Posted by Paula Richey on March 31, 2014 at 5:07am
I'm piecing together a strategy to reach readers that I hope is more effective than the usual methods, especially since I've chosen to dedicate the first story of my first ten stories to tithe and charities. My biggest frustration is that I don't have money to give to causes I believe in, and this is how I propose to solve that problem.I intend to begin as I mean to go on, by giving away a free prequel story with a subscription to the free newsletter. The free newsletter is about upcoming stories and events, as well as recommendations for other comics - so if you think our stories and purposes are compatible, let me know so I can include your comic in the recommendations!I will be releasing the main story lines as paid subscriptions, probably through Patreon, and the newsletter will be for snippets, prequels, reviews, and recommendations.This morning, I'm very excited (and this time it isn't just the coffee overload) because I've scanned my five pages, converted them to PDF, and (after a couple tries - hint: scan at 200 dpi if you want your file small enough for MailChimp) uploaded it to MailChimp, and plugged MailChimp's signup form into my website: www.otherrealmstudio.comAnd I also updated a few things there while I was working on it.Now, I just need a willing guinea pig to sign up and let me know if it works properly and the email gets sent upon signup with the link to the PDF file. If it doesn't - I'm not quite sure what to do next, but it will probably involve moving beyond the freemium version of MailChimp, which I don't particularly want to do because the site keeps crashing and I don't know why.In other news, I'm going to call MonsterCon today (I think - if I don't chicken out because I've never done a con - just car shows with the family business back in the day) and if you have any promo materials you'd like me to bring to represent your work, I'll be happy to display them on my table. I may have a 10 x 10 space to fill up, after all.
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