good morning :'3 glad to hear you're feeling better!
hey, would you like me to go and ask for link exchanges? i'm pretty shy too but somehow it's different if i'm not asking for myself xDD weird how that works~
and the auction sounds like a good idea!
OH AND another couple things that might attract traffic are:
- "bumping contest/prize for most bumps" (don't worry i'm not just saying that because i've been bumping xDDD)
- "most help advertising" prize
- random tiny art freebies to people who hang around (again noooot because i've been around... see now i feel stupid for bringing this up ahahfdksla Dx)
i'm sure there's more... i just can't remember what i've seen in other contests xD;; the thing is, can you afford to give out these other prizes. i guess you could if you did an auction--i'm sure you could get a LOT for your art--at least, enough for tempting prizes for participants!