There are, however, a couple brands of 'promotion' that I haven't gotten into yet, and might not, ever. The first is the cafepress store that many comics have (and which I'm not begrudging them), because I don't think my art is worthy enough to grace a T-shirt or other merchandise. Using fanart is not really an option. I wish it were, because I have beautiful fanart, but I don't think my artists would appreciate me profiting off their work. The second is having a contest of some sort--like art or writing, usually. Not as many comics do this, but a fair amount do. I've always pondered one, but then discarded it because I would want a decent prize. Something meaningful, like money =p Or some material object. Having no money and no decent material objects to give away, I do not have contests.