How to popularize a comic strip created by me, and also earn revenue from it?
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You can try to get it published in a magazine like Juxatapose magazine. Or make it an online comic and use pay pal or another payment option (I forgot the name) to get paid for it. So people will have the comic and pay a 1 time fee to look at it and wait for the next comic. Charge like a quarter at fist though so that way more people can see it. As it grows with popularity then make a special comic and charge more to see it. etc etc.
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Hell yeah! In fact, can I get a bunch of copies from you? I want to sell them and make a bunch of money!
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You can write niche content and make some money via Google Adsense or Yahoo Publisher Network. Both are pay per click programs. Check out this case study https://www.google.com/adsense/askthebuilder It's about Askthebuilder.com earning nearly $30,000 a month with Google Adsense.\n\nCreate sites via free hosting. This way you need not invest any money. Just your valuable time to create websites. You may not get checks almost immediately but with the right methods and hard work, it's definitely a good source of passive income which will come sooner or later. \n\nIf you need more details on ways to work from home, there are some good information and articles from this site. http://earncash.50webs.com
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It depends on what you can do.\n\nIf you can program yourself, you can create a user-driven website where it is the users who actually make the content. Think of something like MySpace.com and online dating sites such as Match.com, or forums such as WebmasterWorld.com. You don't have to spend on buying content or hiring writers because users are the ones making the content for you. Then you earn via advertising\n\nFrom the article "How to Generate Advertising Revenues for Your Web Site" http://www.powerhomebiz.com/vol28/adrevenues.htm , there are several ways you can earn money from advertising:\n\n1. Join an advertising network. Advertising networks are organizations that aggregate Web sites that offer advertising space, and sell banner ads (and other advertising options) across them. Traffic requirement is often a minimum of 5,000 monthly impressions, although many do not accept sites hosted by free page services. \n\nBurst Media http://www.burstmedia.com\nFastclick (ValueClick). http://www.fastclick.com\nAdvertising.com. http://www.advertising.com\nTribal Fusion http://www.tribalfusion.com \n\n2. Participate in contextual advertising networks. Contextual advertising are text ads delivered based on the content of the web page using an automated system. \n\nGoogle Adsense https://www.google.com/adsense/\nYahoo! Publishing Network (currently in beta and available to US publishers only) http://publisher.yahoo.com/ \nIntellixt http://vibrantmedia.com/site/web_01a5.htm \nQuigo Adsonar http://www.quigo.com/adsonarexchange.htm \nIndustryBrains http://www.industrybrains.com \nCommission Junction Evolution http://www.cj.com/\n\n3. Sell advertising for your site directly. This is admittedly a more difficult route for a small business site wanting to earn advertising revenues. But hey, as they say: "no pain, no gain!" \n\nOr you can do a blog and monetize it via advertising.\n\nYou can supplement your income with affiliate programs. You sell other people's products that your audience may be interested in; and you get a certain commission after the desired action was done (whether a sale, a lead, subscription to email newsletter, or however this is defined). Go to CJ.com, Clickbank.com or Linkshare.com
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Try putting together a presentation, get it copied a bunch of time and start send them out to TV stations, TV networks,  comic book companies, people that publish in that area.
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A friend of mine has a framing business. She has fabulous books of art works, prints and posters she orders for her clients. \n\nBeautifully crafted, sophisticated pottery is another option, as well as the (frameable) work of local artists. Instead of putting your own money into their works, contact local talented potters and artists and take their work on consignment. Use contracts and make it a business agreement. This gives them an outlet for their work and gives you merchandise without an outlay of your own cash. It also gives you an artistic 'gallery' atmosphere. \n\nDo you have enough space to rent to artists to give group art classes? These people would be future customers of yours and allow you to make the space pay.\n\nIf you use any of these ideas and it works out let me know. I would be interested to hear. Good luck with your venture!
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Do a search of current and completed eBay auctions to get an idea of current street value.\n\nBecause so many comics were made, it usually takes many years for the number to go down enough for an individual comic to be worth anything.
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Sell your souls! Seriously!.....\n\nWhat I mean is, don't be afraid of "whoring" yourself out to EVERY newspaper, radio show, TV show in your area. Get as much publicity as you can. \n\nThe more publicity you get, the more sponsors you will get interested as it's to their advantage to get yourselves and your car seen as much as possible. \n\nWhat about driving your car around the local towns/villages in an attempt to drum up some support from locals. Spend some money getting it decorated in stickers with all the relevant information. \n\nMaybe put together a website address that you can give out to people with a PayPal account. That way you can hand out flyers etc with your website details on it and you never know, someone will contribute. \n\nA website, properly designed with loads of info on it will seem more attractive to potential sponsors too.
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I would first talk to people who have similar interests and websites, but not the same thing to offer. You could suggest that you both share links from one site to the other (s/he features yours, and you theirs). I would obviously talk to people who get lots of hits or have successful sites (and may not cost you a dime if they feel they have a good possibility of gaining profit from it). Doing this with someone in the same situation as yourself may help some, but it will be minimal - all relative to the traffic, of course. There are usually local papers and fliers where you can place ads for free, and that are distributed via snail mail, in Sunday News, etc.  There is always the option of mainstream advertisement, and local ads on television. If these suggestions aren't good for you, then I hope I at least got some of your creative juices flowing in a new direction, and you find something that works! Take care.
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Get one good job and do your  cartooning on the side. Until you can make a living at it.
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Okay well, there is a book that I have recently read to get ideas for promoting my own webshop (I go live in June 2006).  It's called "Marketing without Megabucks" by Shel Horowitz. I got my copy on Amazon.com for 4 dollars.  I have put a link to the book as well as his frugal marketing website.  Sift through his archives as well, tons of great ideas for free and low cost marketing.\n\nA marketing method that "DirtBag" clothing used, they called on Independant Record Labels and offered to let bands wear their gear (IF they wore it on stage) for free (now the simply give a huge discount), but it worked.  And all of the fans of these bands of curse simply HAD to have what they were wearing :)\n(the 1st link is of an article about how they advertised when they first started out)\n\nYou should try to get local coverage as well, if you get involved with a charity and create a one page press release you may be able to get local televison, print and radio stations to give you free coverage with a Human Interest Story.  Call and get the names of the assignment editors at the TV stations (they make the decision on what stories get coverage)  You can simpy donate say 5% of sales for 6 months to a local children's hospital or donate some of your items for a local auction benefiting a charity.\n\nVisit the "Business Owners Idea Cafe" listed below, awesome place for home and small business owners.  And if you visit forums and give advice remember to put a link to your website under your name as your signature.\n\nI wish you the best
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Save some money or get a loan, buy your own equipment and start selling your own magazine locally. Who knows? Maybe lots of people WILL buy it and then you can expand some more.\n\nAnother idea would be to make your own electronic magzine for sale online. \n\nYou never know, if you don't give it a go!
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First, find some trendy urbanites. Seems like they all have Blogs or Webcomics.  (first three sources)\n\nIndie Click might be a good advertising channel (check out the ads ontop of Diesel Sweeties, 3rd Source below)\n\nOr purchase Yahoo! or Google ads.  This could work especially well if your shirts are filled with clever zietgeist keywords.
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Do a survey to see if people in your community would be interested - FIRST make a small sample of what your sports news paper or magazine would look like - show it and ask if they felt this would be something the community would be interested in - mention how much the subscription price would be.\n\nIf enough people are interested - Go for it! Just be sure to tally your expenses so you can estimate a fair price for your sports rag. You do want some kind of profit, I'm sure.\n\nI wish you lots of luck.
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collect ebooks all over the world and sell it on ebay ... when someone orders deliver it by email them you can make a lot of money without any investment.\n\nalso you can tie up with dropshippers like Abture.com , they will provide you with products and deliver it to your customer in your name so you don't do much work but earn a lot
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advertise it locally, publish flyers and post them around town. advertise in the local paper and also outside your shop...who knows, one of your own customers may be interested in buying it!!
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Be imaginative!\n\n*In making a comic, you should relate it in our real life.\nL.I.F.E means there are full of different situations.\n\nI think you should make your comic a mixture of action, romance and comedy. So you could attract many people to read it. You know that we, people like different things. Not all of us have the same likes and dislikes.\n\nThat's only my advice but it is up to you! because you're the one who is making it! Just be yourself and love your work. and the results will be great.\n\n*Put some female characters. You know that girls want to see a female character who plays an important role in the story.\n\nMake your story focus about travelling into different worlds/places. So you could make many unique things.