Getting hits?

Twentyfour · Post by **Twentyfour** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 5:25 pm

McBean wrote:or if you have the guts, your local comic book shop

Considering the crap comics that have huge fanbases these days why be afraid?

THECapedCaper · Post by **THECapedCaper** » Tue Jul 23, 2002 6:53 pm

You are my hero! I am trying hard to get to 100 vists average a day.
I had not even considered 1000 as a posibility.

You, my friend, don't read <a href="www.nuklearpower.com/comic">8-Bit Theater<a/> Brian Clevinger gets 30K+ people to read his comic. It's madness.

And $35 gets you a week's worth of advertisement on his site. It's a steal.

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Thu Jul 25, 2002 10:42 am

how many hits does everyone elso get? i usually manage about 100 per day.

TheWhiner · Post by **TheWhiner** » Thu Jul 25, 2002 4:17 pm

Are we talking "hits" or visits? On keenspace visits are all that matters.

I am actually managing 20 or so visits a day, despite the fact that I only update twice a week. Tomorrow we'll see what my fan base really is when I update in all of my glory!

DunnBoyz · Post by **DunnBoyz** » Thu Jul 25, 2002 5:34 pm

I advertised the other day on Penny Arcade and got a 200+ visit increase in 3 hours. Was nice.

SI Rob · Post by **SI Rob** » Thu Jul 25, 2002 5:42 pm

Are we talking "hits" or visits? On keenspace visits are all that matters.

I know I was personally talking about visits but I think most people are still confused by the hits/visits thing. Plus the hits number looks a lot more appealing.

Chris.LAS · Post by **Chris.LAS** » Fri Jul 26, 2002 12:10 pm

I've so far had just over 1000 hits, and been up for a month. As for page views, I'm not really sure because I don't have a stats keeper, just a counter. Still, considering that none of those hits are mine (counter-blocker running so I don't trip it), I think that for the first full month things are going quite well.... 8) Now to keep it that way!

Chris

Somesuch · Post by **Somesuch** » Fri Jul 26, 2002 12:23 pm

I'm not doing too poorly, by the month, in my opinion. But then, I don't expect my comic to be wildly popular. If you're in it to get hundreds of readers... you're in it for the wrong reason. I tell my friends, online and IRL. Maybe sometime or another I'll decide to actually advertise.

When you get down to it, though, what do you care what others think of your comic? Do it for yourself, and you may find that it comes out better than if you're just doing it to entertain the public. Sounds selfish, I know. But if you're not doing it because you want to (oh, sure I gripe and complain 'cause it takes so long, but I know that I've made a commitment and if I didn't want to carry through with it, I wouldn't), then you shouldn't be doing it.

Time to reevaluate your reasons, folks.

~*~somesuch~*~

8)

DunnBoyz · Post by **DunnBoyz** » Fri Jul 26, 2002 1:05 pm

Never said I was "doing it for the visits". But I want people to see what I spent 3 hours of my afternoon on.

TheWhiner · Post by **TheWhiner** » Fri Jul 26, 2002 4:37 pm

DunnBoyz wrote:Never said I was "doing it for the visits". But I want people to see what I spent 3 hours of my afternoon on.

Exactly my feelings... sort of.

No wait. I want the glory. Yes its good for someone to see it but I want fans too! And groupies who are waiting outside my house in the morning with cameras. And my own tour bus with my name on the side of it.

Somesuch · Post by **Somesuch** » Fri Jul 26, 2002 8:29 pm

I spend at least four hours per comic on mine. And you know what? I do it because I want to. I have at least one fan, and I think there are a few others; it's true, that helps make it more worth it to make the comic. But I'd do it even if I didn't think anybody was reading it. I'm stubborn that way.

8)

~*~somesuch~*~

TheWhiner · Post by **TheWhiner** » Fri Jul 26, 2002 9:06 pm

I work every off hour I have on my silly comic and what do I have to show for it? No life and a four panel strip about a bum getting knifed by and old lady... Its the best I can make it because of that, which is what I want to give my readers. The best comic I can make.

Maybe if I did if half-assed I could update more... oh well. ITs for the fans. and me

Somesuch · Post by **Somesuch** » Fri Jul 26, 2002 9:22 pm

I spend so much time on mine trying to make the poses look right, putting the characters in the right places, etc. Not that it always works. The interior of Sorrow Tavern in the latest couple of strips (one of 'em's not up yet) and the position of the people inside changes several times. Like, the whole interior... the window's there, then it isn't. The swinging doors are there, then they aren't.

Anyway, I try mainly to make the characters look right. It's easy to notice my flawed backgrounds, especially since you should always watch the backgrounds on SomeSuch (frequently something important pops up in them), but it's the characters who are most important.

And I spend all that time on the comics mainly for me. So I don't get griped at by the handful of people who read them, for one thing, but mainly so I can improve my mediocre art skills. Well... okay, so my art outside of comics tends to be more realistic than my comic art. I personally like realism, but that doesn't necessarily make it "good art."

Enough of that, though. If you're doing a comic selflessly for a handful of people who actually take time out of their day to read it... that's great, and it's a good reason. If you're doing it for yourself, and not investing too much of your time on insider jokes and trying to make a popular comic that is, in reality, a cliche, then you are still doing it for the right reason. But if the only reason you're doing the comic is because you want to get hits and visits on your site, or earn money, well... reevaluate your reasons. Your comics will be much better if you actually want to do them than if you are forcing yourself to do so. Disdain for what you're doing will *show*... and it'll deter any readership you might have had otherwise.

8)

~*~somesuch~*~

ZOMBIE USER 10424 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 10424** » Sat Jul 27, 2002 10:06 am

When it all comes down to it. Your comics HAS to be a labor of love because, unless you're a miracle case, the "fans" ain't gonna give you any!
My comic is read by like three people, but I get a kick outta posting it every week anyways... because I can see the fun!!!

Somesuch · Post by **Somesuch** » Sat Jul 27, 2002 10:58 pm

Well said.

Chris.LAS · Post by **Chris.LAS** » Sun Jul 28, 2002 9:30 pm

TheWhiner wrote:
DunnBoyz wrote:Never said I was "doing it for the visits". But I want people to see what I spent 3 hours of my afternoon on.
Exactly my feelings... sort of.

No wait. I want the glory. Yes its good for someone to see it but I want fans too! And groupies who are waiting outside my house in the morning with cameras. And my own tour bus with my name on the side of it.

That's it! That's the reason(es)!

Chris

BunELovecraft · Post by **BunELovecraft** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 4:48 pm

Well I do the real world thing, mostly like "Hi, 'm buns, here's my webaddress" type thing, I've left tags in bathrooms, bars, you name it, even worn advertising shirts in big cities and had friends pimp me while on vacation.

What'd that get me?

Jack.

I'd like to think I have a reasonably worthwhile manga going, but, since I average just over 200 visits a month...maybe it's not.

Oh well, I have to post my shite somewhere of I'll go nuts, have to show my creation to somebody open minded.

Comic art: it's a thankless job but somebody's gotta do it.

Ps: I would try the poster thing but since I"m the Anti-christ of my school (at least according to the administration, the parents think I'm Jone of Arc o.0) I really don't want to spend my senior year in jail for having an R rated liberal comic Y'know?

Bun

ZOMBIE USER 10352 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 10352** » Tue Jul 30, 2002 8:38 pm

I'm going to try advertising with stickers and stuff. I'm also going to try to make it into my school newspaper....somehow...
first day of school-sophomore
WHERE'S THE JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT?!
over there
oh...
first day of school-junior
WHERE'S THE JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT?!
over there!
where?
how many times do I have to show you?!
WHERE'S THE JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT?!
oh for the love of......It's over there!
oh...ok
first day of school-senior
WHERE'S THE JOURNALISM DEPARTMENT?!
FOR THE LAST TIME! IT'S OVER THERE!
where?
GRRR! Someone please show her to the journalism department because I can't take it anymore. I just can't!
well that's how me and my friend envisioned it anyway...

MixedMyth · Post by **MixedMyth** » Wed Jul 31, 2002 7:27 pm

Yeah. Mostly what I've been doing is going to forums and talking with people. Oh, and doing google searches for comic directories, places that'll review comics, and humor links. Gotta be careful, though- if your address is just listed there as one of a thousand, and all you get is a name, it's not worth much. Also exchanges are nice, though they clutter up my site unbearable. Be choosey with those. Some you have to apply to, but it's usually worth it.

Not that I get /that/ many visits a day. Lately it's been about 400-580, somewhere in there.

ZOMBIE USER 10963 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 10963** » Wed Jul 31, 2002 7:46 pm

I don't know if it's just me, but isn't that a fairly good amount of hits a day? I mean, I know there are sites that get thousands, but hundreds ain't bad.

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Getting hits?

Re: 1000? Whimper :o

hits-visits

well..