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Hello everyone, mousyLou here, the creator of Lost souls.

My comic has become the number one most viewed for the whole year in only a couple of months all thanks to promoting it on Reddit.


in only 3 months I managed to get over 439k views most of it thanks to reddit

some people think that promoting isn't essential and leave it aside. They don't have the time for it and the platform will do it for them. that is what I though when i was using webtoon and tapastic at that time for now years. and believe me, even with the big number of readers those platforms have nothing compared to promoting on social media.

I have been on webtoon for now 6 years


and 7 years on tapastic


this is 3 months of promoting on Reddit


see the difference?

Also promoting on Reddit may not give you that much followers on the comic platform but it can give you more on its platform

I don't know for you, but creating an account, for one thing, isn't something I like to do. I got enough as it is. if they were more sure but for one? so why not follow on the red platform and wait for a new post linking to a new update?

And some people on Reddit will even share your post on other sub and platform you don't even know exist which is defiantly a plus.


that is why promoting is very important to one work. And why I decided to make this thread. so that you too, fellow creators can get the hang of promoting and get the readership your comic definitely deserves.

now how to start... well first, before starting to promote, you should look at your comic and dissect it. Make a list of all the subjects you can find and write them down. what does my comic have?

example: fantasy, monster, monster girls, monster boys, lamias, merfolk, werewolf, phoenix, harpy, girls love, coilings, snake tongue, scales, lovers, vore, animal ears, animal tail, fangs... and so on for me.

those are the subject you may want to look for when searching for communities to post on.

why not just post on some comics platform and be done with it? that is because they are too general. they are so many subject pilling on each other that it is quite difficult to find anything in those. they are so many people that the moment you post, many others would have done the same, hiding your post.

Also from experience, those groups seem more interested in simple one-page little comic strips and popular content like MCU/DC. they are even a lot of trolls that downvote your work. the higher I got was 7 upvotes. I saw some great comic designs getting to zero for no reason.



this is not the type of place you want to promote in. it will only discourage you. if it wasn't for CG encouraging me to go for subjects instead I would have quit right there.

Also how many comics do you think you will find in some subject of yours? this means way less competition between creators for the spotlight. do you know how many comics are in monster girls communities... not enough!!! Which gives me room to promote and get seen.

now then to the red beast, we go!!!!


here are some tips when facing the red beast.

1. promote your art not your comic. post what you can do as an artist. Show your art style. let people see what you can do not what you want to do. it doesn't even have to be comic-related. it can be a piece of art that you really like. You can add your comic info at the end with your art platform to peek the viewer's attention with more content from you.



2. Don’t promote yourself on the title. Some people on Reddit can’t handle seeing self-promoting. Instead, offer your information in the comment section. So that people interested in your work can have a way to look you up. this way you are, without saying it out loud, promoting your work. Add a summary to your comment about your story for more flare.


3. promote your work in multiple communities, not just one. this way you get more chances to get views


4. interact with others from the community. show that you care for others’ work. If you don’t, people might think that you are in their community only to promote which may anger them enough to ask Reddit to ban you.


5. promote when there is a good number of members online in the community. it will give you more chance to be noticed. the best time is in the morning or at night after work.


6. posting via mobile/app give you more access to different types of post than if you were to use your computer. a lot don't accept images posted by computer. I mean why?




7. don't spam the community with your work. post a few here and there then wait a few days or a week. let people digest your work a little. Me, I post once to twice a week for not even 5 minutes. that gives you plenty of time to work on your comic ;3c

8. follow the rule of the community you are in. that is very important if you don't want to get quick out or worst ban from reddit.


9. if you aren't sure about a community, contact the mods. this way you are protecting yourself from a potential ban from that community. it also will show you in a good light to the mods by asking first. 


10. don't give up keep trying.

For more info about the self-promoting etiquette on Reddit, you can refer to those two posts.
self-promo OC-promo 

and now, time to share what I and other creator gathered for you all so far so you don't have too! I won't share all of what I have because I won't have a hand at the end of this. you can see more of those on my server with added one when discovered



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