Building a Cartoon Entertainment Website for Fun and Profit

The following article is a step-by-step beginner’s guide for cartoonists who would like to launch their own cartoon entertainment websites, but need guidance in finding someone to build the actual site, and get it on the internet — and subsequently help them with the promotion of the site and marketing of the cartoons.

Part One — A Brief Overview
Cartoons on the Internet
Selling Your Cartoon

Part Two — Building a Cartoon Entertainment Website
Website Builders
Finding a Reliable Web Designer
SEO and Other Web Marketing

Part Three — Promoting the Website
Cross-Promotion
Comic Book Conventions, Magazines, and more
Animation Book: Leveraging an Asset
Social Media Marketing

Part Four — Transforming Success Into Dollars
Merchandising Your Characters
Selling Art Online
YouTube Animation
DVD Sales and Other Income Streams
Hollywood Dreams: Don’t Trust Them

Part Five — Ongoing Changes in the Internet
Web Comics and the Future