Patreon has launched a new functionality called the Special Offer. According to Patreon’s internal data, Special Offers boost fan engagement, help creators hit higher goals, and increase their earnings. Here’s a walkthrough…
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From time to time, you may want to reach out to websites and other organizations that focus on news and events in the comics industry. You may be trying to promote an upcoming book — or merely trying to get the word out about your work.
Here’s a spreadsheet containing contact information for many of the most popular comics-media sites.
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Google’s Chrome browser has been cracking down on sites that don’t employ SSL certification. That’s why you may have noticed a red “Site Not Secure” notification next to your site’s URL in Chrome recently. Here’s why they’re doing that — and, more importantly, how to address the situation easily.
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Here’s a handy pro tip for people running Patreon campaigns. If you’re like many of us, you love Patreon, but many aspects of navigating the Creator Feed are… lacking. And you want better for your backers. So — once their payments have processed — you send out a link to a Dropbox folder so your backers can access the exclusive content outside of Patreon’s clunky interface.
Of course, once that link is out there, anyone could use it to access that content. And that’s a little troubling.
This pro tip is for you…
You can set your Dropbox link to expire on a pre-set date. In your Dropbox dashboard, hover the cursor over the folder or file you would like to share. Click the blue Share button that appears, and select Send link.
At the end of the line that starts “Anyone with the link…” click on add expiration.
Now you can set your expiration date.
I set mine to expire at the end of the month. Then, when the new payment cycle has finished, I create a new link and send it to all of the current members. Anyone who has dropped out, of course, will not receive the new link.
If I find that a user has abused the link (by sharing it, for example), I can always manually deactivate the link. Go to the Dropbox dashboard and click Links on the left-hand column. You will see a list of all of your active links.
Simply go to the link you’d like to kill, and click on the grey X at the far right side of the row.
I attended PatreCon last weekend. It’s a conference for creators who use Patreon. Packed with information, actionable data, and inspiration, it was an absolutely phenomenal experience for me. I took copious notes, but until I get a chance to walk through all of that, here is an overview of my top ten “a-ha!” moments.
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As I’ve mentioned before, R. R. Bowker is the only official broker of ISBNs in the United States. Earlier this week, they announced that their checkout page was hacked, and customers who made purchases between May 1 and Oct. 23 this year may have had their credit-card numbers exposed.
Here’s what you need to know:
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Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar are talking shop! This week, they’re talking about avoiding boredom, and they take a deep dive on grappling with self-doubt. THEN they talk about how they adapt their writing processes to address those issues. NEXT, they talk about the dangers of sharing your self-doubt on social media. AND finally, a crucial question for today’s independent creators: What level of Patreon support denotes success?
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It’s time to get started on (*choke*) the penultimate month of 2018.
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Webcartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar are talking comics with Ngozi Ukazu, creator of “Check, Please.” She talks sports comics, art school, self-publishing, and a wide range of creative challenges. BUT FIRST, Raina Telgemeier’s new book, “Guts,” receives a million-book print order, and we’re stoked!
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Cartoonists make a lot of unnecessary mistakes when they try to show a character using a quiet voice. They’ll use grey letters — or worse, they’ll shrink the lettering. These aren’t great choices because they decrease the legibility of the lettering — and that’s one of the very few cardinals sins in comics. If your reader can’t read your lettering easily, they’re not going to be a reader for long.
Here’s a simple way to denote a quiet voice or a whispering character without sacrificing readability.
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