would seem Hint Hint
Re: Promoting the comic
thats why I don't like TWC, i would even go as far as to say that I hate it.FerretWithASpork wrote:What about a vote incentive on TWC? I know it sounds silly and pointless but look at Bittersweet Candy Bowl. they have a comic as their vote incentive and require X amount of votes before there's an update.. the comic is [not great] in my opinion but they've SHOT up the ranking.
*looked at TWC* and they've overtaken twokinds.. the world is coming to an end...
multiple voting, Daily voting, and monthly reset just says: "give our website hits, we don't care about whats on there" to me
I really wish there wear more top rating web comics sites around (obviously there are but unknown)
im just gonan spam some of the less well known websites
"Why would you ever want to connect the dots?"
Re: Promoting the comic
Its probably kind of useless but if supplied with good images I could make .vtf files to be used as Sprays in source based games.
Example:
Example:
Re: Promoting the comic
Code: Select all
<!-- data banner code begin -->
<a href="http://webcomicssuper100list.gotop100.com/in.php?ref=633" target="_blank">
<img src="http://webcomicssuper100list.gotop100.com/lists/webcomicssuper100list/custombanners/57606.gif" border="0"alt="WebComics Super 100 List"> </a>
<!-- data banner code end -->
it's basically already in the top 100, if some of you click the link for housepets that would be great, perhaps it might give attention, see wear it will go.
currently @ 89
"Why would you ever want to connect the dots?"
Re: Promoting the comic
I guess you don't know the percentage of cheating with this comic: that's the worse on TWC (since there isn't capcha)FerretWithASpork wrote:What about a vote incentive on TWC? I know it sounds silly and pointless but look at Bittersweet Candy Bowl. they have a comic as their vote incentive and require X amount of votes before there's an update.. the comic is [not great] in my opinion but they've SHOT up the ranking.
*looked at TWC* and they've overtaken twokinds.. the world is coming to an end...
Re: Promoting the comic
If we're wanting a Word Of Mouth Campaign then I suggest you add a little tag about Housepets on any sort of profile you have, Signatures apparently work wonders, but stuff like Forum Profiles, STEAM Community, Twitter, Facebook, and other social network sites work too. Another good way is to just get a little media out there. For example I might use a Housepets Spray on a server in Team Fortress 2 someone might stop and ask about it. I've tested it and I can convert the pictures from the wallpaper's thread to sprays really easily. For those who don't know Sprays are a sort of graffiti, you can spray paint a picture on a wall in most Source Engine based games.
Source Engine games include: Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike:Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Garry's Mod, Left 4 Dead, and other small source mods.
Source Engine games include: Team Fortress 2, Counter Strike:Source, Day of Defeat: Source, Garry's Mod, Left 4 Dead, and other small source mods.
Re: Promoting the comic
Suggestions :
Wikipédia
ComicZ (icon missing)
Webcomics super 100 list
Italian version
French version (I'm on vacations, now )
Winning a new award
Comic Listing (not claimed)
ComicZ (icon missing)
Webcomics super 100 list
Italian version
French version (I'm on vacations, now )
Winning a new award
Comic Listing (not claimed)