Off-line promotion

Catvomit · Post by **Catvomit** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 3:31 pm

I draw mini one shot comics, or the characters all over campus and leave the address underneath them. Tack them to call boards or community post boards, things like that.

That, and since I'm one of the actor people I get others to walk around campus and proclaim how much they love the comic.

Rickford · Post by **Rickford** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 4:08 pm

I get business cards made by my author's dad, who works in printing. Basically, anything I need is free. I then crash parties and hand them out to people before being removed for repeated headbutting.

Thereforeiam · Post by **Thereforeiam** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 7:23 pm

I tell people I draw a comic. They then insist on me showing it to them.

I have been thinking about making business cards, just because I love business cards. However, I loathe graphic design, so it will likely take me quite a while to get around to that.

Chaoticcomics · Post by **Chaoticcomics** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:54 pm

We got a poster up at the comic store in town, so we're promotin'.

Soon we might expand a little further, but maybe not until after X-mas.

Tim · Post by **Tim** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:30 pm

I've made business "cards" (more like slips of paper, though I have cardstock if I need it) which I've handed out to anyone whose commented on my costume when I've been at conventions.

I'm also trying to think of other ways, like mini-comics or trading cards or something. And I'm pretty sure my local comic store would sell my stuff, if I felt it was worth selling.

Johndar · Post by **Johndar** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:53 pm

I went around my highschool and put a few posters up. I don't think it got me any new readers tho

Swiftbow · Post by **Swiftbow** » Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:03 pm

Linkara wrote:
warofwinds wrote:I made up some business cards and pass them out to anyone who asks what I'm doing, which is more often than one would think. You just gotta make sure you've got a couple on you at all times, or you run the risk of looking like the idiot who says, "well, I HAVE cards, but, uh, just not right now."
I've been meaning to make business cards for a while now. Did you use a site or something else? ^^;;

I made up a .pdf business card for, well, my business in Photoshop and brought the file to Office Depot. They made me something like 500 business cards for about $30, so that was pretty awesome.

Pimpette · Post by **Pimpette** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:43 am

I leave little drawings of Turkish everywhere, usually with a little url beside him. Mostly in restaurants.
That and I had a table at CN Expo last year.

That's about all the promoting I do.

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 6:47 am

I write my url on my fists, then I go outside and just start pummelling on people. Usually the last thing they'll see is http://www.angrydmonkey.com as they go unconscious.

Faub · Post by **Faub** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:55 pm

I gave a waitress at Pasta House one of my synopsis comics. I saw some of the others looking at it. They had colors the Sandy chibi on front. It was cute.

Biev · Post by **Biev** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 4:58 pm

I guess the first step would be to go to conventions. I'm gonna have to give that a shot.

Prettydragoon · Post by **Prettydragoon** » Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:46 pm

Biev wrote:I guess the first step would be to go to conventions. I'm gonna have to give that a shot.

I suppose it's worth a try, but I think it's just so conventional.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:07 pm

Not really...

...but somehow through no doing of my own quite a few people in my small hometown read the thing. I'm not sure how it got out...I mean, I'm sure my parents told a few people, but I know for sure people my family aren't even remotely connected to read it.

Thatreevesgirl · Post by **Thatreevesgirl** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:08 pm

Biev wrote:I guess the first step would be to go to conventions. I'm gonna have to give that a shot.

yes, the convention scene is fun, you should. Just know that your first artist alley experience will have about a 85% chance of sucking...I think its a con's initiation rite or something. Something WILL go HORRIBLY wrong, and at least 3 really nasty fanboys or fangirls will haunt your table and tell you everything that you do wrong while scaring off your customers. If you are at an anime convention there is a 90% chance that at least one of these freaks will have cat-ears and 7 posters all signed by Greg Ayres.

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:48 pm

the most promoting I ever do, is if I'm feeling particularly nice I'll let people see my sketch book. if they ask.. "yeah I do a little comic thing."

"cool."

"yeah."

thats about it.

Biev · Post by **Biev** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:31 pm

thatreevesgirl wrote:
Biev wrote:I guess the first step would be to go to conventions. I'm gonna have to give that a shot.
yes, the convention scene is fun, you should. Just know that your first artist alley experience will have about a 85% chance of sucking...I think its a con's initiation rite or something. Something WILL go HORRIBLY wrong, and at least 3 really nasty fanboys or fangirls will haunt your table and tell you everything that you do wrong while scaring off your customers. If you are at an anime convention there is a 90% chance that at least one of these freaks will have cat-ears and 7 posters all signed by Greg Ayres.

Yeah, I anticipate that... but I'm gonna lurk in cons for a bit before I start showcasing my own stuff, so I can put together some kind of damage control plan. Still, it's a necessary step if I'm gonna advertise at all.

Rickford · Post by **Rickford** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:51 pm

At the UK Web and mini comix thing, Me and my author (Pip) had just started the comic. We left a card at one of the available computers, and then sat a little distance away doing some drawing, whilst still able to see when anybody went on it, just to get a first reaction. Quite a few people did look, and they all had the same, very disturbing reaction. They would laugh. They would laugh, and then they would immediately point at something, whisper to their friend, and go to VGCats.

And I had a complex about the style similarity before that.

Rangers · Post by **Rangers** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:06 pm

I always try to cross-promote between my two hobbies. When I had Casebook #1 of my comic printed, I included an ad on the back for my macquette-sculpting business. And on the sculpting website, I'm featuring a character from the comic (up on eBay at present).

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:26 am

prettydragoon wrote:
Biev wrote:I guess the first step would be to go to conventions. I'm gonna have to give that a shot.
I suppose it's worth a try, but I think it's just so conventional.

*rimshot*

Steve Hogan · Post by **Steve Hogan** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:52 am

The webcomic collective I belong to put together a sampler comic that was handed out at conventions.

I also sent along a bunch of stickers.