Amit Tiwari's Blog
November 24, 2017
Create Best selling book ideas
We all want to follow our passion, write our dream and dance creatively with our muse, but wouldn’t it be fantastic if, amidst all of this creation, we also managed to produce a bestselling book? That is, after all, the dream.Specifically we’d all like high ranking on Amazon and though I’ve addressed that and reviews in other pieces, I thought that a step back to the beginning might be a good place to focus on.Finding Bestselling Book IdeasI know this gal who fraternizes with a lot of SEO people; for those of you not familiar with the term, SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. These are the folks who spend their life trying to get on the first page of Google.One day several years back, she and I were talking about the topic of how to create ideas that sell. She told me that many of her SEO buddies would write books literally just based on keywords.It had nothing to do with their passion or what they really wanted to write about; instead, they focused on saleable terms, meaning phrases that were getting a huge bounce in Google.Now this may not be how you would ever consider writing a book, but there are merits to this methodology:Book focus: Where will you focus your book? Don’t get too caught up in a set plan. Leave some room for flexibility and consider what’s “hot” to write about right now. What is an immediate need? You may still stick with your original plan, but slant it a bit more towards seeing what’s hot in search or in the media. Keep in mind that the speed of book production often allows us to jump on a trend or hot topic so take advantage of that when you can.Book title: If you have identified your best keywords for this market(which we’ll focus on in next month’s article) then you can and should use them here. Keywords in a title can really help to boost your exposure not just on Amazon but on Google as well.Book subtitle: If you already have your title set in stone, consider using keywords in your subtitle to help boost your exposure in search.Book topic: Let’s say you know your market, but you aren’t sure what to write about. Sure, you could align this with “book focus,” but consider that you’re an expert in consumer finance and want to write a book on this topic. Knowing what consumers are searching on (as it relates to finance) could be a great way to address the immediate needs of your reader. This is where keywords come into play but the research I share further in this article will help with this, too.The other element here is to create a topic that’s narrower. Instead of focusing on one broad area, focus in more granularly. For example, I recently taught a class about this very topic and we brainstormed ideas on creating segmented topics within one broader umbrella.Consider the real estate gal who has a book on buying or selling your first home. I suggested that instead of trying to reach a big, broad and cluttered market, that she instead focus on isolated industries.The ideas we brainstormed were: Buying Your First Home for Singles, Buying Your First Home for Seniors, Buying Your First Home for Domestic Partners. You get the idea, right? Create a series of books that sits under a broader market. This will net you better sales.Consumers like specialized topics that help solve a specific problem. And the books don’t have to be long, but we’ll cover that in more depth later. Once you find this market or niche, you’ll want to publish regularly to it.Amazon and the associated algorithms tend to trigger quicker when an author has multiple titles so consider that as well.So, let’s assume that you’ve done some keyword research or are at least familiar with the keywords in your market. Let’s see how these searches relate to popular topics on Amazon.Step-by-step, here is what you’ll need to do:On the Amazon page, search in the Kindle store tab. I want you to isolate your searches there for now.Plug in your search term and see what comes up. You’ll generally get 5-10 suggestions. Click on one of them.
Look at the books that come up in search and click on the “customers also bought” section.
Your focus should be on books that have a low sales rank. Depending on the category, it could be as low as 20,000 or as high as 50,000.You want to make sure there’s a variety of books in this segment, preferably more than five and they should all have this range of sales volume. If it’s lower than 20,000 that’s great, but when you get into the super saturated or unpopular categories, neither of those will help you.Some Amazon experts say that a 20,000 rank indicates that the book is selling five copies a day, but I find this hard to prove either way. Just know that given Amazon’s volume, it’s definitely not languishing. Regardless, this research will really help to expose hot topics and market segments within your area of expertise that are selling well. Staying on the Short and NarrowWhile full-length books will never go away, there’s a surge towards shorter, niche books—books that “own” a narrow market segment. When I first published How to Sell Books by the Truckload on Amazon, I was surprised at how the sales outpaced my other books. While I know the title had a lot to do with this, it was also the fact that the book was shorter and focused on one particular area.If you decide to do this (write shorter books), I wouldn’t suggest just keeping the book short. While short is the new long, there’s still plenty of room for full-length books, too. So, in other words, if you can mix it up, that’s the best track for success.How short can short be? Ten thousand to seventeen thousand words is generally acceptable. Keep in mind that if you do short, you don’t have room for fluff. You’ll want to be as crystal clear as you can be on specific instructions, maybe even include step-by-step instructions or checklists, which readers love. Other Ways to Develop Book IdeasThere’s an element of research that goes into every book you create, and I’m not just talking about the topic research, but content, too. When you’re developing your book idea and trying to decide what to include and exclude from the book,consider spending a bit of time doing a comparison with other, similar books in your market. Take a look at their book pages on Amazon, read through their reviews.In particular, the negative reviews that give constructive feedback about what the reader thought was missing, or things they wished had been expanded upon, will be particularly helpful. Readers will tell you what they want, and they’ll often do it in a review.Readers will tell you what they want, and they’ll often do it in a review.
One Final Note on Shorter BooksOn Amazon there is the “look inside the book” feature. This covers just a short section of your book, so be cautious when you’re preparing your final content. If your book is too short, the “look inside” feature will reveal most of the book, or enough of it that readers may glean what they want and not buy it. You want to fill the book with sufficient content so that you don’t end up with this problem.If you’ve finished the book and it seems a bit too short, consider adding things like checklists, free resources or bonus chapters from other books you’ve written that relate to this topic.Keep in mind that this isn’t meant to pump up your book page count just for the sake of doing that, but if the book looks too much like a white paper or report instead of a book, you may end up with a lot of window-shoppers who don’t end up buying.How short is too short? Anything under 50 pages is too short. Generally I’d recommend that you sit somewhere over 55 pages, ideally 65 pages to be safe. And again, don’t stuff your book with useless content. Make sure that if you need to add pages, you are adding helpful, useful information.Doing some book research is not just a great idea to help develop some high-selling product, but a great idea overall. We invest so much of our time and effort into our books that the more we can make sure we’re on target, the less time we’ll spend languishing in obscurity.
Look at the books that come up in search and click on the “customers also bought” section.
Your focus should be on books that have a low sales rank. Depending on the category, it could be as low as 20,000 or as high as 50,000.You want to make sure there’s a variety of books in this segment, preferably more than five and they should all have this range of sales volume. If it’s lower than 20,000 that’s great, but when you get into the super saturated or unpopular categories, neither of those will help you.Some Amazon experts say that a 20,000 rank indicates that the book is selling five copies a day, but I find this hard to prove either way. Just know that given Amazon’s volume, it’s definitely not languishing. Regardless, this research will really help to expose hot topics and market segments within your area of expertise that are selling well. Staying on the Short and NarrowWhile full-length books will never go away, there’s a surge towards shorter, niche books—books that “own” a narrow market segment. When I first published How to Sell Books by the Truckload on Amazon, I was surprised at how the sales outpaced my other books. While I know the title had a lot to do with this, it was also the fact that the book was shorter and focused on one particular area.If you decide to do this (write shorter books), I wouldn’t suggest just keeping the book short. While short is the new long, there’s still plenty of room for full-length books, too. So, in other words, if you can mix it up, that’s the best track for success.How short can short be? Ten thousand to seventeen thousand words is generally acceptable. Keep in mind that if you do short, you don’t have room for fluff. You’ll want to be as crystal clear as you can be on specific instructions, maybe even include step-by-step instructions or checklists, which readers love. Other Ways to Develop Book IdeasThere’s an element of research that goes into every book you create, and I’m not just talking about the topic research, but content, too. When you’re developing your book idea and trying to decide what to include and exclude from the book,consider spending a bit of time doing a comparison with other, similar books in your market. Take a look at their book pages on Amazon, read through their reviews.In particular, the negative reviews that give constructive feedback about what the reader thought was missing, or things they wished had been expanded upon, will be particularly helpful. Readers will tell you what they want, and they’ll often do it in a review.Readers will tell you what they want, and they’ll often do it in a review.One Final Note on Shorter BooksOn Amazon there is the “look inside the book” feature. This covers just a short section of your book, so be cautious when you’re preparing your final content. If your book is too short, the “look inside” feature will reveal most of the book, or enough of it that readers may glean what they want and not buy it. You want to fill the book with sufficient content so that you don’t end up with this problem.If you’ve finished the book and it seems a bit too short, consider adding things like checklists, free resources or bonus chapters from other books you’ve written that relate to this topic.Keep in mind that this isn’t meant to pump up your book page count just for the sake of doing that, but if the book looks too much like a white paper or report instead of a book, you may end up with a lot of window-shoppers who don’t end up buying.How short is too short? Anything under 50 pages is too short. Generally I’d recommend that you sit somewhere over 55 pages, ideally 65 pages to be safe. And again, don’t stuff your book with useless content. Make sure that if you need to add pages, you are adding helpful, useful information.Doing some book research is not just a great idea to help develop some high-selling product, but a great idea overall. We invest so much of our time and effort into our books that the more we can make sure we’re on target, the less time we’ll spend languishing in obscurity.
November 11, 2017
Attarct reader with good book description
There are a lot of tools in the publishing tool belt, and each has its own unique purpose and strength. Few, though, have more sway over a would-be reader than the book description.You may call it a ‘blurb’ or ‘back cover copy’ or ‘all that text I have to paste into my book page.’ Whatever your name for it, you can’t afford to ignore it. After your cover, the product description of your book is the first experience the reader has with you as an author. So getting it right is the proverbial ‘big deal.’This post is aimed specifically at book descriptions for fiction, and we’ll post something for non-fiction authors later. Until then, read on—you’ll find that the general idea is going to be the same regardless, and some of the tips here can help you with a non-fiction description as well.Let’s take a look at a few tips for creating a book description that does all the work of selling your book for you.
TAKE THE READER ON A JOURNEYMost book descriptions have less to do with the story of the book, and more to do with the story of the reader. Tell the reader about the journey they're going to take, rather than trying to create a shorthand or synopsis of your book.The structure of this is going to be pretty simple.The Hook — You’ll want to capture the reader’s attention right away, so it’s good to start with something that piques their interest, and forces them to immediately ask questions they’ll want answers to. The hook needs to be intriguing and a bit open ended. More on this in just a bit.The Protagonist — This will be the person your reader will root for throughout the book, so you’ll want to set them up as likable and/or incredibly interesting right from the start.The Antagonist — This needs to be the character everyone loves to hate. Mostly you want to position them as a threat, and talk about how bad things will be if they get their way.The MacGuffin — This is the object of everyone’s lust, desire, obsession, passion, and overpowering need. It’s the One Ring. It’s the Ark of the Covenant. It’s what everyone in your story wants, and the one thing that will determine the fate of everyone in the book.The Consequences — You’ll tell the reader exactly what’s at stake if the Antagonist gets their way.Social Proof — Everyone likes to be part of the in-crowd. So you’ll spend a smidge of time relaying what other people think of your work in general, what awards you may have won, or readers and/or reviewers are already saying about this book in particular.The Call To Action (CTA) — And finally, you’ll tell the reader what to do (nicely). Think of the reader as sitting there, dumbfounded, having just read a book description that blows their mind. Your job is to nudge them, and remind them they can have even more thrills and spills if they buy the book!
SET UP THE HOOKJust like good fiction, these things start best with action. And bonus points if you can make that action intriguing. For example: "Dan Kotler just wanted a cup of coffee, but he never expected to find the key to a lost city served up with his latte."An intriguing hook is basically just a WTF moment—something that makes the reader’s pulse quicken a tiny bit, and makes them want to read more just to find out what’s really going on.Take this example: "Judith was fine with crocheting and needlepoint, but her real hobby was murder."Tell me you don’t want to know a heck of a lot more about Judith! I wrote that line purely as an example, and I still want to read that book.And that’s the idea. Your opening line needs to be a nice, sharp hook that catches the reader so you can reel them in. Nothing does that better than defying expectations.In the examples above, we defy reader expectations by introducing something common and unimposing, and then turning it on its ear. Dan Kotler gets a lost city along with his latte. Judith goes from a kindly crocheting matron to a knife-wielding serial killer. No one saw that coming.THE HERO WE DESERVEIntroduce the protagonist by the problem they're dealing with. In life, we shouldn’t judge someone’s character by the problems they face, but here it’s an essential shortcut to getting the reader to empathize and relate to your protagonist. So use that shortcut to further the story and keep down a lot of unnecessary exposition.For example:When a beautiful neighbor turns to him for help in solving an ancient riddle, Dan Kotler does what he always does—he finds himself in more trouble than he was expecting. Now, with a sadistic treasure hunter and mercenaries on his heels, Kotler is chasing leads in a mystery older than recorded history.We don’t need to know any more about Dan Kotler than that. In one paragraph we learn that he’s someone people would turn to for help in finding something ancient and lost, that he has a penchant for beautiful women, and that he’s not so popular with bad guys who employ mercenaries. We also learn a little about both the Antagonist and the MacGuffin, but we’ll get to those in a second.I’M NOT BAD, I’M JUST WRITTEN THAT WAY”In a sort of mirror image of the protagonist, introduce your antagonist by their objectives and schemes. We don’t need to know that your bad girl or guy went to Oxford but flunked out because they tried to start an on campus prostitution ring, unless that happens to be the plot of the book. What we do need is information about what drives the antagonist, so that we know who and what to root for. We need to know what the antagonist wants, and why it would be really bad for him to get it.
YOU’RE THAT GUY FROM THAT THING”People are funny creatures: We’re always looking for shortcuts. And this holds true when it comes to making decisions (any decision), including “Should I buy this book?”One way we shortcut this is to look around and see if anyone else is doing what we’re thinking of doing. This is the biggest reason why Amazon reviews are such a big deal for authors. Readers want to know that someone else approves this book, thinks it’s worth reading, and recommends it.The trouble is, most books don’t start with reviews (they can … but we’ll get to that in another post). So how do we assure our would-be reader that they’ll be getting a fine bit of entertainment for their money?Provide some social proof.I like to include quotes. It works best if you have a kind comment from someone of note, that others might recognize. But it can be just as good to use a reader quote.“Kevin Tumlinson does thrillers right—lots of action, lots of intrigue, and lots of hours of sleep lost while scrambling to see what happens next.”—James RollinsYou can put this little blurb (that’s what this is, by the way … the real definition of a ‘book blurb’) just about anywhere in the description, but you should tag it as a header or otherwise call it out with special formatting.I like to use the H2 tag, because it makes the text big and bold, and noticeable. And I particularly like putting this blurb at the very top of the book description—because it can serve as a hook (see above) for getting the reader to keep reading. You can also use these quotes to break up an otherwise lengthy description that's just one big block of gray text. Put them in after key parts of your description—such as between the Protagonist and Antagonist sections—to create visual interest on the page, and to keep the reader from reacting with TLDR (too long, didn’t read).For an idea of what I mean, take a look at this post. The sub-heads help break up the big blocks of text, so that you can read the whole thing in ‘chunks.’ You’re welcome, amazing author-reader.The point here: Layout plays a bigger role in this kind of copywriting than people think, so the more attractive and easy to read that you can make these things, the better. Break up large blocks of copy with headers, quotes, italicized excerpts, or bolded key talking points (for non-fiction, mostly). It helps keep the reader moving all the way to the end, where you'll make your pitch.
CALLING ALL BRAVE AND VALIANT SOULSWhen ancient rulers needed to raise armies from among their subjects, they would issue a call to arms. Sometimes this took the form of proclamations read and posted in towns and hamlets within the kingdom, to which loyal countrymen would respond and heed the call. Sometimes they involved armed men raiding the above-mentioned towns and hamlets, clubbing prospects in the head, and enlisting them by force.We’re going to lean more toward the former.Your book description needs to include a call to action (CTA). This is a brief statement that literally tells the reader what to do next. Observe:Scroll up to buy this book and start reading today!Easy. Simple. Pointed. Instructional. The CTA doesn’t have to be elaborate or fancy in any way. In fact, it should typically be the simplest writing on the entire page. Your goal is to be literal here, and tell the reader exactly what your expectations are, and how to meet them. People forget this all the time, but you have to remember that you're writing marketing material, not a short story. And you always have to ask for what you want.
TAKE THE READER ON A JOURNEYMost book descriptions have less to do with the story of the book, and more to do with the story of the reader. Tell the reader about the journey they're going to take, rather than trying to create a shorthand or synopsis of your book.The structure of this is going to be pretty simple.The Hook — You’ll want to capture the reader’s attention right away, so it’s good to start with something that piques their interest, and forces them to immediately ask questions they’ll want answers to. The hook needs to be intriguing and a bit open ended. More on this in just a bit.The Protagonist — This will be the person your reader will root for throughout the book, so you’ll want to set them up as likable and/or incredibly interesting right from the start.The Antagonist — This needs to be the character everyone loves to hate. Mostly you want to position them as a threat, and talk about how bad things will be if they get their way.The MacGuffin — This is the object of everyone’s lust, desire, obsession, passion, and overpowering need. It’s the One Ring. It’s the Ark of the Covenant. It’s what everyone in your story wants, and the one thing that will determine the fate of everyone in the book.The Consequences — You’ll tell the reader exactly what’s at stake if the Antagonist gets their way.Social Proof — Everyone likes to be part of the in-crowd. So you’ll spend a smidge of time relaying what other people think of your work in general, what awards you may have won, or readers and/or reviewers are already saying about this book in particular.The Call To Action (CTA) — And finally, you’ll tell the reader what to do (nicely). Think of the reader as sitting there, dumbfounded, having just read a book description that blows their mind. Your job is to nudge them, and remind them they can have even more thrills and spills if they buy the book!
SET UP THE HOOKJust like good fiction, these things start best with action. And bonus points if you can make that action intriguing. For example: "Dan Kotler just wanted a cup of coffee, but he never expected to find the key to a lost city served up with his latte."An intriguing hook is basically just a WTF moment—something that makes the reader’s pulse quicken a tiny bit, and makes them want to read more just to find out what’s really going on.Take this example: "Judith was fine with crocheting and needlepoint, but her real hobby was murder."Tell me you don’t want to know a heck of a lot more about Judith! I wrote that line purely as an example, and I still want to read that book.And that’s the idea. Your opening line needs to be a nice, sharp hook that catches the reader so you can reel them in. Nothing does that better than defying expectations.In the examples above, we defy reader expectations by introducing something common and unimposing, and then turning it on its ear. Dan Kotler gets a lost city along with his latte. Judith goes from a kindly crocheting matron to a knife-wielding serial killer. No one saw that coming.THE HERO WE DESERVEIntroduce the protagonist by the problem they're dealing with. In life, we shouldn’t judge someone’s character by the problems they face, but here it’s an essential shortcut to getting the reader to empathize and relate to your protagonist. So use that shortcut to further the story and keep down a lot of unnecessary exposition.For example:When a beautiful neighbor turns to him for help in solving an ancient riddle, Dan Kotler does what he always does—he finds himself in more trouble than he was expecting. Now, with a sadistic treasure hunter and mercenaries on his heels, Kotler is chasing leads in a mystery older than recorded history.We don’t need to know any more about Dan Kotler than that. In one paragraph we learn that he’s someone people would turn to for help in finding something ancient and lost, that he has a penchant for beautiful women, and that he’s not so popular with bad guys who employ mercenaries. We also learn a little about both the Antagonist and the MacGuffin, but we’ll get to those in a second.I’M NOT BAD, I’M JUST WRITTEN THAT WAY”In a sort of mirror image of the protagonist, introduce your antagonist by their objectives and schemes. We don’t need to know that your bad girl or guy went to Oxford but flunked out because they tried to start an on campus prostitution ring, unless that happens to be the plot of the book. What we do need is information about what drives the antagonist, so that we know who and what to root for. We need to know what the antagonist wants, and why it would be really bad for him to get it.
YOU’RE THAT GUY FROM THAT THING”People are funny creatures: We’re always looking for shortcuts. And this holds true when it comes to making decisions (any decision), including “Should I buy this book?”One way we shortcut this is to look around and see if anyone else is doing what we’re thinking of doing. This is the biggest reason why Amazon reviews are such a big deal for authors. Readers want to know that someone else approves this book, thinks it’s worth reading, and recommends it.The trouble is, most books don’t start with reviews (they can … but we’ll get to that in another post). So how do we assure our would-be reader that they’ll be getting a fine bit of entertainment for their money?Provide some social proof.I like to include quotes. It works best if you have a kind comment from someone of note, that others might recognize. But it can be just as good to use a reader quote.“Kevin Tumlinson does thrillers right—lots of action, lots of intrigue, and lots of hours of sleep lost while scrambling to see what happens next.”—James RollinsYou can put this little blurb (that’s what this is, by the way … the real definition of a ‘book blurb’) just about anywhere in the description, but you should tag it as a header or otherwise call it out with special formatting.I like to use the H2 tag, because it makes the text big and bold, and noticeable. And I particularly like putting this blurb at the very top of the book description—because it can serve as a hook (see above) for getting the reader to keep reading. You can also use these quotes to break up an otherwise lengthy description that's just one big block of gray text. Put them in after key parts of your description—such as between the Protagonist and Antagonist sections—to create visual interest on the page, and to keep the reader from reacting with TLDR (too long, didn’t read).For an idea of what I mean, take a look at this post. The sub-heads help break up the big blocks of text, so that you can read the whole thing in ‘chunks.’ You’re welcome, amazing author-reader.The point here: Layout plays a bigger role in this kind of copywriting than people think, so the more attractive and easy to read that you can make these things, the better. Break up large blocks of copy with headers, quotes, italicized excerpts, or bolded key talking points (for non-fiction, mostly). It helps keep the reader moving all the way to the end, where you'll make your pitch.
CALLING ALL BRAVE AND VALIANT SOULSWhen ancient rulers needed to raise armies from among their subjects, they would issue a call to arms. Sometimes this took the form of proclamations read and posted in towns and hamlets within the kingdom, to which loyal countrymen would respond and heed the call. Sometimes they involved armed men raiding the above-mentioned towns and hamlets, clubbing prospects in the head, and enlisting them by force.We’re going to lean more toward the former.Your book description needs to include a call to action (CTA). This is a brief statement that literally tells the reader what to do next. Observe:Scroll up to buy this book and start reading today!Easy. Simple. Pointed. Instructional. The CTA doesn’t have to be elaborate or fancy in any way. In fact, it should typically be the simplest writing on the entire page. Your goal is to be literal here, and tell the reader exactly what your expectations are, and how to meet them. People forget this all the time, but you have to remember that you're writing marketing material, not a short story. And you always have to ask for what you want.
November 8, 2017
Book promotion on KDP
New & Noteworthy Kindle Book
This feature promotes books that are featured in the Hot New Releases section of their categories and are among the bestselling books of all Hot New Releases on Amazon. This section also includes books up to 90 days after their release date.If your book performs very well in the Hot New Releases section on Amazon during its first 30 days (at least #1 or #2 in your category), you have a good chance of making it into the New & Noteworthy books section on Amazon.Being featured in this section can literally drive thousands of new sales for your book, and these spots are highly coveted in the industry.In our experience, you need to sell at least two or three thousand Kindle copies during your first 30 days to have a chance of your book getting featured in the New & Noteworthy section.Recommended for You
It’s here that Amazon makes recommendations based on items you already own. All your past purchases of books, eBooks, and other products on Amazon play a role in helping Amazon’s algorithm figure out what you might like to buy next.This is another perfect example of how selling more books on Amazon creates more sales momentum and traffic for your book over the long-term. The more copies you sell on Amazon, the more Amazon will start showcasing your book on the “recommended for you” section for other Amazon customers who have bought books similar to yours.So many authors get stuck in the “dead zone” where they never effectively launch their book and don’t sell more than 100 copies. They never get enough momentum for Amazon’s algorithms to pick up their book and start promoting it to other readers on Amazon.If you’ve ever heard of other authors talking about earning passive income or “autopilot income” from their book sales on Amazon, this is why. Once you sell enough books and get enough good reviews for your book, Amazon will continue to promote your book to other Amazon customers, creating a steady stream of sales and traffic for many years.Bestseller Lists and Categories
Amazon has over 19,669 bestseller lists and categories just for eBooks in the United States, and they’re adding hundreds of new ones each month. With so many bestseller lists to choose from, it can be overwhelming for authors and publishers to find let alone select the right categories in which to list their titles on Amazon.To make matters even more complicated, Amazon’s categories featured on their website are determined by BISAC Subject Codes, an industry standard system for categorizing books.However, when you upload your book inside your Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) dashboard in order to publish it on Amazon Kindle, you must select your book’s bestseller categories using Amazon’s internal category labels which often conflict with the BISAC categories. The results of this can range from a little confusion to finding that your book is listed in a category on the website completely different from what you thought you had selected.Amazon only allows you to select two individual bestseller lists when you publish your book on Kindle using KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing), but your book can be featured in up to 20 categories or more on Amazon. These extra categories come from a few special promotional categories Amazon has, as well as the fact that some categories are nested under various “parent” categories.For example, if you list your book in the Regency Romance category on Amazon, here’s how it will appear on your book nstead of wasting time fussing around with Amazon’s complex and frustrating category listings.We now offer access to our custom database of all 19,669 Amazon bestseller lists organized by sales rankings and more with constant weekly updates for Bestseller Ranking Pro members. Access to this data also comes with a full suite of training videos and tutorials to teach authors the basics of how sales rankings work at Amazon and in-depth tutorials that show you how to improve your book rankings and sales at BestsellerRankingPro.comCustomers Who Bought This Also Bought…Every time a reader finishes a Kindle book on any Kindle device or app, Amazon asks them to review the book and also features small ads for books that are commonly bought along with the book you just finished reading.This is another reason why writing a great book can be your best source of marketing. Most book sales are a direct result of word of mouth marketing. The better your book is and the more readers enjoy it, the more likely they are to share it with others and create extra word of mouth sales for you.In this case, Amazon is helping to amplify your word of mouth sales directly by asking readers to review your book publicly on the Amazon website, and by showing your readers who finish your book what other books they might like to buy.Note: If you’re the author of multiple books in a similar market, the books Amazon features on this page will most likely be your books! That’s why writing and publishing multiple books can be one of your smartest marketing strategies for long-term success.If readers don’t finish reading your book, they won’t see this review page on Amazon. The better your book is, the more clearly it is written and the better it flows, the more likely readers are to finish it.This just goes to show once again that the best thing you can do to sell more books is simply to write a great book. Amazon’s Discounted Book DealsAmazon is constantly testing and tweaking discounted book deals on their site. I don’t know exactly how Amazon selects books to discount, but in my experience they run their book deals without consent from the publisher (we’ve often found some of our TCK Publishing titles featured in an Amazon book deal without any advanced warning from Amazon).They simply drop the price of the book (usually a print edition) by up to 50% or more off the list price and make it clear on the book’s page that the book is currently on sale. We’ve noticed some pretty dramatic sales increases when Amazon runs a discounted book deal (usually at least two to three times the normal sales levels).The Kindle Unlimited Program
Amazon is constantly promoting and featuring books that are available for their exclusive Kindle Unlimited program.Kindle Unlimited is a membership model for Kindle readers similar to Netflix which is a membership model for watching movies and TV shows.Kindle Unlimited members pay a monthly fee of $9.99 in order to get (nearly) unlimited access to over 1 million titles on Amazon and thousands of audiobooks to boot. There are some restrictions (for example, you can’t store more than 10 free titles from Kindle Unlimited on your Kindle device at one time, and if you cancel your subscription, all books downloaded through Kindle Unlimited will be automatically deleted from your device
This feature promotes books that are featured in the Hot New Releases section of their categories and are among the bestselling books of all Hot New Releases on Amazon. This section also includes books up to 90 days after their release date.If your book performs very well in the Hot New Releases section on Amazon during its first 30 days (at least #1 or #2 in your category), you have a good chance of making it into the New & Noteworthy books section on Amazon.Being featured in this section can literally drive thousands of new sales for your book, and these spots are highly coveted in the industry.In our experience, you need to sell at least two or three thousand Kindle copies during your first 30 days to have a chance of your book getting featured in the New & Noteworthy section.Recommended for You
It’s here that Amazon makes recommendations based on items you already own. All your past purchases of books, eBooks, and other products on Amazon play a role in helping Amazon’s algorithm figure out what you might like to buy next.This is another perfect example of how selling more books on Amazon creates more sales momentum and traffic for your book over the long-term. The more copies you sell on Amazon, the more Amazon will start showcasing your book on the “recommended for you” section for other Amazon customers who have bought books similar to yours.So many authors get stuck in the “dead zone” where they never effectively launch their book and don’t sell more than 100 copies. They never get enough momentum for Amazon’s algorithms to pick up their book and start promoting it to other readers on Amazon.If you’ve ever heard of other authors talking about earning passive income or “autopilot income” from their book sales on Amazon, this is why. Once you sell enough books and get enough good reviews for your book, Amazon will continue to promote your book to other Amazon customers, creating a steady stream of sales and traffic for many years.Bestseller Lists and Categories
Amazon has over 19,669 bestseller lists and categories just for eBooks in the United States, and they’re adding hundreds of new ones each month. With so many bestseller lists to choose from, it can be overwhelming for authors and publishers to find let alone select the right categories in which to list their titles on Amazon.To make matters even more complicated, Amazon’s categories featured on their website are determined by BISAC Subject Codes, an industry standard system for categorizing books.However, when you upload your book inside your Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) dashboard in order to publish it on Amazon Kindle, you must select your book’s bestseller categories using Amazon’s internal category labels which often conflict with the BISAC categories. The results of this can range from a little confusion to finding that your book is listed in a category on the website completely different from what you thought you had selected.Amazon only allows you to select two individual bestseller lists when you publish your book on Kindle using KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing), but your book can be featured in up to 20 categories or more on Amazon. These extra categories come from a few special promotional categories Amazon has, as well as the fact that some categories are nested under various “parent” categories.For example, if you list your book in the Regency Romance category on Amazon, here’s how it will appear on your book nstead of wasting time fussing around with Amazon’s complex and frustrating category listings.We now offer access to our custom database of all 19,669 Amazon bestseller lists organized by sales rankings and more with constant weekly updates for Bestseller Ranking Pro members. Access to this data also comes with a full suite of training videos and tutorials to teach authors the basics of how sales rankings work at Amazon and in-depth tutorials that show you how to improve your book rankings and sales at BestsellerRankingPro.comCustomers Who Bought This Also Bought…Every time a reader finishes a Kindle book on any Kindle device or app, Amazon asks them to review the book and also features small ads for books that are commonly bought along with the book you just finished reading.This is another reason why writing a great book can be your best source of marketing. Most book sales are a direct result of word of mouth marketing. The better your book is and the more readers enjoy it, the more likely they are to share it with others and create extra word of mouth sales for you.In this case, Amazon is helping to amplify your word of mouth sales directly by asking readers to review your book publicly on the Amazon website, and by showing your readers who finish your book what other books they might like to buy.Note: If you’re the author of multiple books in a similar market, the books Amazon features on this page will most likely be your books! That’s why writing and publishing multiple books can be one of your smartest marketing strategies for long-term success.If readers don’t finish reading your book, they won’t see this review page on Amazon. The better your book is, the more clearly it is written and the better it flows, the more likely readers are to finish it.This just goes to show once again that the best thing you can do to sell more books is simply to write a great book. Amazon’s Discounted Book DealsAmazon is constantly testing and tweaking discounted book deals on their site. I don’t know exactly how Amazon selects books to discount, but in my experience they run their book deals without consent from the publisher (we’ve often found some of our TCK Publishing titles featured in an Amazon book deal without any advanced warning from Amazon).They simply drop the price of the book (usually a print edition) by up to 50% or more off the list price and make it clear on the book’s page that the book is currently on sale. We’ve noticed some pretty dramatic sales increases when Amazon runs a discounted book deal (usually at least two to three times the normal sales levels).The Kindle Unlimited Program
Amazon is constantly promoting and featuring books that are available for their exclusive Kindle Unlimited program.Kindle Unlimited is a membership model for Kindle readers similar to Netflix which is a membership model for watching movies and TV shows.Kindle Unlimited members pay a monthly fee of $9.99 in order to get (nearly) unlimited access to over 1 million titles on Amazon and thousands of audiobooks to boot. There are some restrictions (for example, you can’t store more than 10 free titles from Kindle Unlimited on your Kindle device at one time, and if you cancel your subscription, all books downloaded through Kindle Unlimited will be automatically deleted from your device
November 6, 2017
Book promotion on Amazon KDP
Amazon has become the largest book retailer in the world and has captured the majority of market share in the industry when it comes to online sales. So how does Amazon sell billions of books every year, and how do they continue to dominate all their competitors?A few things stands out:Amazon’s commitment to great customer service,Rock bottom prices, andProprietary innovations like one-click purchasing.But one thing Amazon does far better than any other retailer in the world is use their customer data and algorithms to help their customers find great products and books based on their behavior.Every time you click a link on Amazon, buy a book, leave a review, or give a gift, Amazon updates its massive database of customer information and uses that information to help customers like me and you find great products that we might not have heard about or purchased otherwise.In this post, I’m going to give you an in-depth overview of some of the ways Amazon helps readers find books they’ll love on Amazon (and how savvy authors and publishers can use this information to connect better with their readers and ultimately sell more books).1. Books “Related to items you’ve viewed”
This feature on Amazon highlights related books that are most often clicked on and viewed by readers who also clicked on an item you viewed recently on the site.A KDP customer support person also confirmed that the more often readers click on your book’s page on Amazon website, the more Amazon will recommend and promote your book.The interesting thing is that very few publishers and authors know about this feature.You can risk getting your Kindle Direct Publishing account banned for life by buying fake reviews and gaming the Amazon system in a myriad of ways, but I have never seen or heard of a service that simply clicks on titles on Amazon in order to take advantage of this feature.I was skeptical about including this information in this post, because I have a feeling that pretty soon there will be services exactly like that popping up from people trying to make a fast buck without regard to ethics or Amazon’s TOS (Terms of Service).There are ways, however, to legitimately use this feature to sell more books over the long-term. For example, you can buy traffic to your book’s page on Amazon.You can do so using Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) Ads which create ad listings on Amazon’s website to promote your book (AMS Ads are available for most KDP accounts when you click “Promote and Advertise” next to your book in your KDP account and then click “Run an Ad Campaign”).This guarantees that whoever clicks your ad is a potential Amazon customer and that Amazon will track these clicks in order to make your book more likely to appear in readers’ “Customers who viewed this also viewed” sections.You can also buy ads to your book’s page from 3rd party advertising services like Facebook Ads or Google AdWords in order to get more traffic to your book page, more sales, and increase your rankings.2. Hot New Releases
For a book to be featured in Hot New Releases, it has to be published within the last 30 days, or the release date can be upcoming. Amazon only features the top 3 bestselling books by sales rank for each category in the main Hot New Releases box. You can click the “See Top 100” button on the Hot New Releases section to see other Hot New Releases or to check your books current ranking during a launch.Amazon’s Hot New Releases rankings are a great way for Amazon to help promote new books to readers and amplify an author/publisher’s promotional efforts for a new book. The more copies you sell during the first 30 days of your book’s launch, the more heavily Amazon will help promote your book and send more new readers to check out your book.This is one of the reasons why creating a great book launch can be crucial to your success when you publish a new book. The more you promote your book during your launch, the more Amazon will pick up the ball and help promote you book even more through Hot New Releases and other promotional programs.
This feature on Amazon highlights related books that are most often clicked on and viewed by readers who also clicked on an item you viewed recently on the site.A KDP customer support person also confirmed that the more often readers click on your book’s page on Amazon website, the more Amazon will recommend and promote your book.The interesting thing is that very few publishers and authors know about this feature.You can risk getting your Kindle Direct Publishing account banned for life by buying fake reviews and gaming the Amazon system in a myriad of ways, but I have never seen or heard of a service that simply clicks on titles on Amazon in order to take advantage of this feature.I was skeptical about including this information in this post, because I have a feeling that pretty soon there will be services exactly like that popping up from people trying to make a fast buck without regard to ethics or Amazon’s TOS (Terms of Service).There are ways, however, to legitimately use this feature to sell more books over the long-term. For example, you can buy traffic to your book’s page on Amazon.You can do so using Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) Ads which create ad listings on Amazon’s website to promote your book (AMS Ads are available for most KDP accounts when you click “Promote and Advertise” next to your book in your KDP account and then click “Run an Ad Campaign”).This guarantees that whoever clicks your ad is a potential Amazon customer and that Amazon will track these clicks in order to make your book more likely to appear in readers’ “Customers who viewed this also viewed” sections.You can also buy ads to your book’s page from 3rd party advertising services like Facebook Ads or Google AdWords in order to get more traffic to your book page, more sales, and increase your rankings.2. Hot New Releases
For a book to be featured in Hot New Releases, it has to be published within the last 30 days, or the release date can be upcoming. Amazon only features the top 3 bestselling books by sales rank for each category in the main Hot New Releases box. You can click the “See Top 100” button on the Hot New Releases section to see other Hot New Releases or to check your books current ranking during a launch.Amazon’s Hot New Releases rankings are a great way for Amazon to help promote new books to readers and amplify an author/publisher’s promotional efforts for a new book. The more copies you sell during the first 30 days of your book’s launch, the more heavily Amazon will help promote your book and send more new readers to check out your book.This is one of the reasons why creating a great book launch can be crucial to your success when you publish a new book. The more you promote your book during your launch, the more Amazon will pick up the ball and help promote you book even more through Hot New Releases and other promotional programs.
November 5, 2017
Book promotion ideas
Instead of trying to sell your book to faceless thousands, find one person who needs and wants your book. Offer your book to that person
Create a post about your book on your Facebook business page. Pin it to the top.Post some free content or excerpts from your book on https://scribd.com. You can also sell your book here — worth some extra exposure?Give a talk at a local school (if it’s appropriate content — works well for children’s fiction, history or other educational content).Make a series of how-to videos for YouTube related to your non-fiction book content.Send an email to your list. Give them a reason to buy — like maybe they could send you the receipt and you’ll put on a special webinar or teleseminar?Run a Facebook ad but make sure it’s closely themed around time or an event — maybe you have a Christmas recipe book and just before Christmas you run an ad targeted at foodie groups.Create a discussion on https:///www.quora.com. Ask questions, engage users, DON’T make it just a pitch for your book. If you are keyword savvy then use keywords in your post title and content so that it will show up on the search engines and give you ongoing promotional returns.Get more reviews! (more reviews will help your Amazon ranking).Create a URL forward that directs people to your Amazon page. Use this as your “main website” in your book and whenever you’re talking about your books. (for example mysite.com/bookname and forward this to your amazon page).Do as much guest posting as you can and refer to your book in the author box (or use that URL forwarding tip just above this one!).Create a bunch of $0.99 books that are full of quality. Use these as tasters for your other books — people will take a chance for 99c and if they like your content they’ll be back.Get some fun, slightly silly, videos done on fiverr in the hope they might get shared and go viral.Put a link to your book in your email signature (and if you’re a bestselling author, then make sure you say that!).Don’t enable the “Digital Rights Management” option in your kdp dashboard. Yes you might find your book being given away on free sites but more sharing = more people know about you…Run a contest or a giveaway for your book from your website or Facebook page using an app like https://woobox.com/, https://www.shortstack.com/, https://www.rafflecopter.com/ or https://www.wildfireapp.com/ (there are others — just do a search for Facebook contests or giveaway contests). There are lots of rules and regulations around contests depending on where you live but if you use an app they will help guide you through this. You can do this with print or digital versions of your book and remember just to double check with your distributor or your publisher that what you are doing is OK with them).Get your book translated into one of the widely spoken languages like Spanish or German to increase your sales reach.Put something inside your book that encourages people to sign up for your email list. You then have a list to promote your next book to! If you can’t think of one then just create a list for people who want to get pre-publication copies to help you proof or review your content and to get you early reviews?Contribute advice and ideas to LinkedIn groups and make sure you have a section of your profile that talks about your book (and tells people where to buy it).Write an in-depth blog post on a topic related to or covered in your book, and then reference and link to your book in the post and at the end.Focus more on discoverability rather than selling. Your work is important, so help those who can benefit from it, find it Accept responsibility for the marketing and promotion of your book. Even if you choose to outsource some of the work, your book’s success depends on you taking action.Marketing and promotion is just an extension of your author platform
Create a post about your book on your Facebook business page. Pin it to the top.Post some free content or excerpts from your book on https://scribd.com. You can also sell your book here — worth some extra exposure?Give a talk at a local school (if it’s appropriate content — works well for children’s fiction, history or other educational content).Make a series of how-to videos for YouTube related to your non-fiction book content.Send an email to your list. Give them a reason to buy — like maybe they could send you the receipt and you’ll put on a special webinar or teleseminar?Run a Facebook ad but make sure it’s closely themed around time or an event — maybe you have a Christmas recipe book and just before Christmas you run an ad targeted at foodie groups.Create a discussion on https:///www.quora.com. Ask questions, engage users, DON’T make it just a pitch for your book. If you are keyword savvy then use keywords in your post title and content so that it will show up on the search engines and give you ongoing promotional returns.Get more reviews! (more reviews will help your Amazon ranking).Create a URL forward that directs people to your Amazon page. Use this as your “main website” in your book and whenever you’re talking about your books. (for example mysite.com/bookname and forward this to your amazon page).Do as much guest posting as you can and refer to your book in the author box (or use that URL forwarding tip just above this one!).Create a bunch of $0.99 books that are full of quality. Use these as tasters for your other books — people will take a chance for 99c and if they like your content they’ll be back.Get some fun, slightly silly, videos done on fiverr in the hope they might get shared and go viral.Put a link to your book in your email signature (and if you’re a bestselling author, then make sure you say that!).Don’t enable the “Digital Rights Management” option in your kdp dashboard. Yes you might find your book being given away on free sites but more sharing = more people know about you…Run a contest or a giveaway for your book from your website or Facebook page using an app like https://woobox.com/, https://www.shortstack.com/, https://www.rafflecopter.com/ or https://www.wildfireapp.com/ (there are others — just do a search for Facebook contests or giveaway contests). There are lots of rules and regulations around contests depending on where you live but if you use an app they will help guide you through this. You can do this with print or digital versions of your book and remember just to double check with your distributor or your publisher that what you are doing is OK with them).Get your book translated into one of the widely spoken languages like Spanish or German to increase your sales reach.Put something inside your book that encourages people to sign up for your email list. You then have a list to promote your next book to! If you can’t think of one then just create a list for people who want to get pre-publication copies to help you proof or review your content and to get you early reviews?Contribute advice and ideas to LinkedIn groups and make sure you have a section of your profile that talks about your book (and tells people where to buy it).Write an in-depth blog post on a topic related to or covered in your book, and then reference and link to your book in the post and at the end.Focus more on discoverability rather than selling. Your work is important, so help those who can benefit from it, find it Accept responsibility for the marketing and promotion of your book. Even if you choose to outsource some of the work, your book’s success depends on you taking action.Marketing and promotion is just an extension of your author platform
Free book promotion websites
This list of sites require at least 7 days notice prior to the beginning of your book promotion. If you don’t submit your book please first submit 7 days prior.
http://authoradnetwork.com/http://ebookdealoftheday.co.uk/submissions/http://ebooklister.net/submit.phphttp://indiebookoftheday.com/authors/free-on-kindle-listing/Some other sites for promoting your book http://ebookshabit.com/for-authors/http://itswritenow.com/submit-your-book/http://www.booklemur.com/pages/promotion.phphttp://www.frugal-freebies.com/p/submit-freebie.htmlMore Sites to Promote Your Books
http://authormarketingclub.com/members/submit-your-book/http://awesomegang.com/submit-your-book/http://bargainebookhunter.com/contact-us/http://blog.booksontheknob.org/subscribe-about-contact/authors-read-thishttp://bookangel.co.uk/submit-a-book/http://contentmo.com/submit-your-free-ebook-promohttp://digitalbooktoday.com/join-our-team/12-top-100-submit-your-free-book-to-be-included-on-this-list/http://ebookdealofday.com/free-book-feature/http://ebooklister.net/page.php?p=2 http://ereadernewstoday.com/bargain-and-free-book-submissions/ http://form.jotformpro.com/form/21078469493969http://freediscountedbooks.com/submit/http://freeebooksforme.com/authors-page/http://igniteyourbook.com/99-submission/http://indiebooklounge.com/register.phphttp://kindlebookpromos.luckycinda.com/?page_id=283http://lovelybookpromotions.com/submit-your-kindle-freebie/You can promote your book free by posting on following Facebook pages https://www.facebook.com/groups/KindlePublishers/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/kindleauthors/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/357112331027292/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bookmarketing/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/512098985483106/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/291645554239114/ https://www.facebook.com/BookGoodies
https://www.facebook.com/groups/apablog/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/204725947524/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/204968026218845/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204546223/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/179494068820033/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/borntowrite/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/6092061939/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/135486133130440/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/110604178950149/You can also Promote your by twitter handle You can send direct message to promote your book @freebookclub1@ibdbookoftheday@Booksontheknob@bookbub@kindle_free@freeebooksdaily@zilchebooks@freedailybooks@digitalinktoday@fkbt@kindlestuff@Bookyrnextread@CheapKindleDly@DigitalBkToday@free@4FreeKindleBook@IndAuthorSucessIf someone want more information about free book promotion fell free to contact me
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http://authoradnetwork.com/http://ebookdealoftheday.co.uk/submissions/http://ebooklister.net/submit.phphttp://indiebookoftheday.com/authors/free-on-kindle-listing/Some other sites for promoting your book http://ebookshabit.com/for-authors/http://itswritenow.com/submit-your-book/http://www.booklemur.com/pages/promotion.phphttp://www.frugal-freebies.com/p/submit-freebie.htmlMore Sites to Promote Your Books
http://authormarketingclub.com/members/submit-your-book/http://awesomegang.com/submit-your-book/http://bargainebookhunter.com/contact-us/http://blog.booksontheknob.org/subscribe-about-contact/authors-read-thishttp://bookangel.co.uk/submit-a-book/http://contentmo.com/submit-your-free-ebook-promohttp://digitalbooktoday.com/join-our-team/12-top-100-submit-your-free-book-to-be-included-on-this-list/http://ebookdealofday.com/free-book-feature/http://ebooklister.net/page.php?p=2 http://ereadernewstoday.com/bargain-and-free-book-submissions/ http://form.jotformpro.com/form/21078469493969http://freediscountedbooks.com/submit/http://freeebooksforme.com/authors-page/http://igniteyourbook.com/99-submission/http://indiebooklounge.com/register.phphttp://kindlebookpromos.luckycinda.com/?page_id=283http://lovelybookpromotions.com/submit-your-kindle-freebie/You can promote your book free by posting on following Facebook pages https://www.facebook.com/groups/KindlePublishers/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/kindleauthors/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/357112331027292/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bookmarketing/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/512098985483106/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/291645554239114/ https://www.facebook.com/BookGoodies
https://www.facebook.com/groups/apablog/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/204725947524/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/204968026218845/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204546223/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/179494068820033/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/borntowrite/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/6092061939/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/135486133130440/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/110604178950149/You can also Promote your by twitter handle You can send direct message to promote your book @freebookclub1@ibdbookoftheday@Booksontheknob@bookbub@kindle_free@freeebooksdaily@zilchebooks@freedailybooks@digitalinktoday@fkbt@kindlestuff@Bookyrnextread@CheapKindleDly@DigitalBkToday@free@4FreeKindleBook@IndAuthorSucessIf someone want more information about free book promotion fell free to contact me
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November 4, 2017
Free book promotion
Marketing your book is crucial to standing out in the crowd with ebooks. Here are some helpful options that our authors have found success using.
Social Media Marketing Social media has become the big buzz. It no longer becomes about how big you are but how much you can relate and connect to your audience in a personal way. To take advantage of social media platforms, I recommend you to create an account for twitter, in addition to your facebook page, because that is another platform that many people use.If you don't have time posting on twitter and facebook separately, I recommend you to use www.socialoomph.com because it is a place where you can send a message to BOTH facebook and twitter with one single message.
Email Marketing Another great way to connect with your readers is to build an email list using an email newsletter platform like www.aweber.com. This allows you to build an email list and talk to your list.The goal is to build a relationship with your list by giving them good tips and value to them. Whenever your next eBook comes out, you can send an email to your list and they will be more likely to buy than other people out there since they know you more.Again, this is not necessary unless you have your own website which I recommend for advanced users only. Like I have said before, you don't need to build a website to use my eBook Formula. However if you want to build a website of your own, then I highly recommend using email marketing to build a list of your own.
Forum Marketing Another way to connect with your target market is to join forums related to your topic. Go there and be active in the discussion forums related to your niche. You shouldn't go there to pitch your eBook.Instead, you want to provide value to the forums by answering questions and giving advice on how to do something related to your topic. This will help forum members recognize that you know what you are talking about if you are really good at your topic. The way to get traffic to your eBook is to include your books' listing links (at all vendors, including Amazon, if you have your books up with them) in your forum user profile or signature if the forum allows links to your profile.Readers who like what you say will be interested in checking out your eBook and may be potential customers who buy your eBook.
Press Releases Another method is to write and submit a press release to multiple press release sites. If you don't want to do this, you can simply go to fiverr.com and hire someone else to do this for around 5 bucks as well.A popular press release site is www.prweb.com. Another press release site is www.free-press-release.com.
BookBub Ads BookBub is an advertising platform that we have heard glowing reviews about from our authors in terms of boosting sales. You do have to apply and be selected for one, and we've heard the ads are fairly pricey, but it's definitely worth researching and considering. Their website is www.bookbub.com.
Other Marketing Tactics I don't want this book to be about marketing because marketing is another gigantic eBook topic in itself. I also don't want to overwhelm you with information that you really don't need as a beginning eBook entrepreneur. The reason I say this is because most marketing techniques don't seem to work if used sparingly. It's only the ones that are used consistently and authentically that creates the biggest impact in the marketplace.Having said that, I do believe there are some internet marketing methods that you can learn to promote your eBook in the future. In addition, most of the marketing methods (which require lots of time) can be outsourced on fiverr.com. Thus, I think it's best to focus on creating more quality eBooks while you delegate the "marketing" to the people who are more knowledgeable, better, and faster on fiverr.com.One last thing. Again, I want to emphasize that building backlinks alone is strong enough marketing for an eBook to rank high in the search engines. I know there are tons of ways to market eBooks which I will briefly discuss below. However, it's almost not even worth spending your time doing too much marketing when you can simply get that result by simply spending around five bucks on fiverr to build your backlinks. That's why I emphasized strictly on building backlinks using fiverr in the majority of this section about marketing.The rest of the "marketing" tactics I will put as "other marketing tactics" because I personally don't think it's needed when your eBook already gets good ranking on the search engines (by building backlinks). Again for most of the people who are new to this, you don't need to worry because sometimes you don't even to do these "other marketing tactics" because building backlinks alone is usually good enough to outrank other eBooks on the search engines.However if you insist on learning these "other marketing tactics", I will go on and briefly explain to you what I know about building traffic to your eBooks.These "other marketing tactics" are:Video marketingAdvertising on other people's videosArticle MarketingPress ReleasesBloggingForum MarketingEmail MarketingSocial Media Marketing
Video Marketing For marketing, I would highly recommend you to create your own YouTube channel. Then, start creating and uploading videos of you giving some basic tips about the topics you teach in your eBook.The KEY is to put your website (starting with http://) at the very top of the description. That will get a lot more visitors to your website. You can also put your eBook links as well (such as eBook links from Amazon, Nook, iBookstore).If anyone want any help for free promotion of ebook and other books let me know Feel free to contact me
Social Media Marketing Social media has become the big buzz. It no longer becomes about how big you are but how much you can relate and connect to your audience in a personal way. To take advantage of social media platforms, I recommend you to create an account for twitter, in addition to your facebook page, because that is another platform that many people use.If you don't have time posting on twitter and facebook separately, I recommend you to use www.socialoomph.com because it is a place where you can send a message to BOTH facebook and twitter with one single message.
Email Marketing Another great way to connect with your readers is to build an email list using an email newsletter platform like www.aweber.com. This allows you to build an email list and talk to your list.The goal is to build a relationship with your list by giving them good tips and value to them. Whenever your next eBook comes out, you can send an email to your list and they will be more likely to buy than other people out there since they know you more.Again, this is not necessary unless you have your own website which I recommend for advanced users only. Like I have said before, you don't need to build a website to use my eBook Formula. However if you want to build a website of your own, then I highly recommend using email marketing to build a list of your own.
Forum Marketing Another way to connect with your target market is to join forums related to your topic. Go there and be active in the discussion forums related to your niche. You shouldn't go there to pitch your eBook.Instead, you want to provide value to the forums by answering questions and giving advice on how to do something related to your topic. This will help forum members recognize that you know what you are talking about if you are really good at your topic. The way to get traffic to your eBook is to include your books' listing links (at all vendors, including Amazon, if you have your books up with them) in your forum user profile or signature if the forum allows links to your profile.Readers who like what you say will be interested in checking out your eBook and may be potential customers who buy your eBook.
Press Releases Another method is to write and submit a press release to multiple press release sites. If you don't want to do this, you can simply go to fiverr.com and hire someone else to do this for around 5 bucks as well.A popular press release site is www.prweb.com. Another press release site is www.free-press-release.com.
BookBub Ads BookBub is an advertising platform that we have heard glowing reviews about from our authors in terms of boosting sales. You do have to apply and be selected for one, and we've heard the ads are fairly pricey, but it's definitely worth researching and considering. Their website is www.bookbub.com.
Other Marketing Tactics I don't want this book to be about marketing because marketing is another gigantic eBook topic in itself. I also don't want to overwhelm you with information that you really don't need as a beginning eBook entrepreneur. The reason I say this is because most marketing techniques don't seem to work if used sparingly. It's only the ones that are used consistently and authentically that creates the biggest impact in the marketplace.Having said that, I do believe there are some internet marketing methods that you can learn to promote your eBook in the future. In addition, most of the marketing methods (which require lots of time) can be outsourced on fiverr.com. Thus, I think it's best to focus on creating more quality eBooks while you delegate the "marketing" to the people who are more knowledgeable, better, and faster on fiverr.com.One last thing. Again, I want to emphasize that building backlinks alone is strong enough marketing for an eBook to rank high in the search engines. I know there are tons of ways to market eBooks which I will briefly discuss below. However, it's almost not even worth spending your time doing too much marketing when you can simply get that result by simply spending around five bucks on fiverr to build your backlinks. That's why I emphasized strictly on building backlinks using fiverr in the majority of this section about marketing.The rest of the "marketing" tactics I will put as "other marketing tactics" because I personally don't think it's needed when your eBook already gets good ranking on the search engines (by building backlinks). Again for most of the people who are new to this, you don't need to worry because sometimes you don't even to do these "other marketing tactics" because building backlinks alone is usually good enough to outrank other eBooks on the search engines.However if you insist on learning these "other marketing tactics", I will go on and briefly explain to you what I know about building traffic to your eBooks.These "other marketing tactics" are:Video marketingAdvertising on other people's videosArticle MarketingPress ReleasesBloggingForum MarketingEmail MarketingSocial Media Marketing
Video Marketing For marketing, I would highly recommend you to create your own YouTube channel. Then, start creating and uploading videos of you giving some basic tips about the topics you teach in your eBook.The KEY is to put your website (starting with http://) at the very top of the description. That will get a lot more visitors to your website. You can also put your eBook links as well (such as eBook links from Amazon, Nook, iBookstore).If anyone want any help for free promotion of ebook and other books let me know Feel free to contact me
My new Book
The Mysterious wind is my new book. You can download it from amazon .
Here is the link to download the book
https://www.amazon.in/Mysterious-Wind-Amit-Tiwari-ebook/dp/B076H1J813
Here is the link to download the book
https://www.amazon.in/Mysterious-Wind-Amit-Tiwari-ebook/dp/B076H1J813
