http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ Web Fiction Guide Forums » Tag: advertising - Recent Topics en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:01:31 +0000 http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/which-is-the-more-compelling-description#post-6862 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:51:22 +0000 Erin Klitzke 6862@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I have two different teaser descriptions of <em>Awakenings</em>, one here and one at Muse-Success. I figured I'd ask folks to see which they found more compelling (I haven't gotten reviews at either venue either way, but I thought I'd ask).</p> <p>Description #1:</p> <blockquote><p>On the campus of a small Michigan university, a small knot of survivors struggles to survive the end of the world. When everything they have ever known is spiraling out of control, these few survivors begin to awaken to supernatural gifts they were born with, gifts and sensitivities many of them were not aware of before the end of everything. Now, their newfound senses may mean the difference between survival and death in a new world struggling to be born and forever changed.</p> <p>As technology dies, the things that modern society has taught us not to see become seen again, become more potent and more dangerous than ever before. A few of these survivors already know that. In the birthing pains of a new world, a new humanity, many more will become painfully aware that the things that go bump in the night have teeth and a toehold in our world as well.</p> <p>Denial is not an option. Acceptance of inborn gifts, of mystical abilities and energies, is a key to survival in the days and years after the end of everything.</p></blockquote> <p>Description #2:</p> <blockquote><p>Marin Astoris saw the world ending a few years ago, but she thought it was going to die in a nuclear war. She was mercifully wrong, but now she and her friends have been left on the shattered campus of her Michigan university alone to face the birth of a new world. Many of them slowly awaken to inborn metaphysical abilities that may mean the difference between life and death for these survivors of the world's end as they struggle to survive the death of the modern world.</p> <p>Thom Ambrose's relationship with Marin has been on the rocks for the better part of a year. He sees what she sees, but he can't allow himself to believe in the visions he has. If he dares to believe, he's going to lose the one thing in the world he loves the most: her.</p> <p>It's thirty-some college students and one professor trying to survive the end of the world they knew and the birth of a new reality. If they can survive the first year, they just might have a shot.</p></blockquote> <p>Thanks! </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/some-guy-with-a-blog-vs-a-real-thing#post-6227 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:03:02 +0000 Alexandra Erin 6227@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Soooooooooooooooooo I suggested in another thread that we should have social media buttons on this site, of the share/like/tweet variety. Probably just the big ones: Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr. Maybe Digg, but the listings here just don't seem very diggable. This isn't the sort of thing to be dugg.</p> <p>Now, it might seem odd that we'd want people to share the listing here and not the actual story, but there's a matter of context. It's hard to make a weblit site look like anything other than "some person who put up a blog" to someone who doesn't grok weblit. There's the self-publishing stigma, there's the fact that it's not a familiar publishing medium to people, there's the sense that this is something that anyone could just do for themselves and therefore it doesn't count...</p> <p>On the other hand, web portals/directories are very common and well-known. They tell people "This is an established concept. This is a real thing. This is not just something somebody threw together."</p> <p>So, yeah. I think getting sharing buttons on the entries would be a good idea. I also think that a "Read From The Beginning" link that's more prominent on the listings would also be a good idea... we should all make it easy for people to jump to the beginning, but the fewer clicks it takes someone to get where they need to be, the better.</p> <p>(Actually, come to think of it, there needs to be a more prominent link in the listings in the first place... is it just the thumbnail? No matter how natural or intuitive it seems to one person to click on that to get the site, it's not going to be that way to everyone. Put the word "Link" or "Site Link" or "Click To Enter" under it and the listing becomes way more useful.)</p> <p>But, the long and the short of this is that I've been planning to do a big advertising push for Tales of MU in the near future, bigger than I've done in a while and possibly bigger than I've ever done... now that I've had the thought about social media, I'm planning on making half of the ads direct to the listing here instead of the Tales of MU page, at least initially. If I see no benefit I'll stop doing it, but I have an inkling that it will improve things. I'll get fewer hits from the ads that target the listing but I imagine it will result in more readers, because there's a gloss of legitimacy, there's a context, there's the message that says "Web Fiction: It's An Actual Thing!&trade;"</p> <p>And anyone who doesn't find the entry for Tales of MU appealing will still have discovered the WFG.</p> <p>I wonder if anyone else has any thoughts or any relevant experiences relating to this? Has anyone else tried advertising their listing? </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/project-wonderful#post-5761 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:57:04 +0000 M.C.A. Hogarth 5761@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I've been playing with Project Wonderful, but I admit I find it kind of hard to figure out. Anyone have any tips for putting together a campaign that actually works? :) </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/translating-your-fiction#post-5425 Wed, 09 Jun 2010 04:13:18 +0000 intergal 5425@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Recently, I'd followed some advice from Miladysa and set up a sitemeter account to try and monitor the traffic for my web serial and what not. It had been recommended as an alternative to Google Analytics. I've since noticed that I've had a few visits from readers in Japan (one of whom apparently lives in the gardens at the Imperial Palace), and a follower on Twitter now as well, and I had been toying for much longer with the idea of possibly posting 'Cold Ghost' in Japanese as well.</p> <p>I suppose the actual question is, are there many other web authors who are having their works translated, or translating them themselves? If you spoke another language to a high level, is it something that you would ever consider? Do you think it would be a worthwhile venture to widen your reader base? Have you ever used non-English language net-working sites like mixi to promote your weblit?</p> <p>In my own case, I do speak Japanese to a high level and I think on a personal level, it would mean a great academic development for me. Part of the story is set there, and a good chunk of the cast speak Japanese. I often plan Yukihiro's dialogue in Japanese in my head first. </p> <p>My main concern is getting a proof-reader and editor - I've since lost my English language editor to the ravages of her exams, never mind getting a Japanese language one. Also, I feel like no matter how high my level is, if I'm submitting something important, I need a native speaker to check over it for me. I might be able to prevail on friends, but I've not really publicsed what I do with most of my old uni classmates. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/promoting-a-story#post-3456 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:24:18 +0000 Isa 3456@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Well I've been hard at work build traffic for my little web publishing company (<a href="http://www.fluffy-seme.net">fluffy-seme</a>) and I decided to put together some thoughts on the various advertising/promotion services out there, what was successful, what wasn't, what each program is best suited for (from the web series writer's perspective) and what you can expect to spend for each one up here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.fluffy-seme.net/blogs/entry/Promoting-Your-Story">http://www.fluffy-seme.net/blogs/entry/Promoting-Your-Story</a></p> <p>Thought some people here may be interested in avoiding my mistakes XD XD XD </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/methods-of-getting-traffic#post-64 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:06:16 +0000 EJ Spurrell 64@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hey all,</p> <p>Just wondering-- in general, what are the best sources of traffic for your webnovels/blogs/etc? I've been promoting my site for just over a month now on various sites with varying degrees of success, including sites such as this one, <a href="http://www.pagesunbound.com">Pages Unbound</a> (Which is closing down), <a href="http://www.epiguide.com">Epiguide</a>, Blog Listings such as <a href="http://www.mybloglog.com">MyBlogLog</a> and <a href="http://www.blogcatalog.com">BlogCatalog</a>. I've also been hitting the social networking circles a bit, setting up a fan page through <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a>, and even advertising through <a href="http://www.projectwonderful.com">Project Wonderful</a>. I've even made posts in the forums of sites such as <a href="http://www.deviantart.com">deviantArt</a> and <a href="http://www.elfwood.com">Elfwood</a> and trading links with other webnovels...</p> <p>I'm interested to know where <em>you've</em> done your promotions, and what degrees of success you've had from such sites. </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/who-offers-their-work-at-lulu#post-3049 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:48:22 +0000 Janoda 3049@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>I'm doing another little promotion project, and I need to know who publishes there work on Lulu. It would be neat if those who do, could publish the direct link to the works they are offering there.<br /> EDIT: Sorry, need the product ID, not the link! To be safe, add the exact title too :p</p> <p>And yes you're smelling free advertising :p<br /> For those worried that they are missing out on that, I'm promoting the WFG too :p </p> http://forums.webfictionguide.com/topic/advertising-progress#post-466 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:35:36 +0000 Chris Poirier 466@http://forums.webfictionguide.com/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>Just wanted to post to let you know that we've been heavily advertising WFG over the last few days. In fact, in the last week, we've paid for about 100,000 impressions on web comic sites, student forums, and other places people visit. We've had roughly 300 new visitors, all in, from our various ads. Hopefully some of them will become regulars. :-)</p> <p>Thought you'd like to know.</p> <p>Chris. </p>