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The Ins and Outs of Webcomics comic page "Posting & Promo". Jey is walking over a string of bubbles with various social media platform logos as they say "The whole point of a webcomic is to post it on the web. You can post your comic on your own website, a comic platform, or even social media." Jey is framed by the day box from a calendar that says Tuesday, 5. Jey holds their finger up to point at the date and says "Pick a day(s) of the week to post your pages and keep it consistent so your readers can anticipate updates. And if you need to skip an update, let your readers know!" Much smaller, Jey is very tiny in an example of a self-hosted comic site. They look excited and are saying "Having your own website gives you full control. You won't have to worry about drastic changes without your consent, or a site going under and losing all your pages." Now in a mobile layout, Jey is framed in a social media post with clear navigation a description and url looking like comic.platform.social and Jey says "Platforms and social media let you post your comic for free and there's a built-in audience!" but next to this, the social media site has completely changed, the image section is much smaller, the url has changed to platform.social/comic, the navigation is harder to understand and a super intrusive ad is covering the description. Jey complains "The downside is they can change, go under, or suspend your account with little or no feedback from you." We see the same row of file folders we saw on page 3. Narration reads "Remember your folder with your 72dpi pages? Those are the pages you'll want to post online!" A mouse hovers over the folder titled "Online". Narration reads "Tip: Include a watermark and/or website link on your 72dpi pages. If your page gets reposted then folks can still find you!" "Lastly you gotta tell your readers when your page is up! Post a preview on social media with links to the page. Post regularly and folks will find you." Readers flock to the social media post where Jey posts a crop of the comic page and writes "Hey y'all, my comic updated! Latest page: mysite.com/latest First page: mysite.com/first with the hashtags Webcomic and MyComic" Narration reads "Also be sure you have RSS enabled! https://jpawlik.com/blog/tag/rss"

Ins and Outs of Webcomics REMASTER – 7

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Page 7, posting and promo has become a bit of a discussion point as of late with social media being what it is. So you should go check out my talk and comic on RSS~

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