Hello All,
There have been many stories about how people have converted their passion into business. I am one such passionate person who has not yet given his passion any business aspect to it, but would like to. I am the founder of Drawmics.com which is was born out of my passion for sketching without an aim to create something worthwhile. It is just like sketching one's mood. While I wanted to do this, I thought there must be similar people like me who would want to create such casual work of art. So I created a social media platform: Drawmics just like twitter where people would sketch, upload images, art works, comics, etc on Drawmics and share it with other people. I am seeing some traction on Drawmics and people registering into it, but until now there has not been significant increase in the traffic.
I would appreciate if you can provide your valuable
ideas about how to build a business out of it and monetize
my passion.
I have a few questions:
1. How to market it. I have used Stumbleupon, facebook, twitter and tumblr ads, but still don't see the traffic I would like to.
2. How should I target my website against people who are participants rather than just passive observers.
3. What improvements on the site that you would like to see?
4. I have contacted a few webcomic artists as well for uploading their works. Some have accepted and some have turned down the offer. Since I am just a guy with a regular job, I cannot pay them.
5. I have used GWT and Php for all the coding, GIMP for graphics and Flash for the sketchpad. Now I am thinking of using SVG and HTML5 canvas for the sketchpad. Would you advise me using any other tools for improving the visibility?
Thanks for your time.
Vikrant Ramteke
Then, start over with your user interface, maybe with help from another person. It loads quickly and smoothly, so I can see you have put in some work.
But visually...I'm sorry, it's ugly. The colors and fonts seem to have been selected at random and there are too many things competing for my attention. The first thing I notice is that few or none of the users are paying any attention to your 'theme of the day,' so maybe the theme is pointless; you can get rid of multiple UI elements immediately. The center window changes size depending on the task (browse/search/draw) - very disorienting. And adding your website to the corner of the picture you uploaded...well I see why you do it but it's just annoying, and it often covers part of a caption. Make a logo, make it small, put it in the top left corner.
There is potential, but please work on simplicity and consistency first. Right now, it's like a meal with 7 courses jammed onto one plate.