Comments on: Viral Marketing

By: Fleen: Written by bitter, haggard wordbeasts » And They Call it Syndication

Fleen: Written by bitter, haggard wordbeasts » And They Call it Syndication — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 05:50:16 +0000

[...] This little feat is done with RSS feeds, and can only be created by a paid or permanent Livejournal account holder. (Creators do have control, but they have to take an active role in stopping the feed.) If the feed isn’t in the top 1000 on LJ, or isn’t advertised in the community, it’s nearly impossible to find. But each official or unofficial feed has people commenting. (Notice the icons in those comments. Bunny icon, Megatokyo icon, Calvin and Hobbes icon!)So, while comics may have forums, there’s discussion elsewhere, which is something that should be realized, if not looked at, or — if you’re just that cool and above your celebrity — interacted with. [...]

By: Wingie

Wingie — Thu, 18 May 2006 16:17:10 +0000

Of course, there are the silly artists who threaten lawsuits when people use their art for LJ icons…

By: Matt Buchwald

Matt Buchwald — Wed, 17 May 2006 12:08:12 +0000

Oh! I hadn’t thought about that.

Now to conquer the world with .gifs! (Okay, .pngs)

By: The Kea

The Kea — Wed, 17 May 2006 08:35:41 +0000

Brilliant idea. Goes well with the LJ feeds that many webcomics end up with.

Would you recommend making some and letting readers know or just telling readers to feel free to make them?

By: Ben Lehman

Ben Lehman — Wed, 17 May 2006 06:49:57 +0000

I think that the viral marketing aspect of icons (for livejournal, chats, forums, etc) is a vitally important aspect of internettery which is often overlooked.

Which means I’m planning to support the hell out of it when my words-and-pictures project starts in the next few months.

yrs–
–Ben