How To Promote Your Web Serial or Writing

Discussion in 'Community Fictions' started by ClearMadness, Oct 4, 2016.

  1. MarcoM

    MarcoM Well-Known Member

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    This was greatly helpfull. As for what leegod typed.. You can learn from failed stories to!
    Anyhow. As result of this all, i posted a synop and chapter on the original fiction page here. Also made a thread at RRL.
    It actually shows that some people notice it.

    FOR RRL: It also helps when ur mentioned on the main page as recently updated. A catchy title can help people click! So make ur updates during a time that there's loads of traffic on the site. GMT+1 round 13:00 or 19:00 should do i think.
     
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    figuy686686868686868 Well-Known Member

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    This is good advice! I've passed it on!
     
  3. leegood

    leegood Well-Known Member

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    It's~
    It's the only real advice hidden within the post~
    Have a cookie~
     
  4. jinxs2011

    jinxs2011 [Rebel Against Normality][Writer of the Unusual]

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    Yeah, but there's a problem with that: everybody else does it too. Your entry on the recently updated page will vanish within minutes, so the exposure probably is about the same.

    Not really an expert as I've only been releasing my stories for a few months, but I'd say that as long as the concept your story is based around is fairly unique, your grammar is pretty good and your writing style and story is interesting, then just keep writing chapters somewhat regularly and you'll start racking up views.

    There's other things to think about too: Never panic when you upload the first few chapters, and you only get like, 20 views. Most people, me included, prefer to wait until there's at least 10 chapters in a novel, just so we can be reasonably sure it isn't going to be dropped, making the read mostly a waste of time. I've just had too many times where this has happened. So, the more chapters you write, the quicker you'll get views.

    Catchy titles always help, though. Short is usually better, I ain't gonna click on something called 'the amazing adventures of a mutated possum who just so happens to be the reincarnation of einstein', although there are some exceptions.

    All of this, of course, hinges on the basis that your story, writing and whatnot isn't terrible or incredibly niche.
     
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    TheTraveller New Member

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    Thanka to this i posted my 1st novel in RRL and still pending .. i just wrote 1 chapter but i want to atleast test the water..

    Anyway thanks to the suggestions
    Well if you see the world erta thanks .. hope it passed tho
     
  6. Rokuman_24

    Rokuman_24 Well-Known Member

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    Try to promote it on some social site that you know can give a great impact on the audience.
     
  7. devilpyro

    devilpyro Well-Known Member

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    I got a bit sadder not receiving any comment than receiving harsh comment haha..
    Maybe i did something wrong? Oh btw i upload my story here too if anyone curious

    https://royalroadl.com/fiction/15707

    My problem probably, rather than editing one chapter i rather write 10 chapter honestly.
     
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  8. Yamatohime

    Yamatohime Well-Known Member

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    I wonder, should I translate by short stories and post them somewhere for lulz and some useful/harsh comments?
     
  9. pmrodrig

    pmrodrig Well-Known Member

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    do you still do web consulting?
     
  10. TooLazyToThink

    TooLazyToThink Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, $20 for setup but buy first your VPS from ramnode and domain in namecheap then I'll set it up.
    OpenVZ SSD 2GB SVZS 2048 / 256 MB 2 Cores 1 /64 60 GB 2000 GB $7 / month can handle thousands of visitors. Free control panel and wordpress setup. Design is yours
     
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    pmrodrig Well-Known Member

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    How do I contact you? Thanks again
     
  12. Wujigege

    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    You can choose WordPress and spend $3 per month.
    I can even host for free and yes you get your own free custom domain name.
    You don't need VPS
     
  13. OpWolf

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    I just started writing and bless i found this thread
     
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    karnanovel Well-Known Member

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    Thank god I see this thread
     
  15. Lulin

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    Hello, is there a place where I can sell my story chapter by chapter, but have some of the earlier ones free-to-read?
     
  16. Wujigege

    Wujigege *Christian*SIMP*Comedian

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    You can use Patreon for that
     
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  17. Ferdinand

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    you can ask for help from the companies that are directly involved in this.
     
  18. Lorielth

    Lorielth Well-Known Member

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    Thank you very much for the tips.
    (y)It is a big help to me and after reading it I get the roughly idea of what to do . Thank you sensei:blobsmilehappyeyes:.
     
  19. royon113

    royon113 New Member

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    The main promotion stuff is here,to promote your web serial SEO and Social media marketing like fb,instagram ads are and also you can promote your serial on entertainment and movie related websites either by putting a banner on the header of the website or asking them to write a review on your serial e.t.c These are the basics things that can be done to promote your serials.
     
  20. Ericthecleric

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    Thanks for this post, I'm just exploring this part of the epic Asian stories sector and I feel really inspired reading these stories to write my own. I love seeing all the different writing styles and culture in the stories. Anyway, I'll keep this in mind if I ever decide to post my work! Thanks for a perspective of an author. I'll look into your works OP =)
     
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