Promoting stories

[Beneaththesurface]

I am new to this site and to writing. I recently wrote my first story and published it here a couple weeks ago. With so many new stories being posted the stories seem to get buried deeper and deeper into the site. What ways are you using to keep your story more visible?

A Girl Named Desire

https://www.literotica.com/s/a-girl-named-desire

http://forum.literotica.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2106694&d=1603164091

 

[NotWise]

I am new to this site and to writing. I recently wrote my first story and published it here a couple weeks ago. With so many new stories being posted the stories seem to get buried deeper and deeper into the site. What ways are you using to keep your story more visible?

There isn't a lot you can do. With 900 or so stories published every week, new stories get lost very quickly.

The best thing you can do to keep your story visible is to post another story. People who read and enjoy the new story are likely to find and enjoy your older stories, too.

The second best thing you can do is enter stories in the seasonal contests. The contest pages stay linked until the next contest starts -- usually around a month.

Some people use social media. I don't know how much that helps.

You can also use your signature line and/or your avatar (when you qualify) to promote stories, but you're only promoting them on the forum.

The site promotes stories in several ways, mostly using sidebars on the story page. I don't think the writer has a way to influence whether their story is promoted on the sidebars. The site probably selects those stories with an automated process.

I noticed that your story was in Erotic Coupling. There are categories where your story will get more attention. A lot of stories are published in Erotic Coupling, so they normally stay visible on the story hub for two days -- sometimes less -- and there aren't a lot of readers.

 

[yibala2]

I am new to this site and to writing. I recently wrote my first story and published it here a couple weeks ago. With so many new stories being posted the stories seem to get buried deeper and deeper into the site. What ways are you using to keep your story more visible?

A Girl Named Desire

https://www.literotica.com/s/a-girl-named-desire

http://forum.literotica.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2106694&d=1603164091

I'd suggest that the best way to keep that story visible is to write another story.



-Yib

 

[ElectricBlue]

Drop a post here:

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=181349&page=146

If you want feedback, start a new thread in this forum.

Put a link to your story page in your forum signature block.

Write more stories.

 

[KeithD]

The best thing you can do to keep your story visible is to post another story.

This. And then another and another, all of them being high-quality stories. Keep your name out there and your stories interesting and readable and you will develop a fan base.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I don't know why more authors don't use Twitter. I tweeted a link to a three year old story, the official Lit Twitter account retweeted it, and over a few days, the story got hundreds of new views.