Last week I mentioned that my family and I are taking a huge step with Tone Deaf Comics by going full time with it starting in January. I can not tell you how appreciative I am of the many many positive and inspirational emails/comments you have sent me. It really means a lot.
In many of the emails people asked what they could do to help. Or, they also mentioned that they could not buy anything right now, which is a-okay. Well, there are many ways to support Tone Deaf. Here are some ways that you can help:
1) Buy stuff at the Tone Deaf Store
If you like Tone Deaf and you want to see if keep going, this is a very good way to keep the operations chugging along. We have many great items in the store including posters for your classroom (or home!), hilarious shirts, and even the first Tone Deaf book which includes the first year and a half of comics.
I would like to say though, that if you can not purchase anything right now, don’t. I know how hard it is being tight with cash so don’t feel like you have to purchase anything. Also, if you have a ton of credit card debt then do not purchase anything! Take care of your priorities first and pay off that debt. Our stuff will still be here later.
2) Visit the website
Even though it doesn’t seem like visiting the site will do anything (since you are reading the comic for free), but it does a lot. The more visitors (and page views) that I have on my site the more I get paid for the ads on my site. And yes, I do agree that the ads are ugly and if I had a choice to not have them on there I would take them off. But, they do bring in a considerable amount of money for me right now so they are here to stay. Again, the more page views the better.
I know some of you use adblocking programs and that’s okay. I totally understand. But, if you visit my site a lot then perhaps show a little love by purchasing something from my store every now and then.
3) Share our comics with your friends
This is probably the best thing you can do to support Tone Deaf comics. So far I have not spent a dime on advertising my comic. All of the traffic has been generated due to word of mouth by you, the fans, which is totally awesome! And, it is so easy to share our comics. Just click on the comic image and drag it to your preferred social networking site. The ease of sharing is already built in!
Another way to share the comic is to post it on a website. If you do this just be sure to include a link back to my website and give credit where credit is due. I love it when people share my comics, but it is really important to have that link back to my site and to give us credit.
4) Donate
Actually, I don’t accept donations. I don’t have a problem if other webcomics accept them, but for me I would rather you get something physical in return for your generosity. If you feel like just giving me money just head over to my store and buy something.
Thanks for everything so far. Again, I can not tell you how appreciative I am for everything you, the fans, have done to support Tone Deaf so far. I really could not be doing this without you guys. Take care and have a great week!
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