I have a list of forums that I can 'name drop' a new webcomic project I am working on, however does anyone have suggestions on what other cold-advertising methods I could use to advertise the site once it launches? Right now I have related topic forums and my personal network of sites that will mention the new comic once its up and running. (Without email-spamming people of course).
Email a few other web comic owners, ask for a mention or a link or something. You will notice alot of web comic owners will help out there own kind. If your comic is unique and funny!
Thanks richbate its not a bad idea, I have talked to other comic owners (in the past) and will generally drop a line after a few months of operation. They want to make sure that the new webcomic is not here today, gone tomorrow kind of thing. I know of a few examples where big comic where burned when they said "Hey this guy has a good comic" only for the new comic to close up shop after 2 months (even though they got good traffic).
Develop a (sexual/funny/controversial) short webcomic about Obama + Palin and promote it in Digg etc. That way you can attract alot of people to the "real" webcomic! Good luck buddy
Hypercube, I think you`re going to love what i have to tell you: go to www.projectwonderful.com They are a advertising network similar to adbrite or such but they`re much easier to use because they charge on an auction basis, cost-per-day, paid to the minute. There is at least a hundred webcomic sites on where you can advertise, including giants with over 1,000,000 pageviews daily like questionablecontent.net Check it out and let me know if it helped Rep appreciated but not necessary. -Bla