Friday Archive Dive: Hitting the Jackpot with a Comic Strip

Today's Archive Dive comes from Aug. 17, 2009 when we discussed the unique reader-grabbing power of the simple comic strip.

Take a moment, if you will, to appreciate the beauty of the comic strip.

It's long enough to promote character development and reader involvement. And yet it's short enough to produce on a daily basis.

It seems to be the dominant webcomic format. And for good reason.

The daily comic strip is a nearly perfect construct to attract and keep readers for a very simple reason: It's addictive.

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Webcomics Weekly: Episode 67

Join Scott, Kris, Dave and I as we talk with Jim Demonakos, show organizer for Emerald City Comic Con. We preview the premiere comic convention of the U.S. northwest,get an exclusive announcement, and fall into more ratholes than you can shake a stick at. Episode 67.

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Google Analytics: Tracking Ad Performance

As part of this continuing series on using Google Analytics to its fullest, I'd like to talk about using its tracking abilities to chart the performance of the ads that you create for your comic. You can use this system to identify the ads that work the best and/or where they're working well.

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Travel Tips

With Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con this weekend, I thought it would be a good time for a little round-up of some of the great travel advice featured on Webcomics.com. Safe travels, everyone.

• Keeping Air fare / rental-car prices down.
• Airline baggage guidelines
• iPhone apps for travellers
• You can't rent a car with a debit card. No link. You just can't. Trust me.
• Getting your merchandise to the convention.

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Small, Manageable Tasks

With convention season in full swing, and taxes right around the corner, it's pretty easy to get overwhelmed. And it's easier still to start forgetting to do important things.

You probably have a To-Do list scribbled on a piece of paper or you've attempted to use a digital substitute such as Things.

But just looking at the list is enough to give you hives.

OK. Take a breath. Let's regroup.

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