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What is the best web-comic name? How do I marketing?

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Timedog

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-Guardians of the Water Tower
-Do Not Tantalize the Gorillas (also the name of my old TV show I had)
-Model Airplane News
-How Do I Marketing?
-Timedog

Also, how would one market a web comic? Or a blog? Or things of that nature. How do you start getting hits? HOW DO I MARKETING?


Heres an example (from 2003) of the type of webcomic innovation you can expect:
-Timedoug
 
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Buckethead

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All of those names are not good.

There is not enough time in the day to teach you marketing.

Ad Sense and Analytics. Start there.
 
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Haly

One day I realized that sadness is just another word for not enough coffee.
A web comic name should roll off the tongue or have a handy acronym. The names are... alright as far as titles go, but a good title isn't necessarily a good name for a webcomic.

As for marketing... Well you could garner some interest on the forums of a more popular web comic like PA. Or through DeviantArt/Livejournal if your stuff is really interesting enough to draw attention and fans.

Or just you know, post it here and beg people to read it. I recall bjork had plans to get a webcomic going about his days as a porn retailer and I would definitely have read that.
 
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The_Monk

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I think the names are too large and not very catchy to the ear.

If you ask for advice you need to prepare for good and bad tips. When one or more person starts to say that the names are not good, maybe they aren't.

This is consumers saying they don't like the titles.

Give a preview of the web comic and let the people create a name, then you can pick their ideas and craft to your own taste.

The most memorable brands are short, sound good and are easy to pronounce. Keep it simple, it works better.

Marketing takes knowledge you can't simply ask, "hey how do I marketing this". You need to study to make things work.
 
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Timedog

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Graffgor said:
Steal Dave Snider's idea and call your site Whirl World.

Step 2 involves a hidden helicopter in every comic.
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Something similar to step two I already planned.
 
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Typographenia

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I like the gorillas name because of how silly it is, but it's too long, actually.


Also, I've always wondered this, but is the black in your avatar the nose or the mouth, Timedog?
 
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Timedog

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Typographenia said:
I like the gorillas name because of how silly it is, but it's too long, actually.


Also, I've always wondered this, but is the black in your avatar the nose or the mouth, Timedog?
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HOLY SHIT, YOU JUST BLEW MY MIND.

It's
the mouth
. I guess it could be either though!
 
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Gazunta

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You market your comic by doing a good comic.

Yes you can buy ads on Adsense, Project Wonderful etc, and that might see you get a little bit of exposure. But it won't work unless your comic is good.
 
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Timedog

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Gazunta said:
You market your comic by doing a good comic.

Yes you can buy ads on Adsense, Project Wonderful etc, and that might see you get a little bit of exposure. But it won't work unless your comic is good.
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That doesn't even make sense. I could put up the best comic in the world, but if no one knows about it, are people just gonna randomly type the name into their URL bar or google, and find it? C'mon.
 
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MC Safety said:
How do I funny might be a more appropriate question to ask.
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You just don't get my meta-meta-comedy. I guess you're just not post-modern enough, bro.

-Timedoug
 
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Radogol

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Timedog said:
That doesn't even make sense. I could put up the best comic in the world, but if no one knows about it, are people just gonna randomly type the name into their URL bar or google, and find it? C'mon.
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Besides, the quality is already high enough not to worry about it. You just need to focus on how to marketing. I'm sure more experienced Gaffers will soon come with sound advice.
 
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DarkKyo

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Sennorin said:
All three names are terrible.

Call your webcomic "Timedog" and make it about a dog that travels in time.
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emomoonbase

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Call it "______ Time Dog", with each new comic containing a different opening word. Panty Time Dog, Popcorn Time Dog, Drawing Time Dog.
 
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Puddles

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Is there already a comic about a dog who travels in time? Because if not, you should fucking do THAT and forget your other lame idea. Seriously, it's lame. A time-traveling dog is at least 20,000 times better.
 
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Puddles said:
Is there already a comic about a dog who travels in time? Because if not, you should fucking do THAT and forget your other lame idea. Seriously, it's lame. A time-traveling dog is at least 20,000 times better.
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What was my other idea???
 
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