ComicLab Ep 365 — Maybe You’re Not Funny

ComicLab Ep 365 — Maybe You’re Not Funny

In this episode, Brad Guigar and Dave Kellett share insights on the creative process of writing humor, emphasizing that humor...
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Something worth sharing

Something worth sharing

With Twitter going down the tubes, I decided to re-focus my efforts on social media. I wanted to see if...
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Maximizing the potential of Bluesky Starter Packs

Maximizing the potential of Bluesky Starter Packs

If you're one of the millions of new users on Bluesky, you're probably becoming familiar with Starter Packs. This was...
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Webcomics Confidential: What size should your webcomic be?

Webcomics Confidential: What size should your webcomic be?

Beginning cartoonists often ask what size they should make their comic. Many are looking for "standard" sizes. The answer is...
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ComicLab Ep 346 — In Over My Head

ComicLab Ep 346 — In Over My Head

What happens when your story gets too big for you to handle? Are you the right person for the job?...
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How many social-media posts per day?

How many social-media posts per day?

According to a Very Popular Influencer, one should post on social media six to eight times daily. I disagree, and...
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Detritus — What it is and why your comic needs it

Detritus — What it is and why your comic needs it

Let's discuss one of those savvy touches that can help take your art to the next level. And ironically enough,...
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Webcomics Confidential: T-shirt psychology

Webcomics Confidential: T-shirt psychology

Nobody wants to buy a T-shirt featuring your character or logo. It's not that your original character is terrible. Instead,...
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ComicLab Ep 266 — A minor problem with a comics major

ComicLab Ep 266 — A minor problem with a comics major

Does an aspiring comics artist/writer need a college degree? And, if so, which degree is best? Next, a listener asks...
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Webcomics Confidential: You’re wasting money on advertising

Webcomics Confidential: You’re wasting money on advertising

Unless you have a granular knowledge of advertising, demographics, and much more, you're probably wasting money on "plug-and-play" advertising like...
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Econtalk: Love, Money, Profits and Non-profits

ECONTALK, an interesting podcast about economics, recently featured a fascinating discussion that relates directly to the business of webcomics. Listen closely for a thought-provoking anecdote about when the Red Cross started charging for coffee and donuts in WWII.

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by on April 29, 2010
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Changes Coming for Twitter

Twitter made some pretty big announcements at a Twitter developers’ conference in San Francisco earlier this month. Since so many of us use Twitter as a marketing tool, it’s good to be prepared for what seem to be pretty exciting changes.

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by on April 27, 2010
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Site news

I will be at the Calgary Comics Expo and I won’t be back until Wednesday. I know you guys are going to have questions about the Transcon deal, but please be patient until I am able to get back to the states.

by on April 23, 2010
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The Facebook Like button

 

Facebook now allows you to add a Like button to your Web site. Now you can allow your readers to tag your comic with a “Like” that will appear in their Facebook profile — just as if it were on Facebook. What this allows you to do is have the now common ‘like’ button which we see inside Facebook on any of your websites. You can to do this is through an iframe like this:

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by on April 22, 2010
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Improve your Google PageRank

Your Google PageRank is used by Google to gauge the quality and popularity — and that helps determines how near the top your site appears during a search for pertinent keywords. (The exact formula is Google’s trade secret.) If you want to be near the top in as many keywords as possible, it’s a good idea to maximize your PageRank. This is called Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and what we’ll discuss here is the tip of the iceberg.

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by on April 21, 2010
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C2E2 wrap-up

Since I know we had a lot of Webcomics.com members at the show, let’s do a little C2E2 wrap-up. Feel free to join in the discussion with your thoughts as a show exhibitor or as a potential exhibitor next year. Here are some bullets:

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by on April 20, 2010
Posted In: Business, Conventions
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