Questions from Readers: Building an Audience
By Tracy on March 16th, 2010Posted In: Blog
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WARNING: THIS BLOG IS FULL OF ADVICE.
Well, How-To's, Hacks, and General Discussion, really; but also alot of guidance on how to do things, and on what not to do. It's what I've learned, and what I'm sharing with you.
Much of it is solid. The rest requires more be said. Please weigh what you learn here with other insights to see what works best for you. Thank you.
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I run two webcomic sites, one a bit more popular than the other. I would like to introduce my less popular website to my readers and encourage them to view it as often as they do the first site as well as build a readership for the lesser site as well. Any suggestions?
Thanks for this question. I would recommend that you tell your existing audience about your less viewed website through blog posts and after notes made on the more popular site. Use persuasive language to describe the new site to your readers and encourage them to investigate it. Make sure that new, interesting and regularly updated content is present to get and keep their attention. Use buttons and text links to quickly and easily connect readers to your new site. Also, figure out what kinds of web user will appreciate your new website and advertise to them on webcomic directories, forums and on social networking sites.
For your more seasoned readers, have you used other techniques to get attention for your sites. Please tell us about them.
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