S.K. Nicholls's Blog, page 79
October 6, 2013
Keywords and Visibility on Amazon
If you, like me, have been having trouble categorizing your book in order to get better visibility for sells, this link might help. I was using random keywords related to highlights of my book, but not coming up well in searches.
I had enormous difficulty in getting the correct keywords through KDP for visibility until I ran across this rather obscure piece on KDP’s site. I was using all the wrong keywords. The keywords that I was using were all related to my book, but they were NOT the specifically programed words and phrases that Amazon uses. I was barely able to find my book in search results until I ran across this page. Now, I have sold more books in the past two weeks than I had in the past two months, just by getting these correct keywords into place.
It seems that Amazon has specific keywords programmed to assist or enhance searches that I was not aware of. Now I can find my book on the 1st through the 30th page of any search I put in using these keywords. You can still use random words and phrases, provided you remember to put a comma between the phrase and the word, but these specific keywords may be most helpful.
You will see a list of broad genre selections. Click on the one or two (you are allowed up to two) that best fit your book and you will see a spreadsheet that shows keywords. Choose some specific keywords (you are allowed up to seven) from the list. Try those. I’ll bet you will see improved results. I sure have. If you lose this link, it is under help for “Browse Categories”. Hope this is helpful to new authors, or any author who needs enhanced search results. It has certainly improved my visibility.
This page is NOT in the edit book details where you put in your selected genre, this is in the help guide. You have to then go to edit book details to make your changes.
Categories With Keyword Requirements:
In order to list your title in certain sub-categories, you’ll need to add Search Keywords in addition to the categories you choose for your title.
Click a category in the list below to see the keyword requirements.
Search Keywords MUST include at least one of the keywords or phrases listed next to the sub-category.
Filed under: Writing, Publishing, & Marketing Tagged: browse categories, genre, KDP, keywords, marketing, selling books, Visibility
A must read if you want your Gravatar to work for you!
Are you lost in the cyberspace of the blogosphere? Most everybody knows what a Gravatar is, right? It’s that little image you inserted that tells people who you are. However, if you “like” something on my page, but you have not commented, I have no way to check out your site to see who you are. (BTW, if I have a lot of likes/comments on something, the notifications box has probably scrolled you away before I had time to check you out, especially if I wasn’t sitting by the computer.) We might could become good friends and have a nifty online relationship…if I can find you.
So help me out, if you have not done this already! I would love to check out your stuff, chances are, if you “liked” mine, I would “like” yours, too.
Go to your Dashboard, then Users, then My Profile.
Scroll down to LINKS.
Copy and paste your own site’s URL into the links box, and put in the title of your blog. (It might be useful to have a second tab opened to your homepage if you don’t know your URL address by heart.)
Hit the “add links” button.
It is that easy!
Now your blog’s link will show up in your gravatar when I click on it, and I can find your blog easily!
I cannot count the number of folks I have tried to connect with, but had no means. I would love to get to know you 
You will get more followers if people can track you back. A link to your site is NOT automatically provided on your Gravatar.
I thank you very much and hope this was helpful!
Your Gravatar is an image that follows you from site to site appearing beside your name when you do things like comment or post on a blog. Avatars help identify your posts on blogs and web forums, so why not on any site?
Filed under: Writing, Publishing, & Marketing Tagged: ADD LINKS, blogosphere, found, gravatar, help me find you, links, lost, relationships
October 5, 2013
Read Tuesday: Like Black Friday, Except for Book Sales (It’s Going to Be HUGE!)
READ TUESDAY: LIKE BLACK FRIDAY, EXCEPT FOR BOOK SALES
(It's Going to Be HUGE!)
THE PROBLEM: Black Friday and Cyber Monday are huge days for holiday shopping among retailers. However, most customers are buying electronics, toys, tools, and clothing. Most of the millions of books to choose from won’t be advertised as part of the Black Friday or Cyber Monday sales events, and most books probably won’t be discounted more than normal (except for any bookstores that choose to run storewide sales on those days).
Holiday time is just around the corner. let us help you plan your gift list.
What is "Read Tuesday" and why you should care.
Read Tuesday is the brainchild of Chris McMullen, who is a pretty smart guy in terms of marketing and sales.
The idea is to use crowdmarketing (is that a word? should it be a word?) to create a shopping day specifically for self-published e-books. Since we all tend to act as our own marketing departments, he figured we could all work together to build buzz for e-books as a gift idea, and we would all benefit.
Let's keep the BUZZ going! December 10th. Read Tuesday....It's going to be HUGE!
October 4, 2013
Guest Author: S.K. Nicholls
Reblogged from ...and then there was Sarah:
My guest today is S.K. Nicholls, author of Red Clay and Roses. Her advice on editing (it's often the small things that get overlooked, that can ruin an entire experience), and research (again, details matter) are absolutely worth taking a look at.
Please join me in welcoming Susan to the Guest Author Program!
If you are interested in participating in the program, you can submit…
This is a previous interview from June by Sarah Cradit. I am reblogging to my site to have it in my collections. Don't know if that is kosher or not, but I am doing it anyway because I didn't keep it on my site after the interview. Funny to look back at where you were, and see it in perspective to where you are.
Read Tuesday Images Are Here :-)
In case you haven't heard, Read Tuesday will be a big day for selling and gifting books, like Black Friday, except for books. You can learn more about Read Tuesday (but note that the name has changed) through the link below:
http://chrismcmullen.wordpress.com/2013/09/21/red_tuesday_idea_for_boosting_book_sales/
Anyone who wishes to participate in the Read Tuesday event, or to help promote it, in a positive way is welcome to use the image above or the images below.
Authors everywhere are gearing up for this event. It's going to be HUGE!
October 3, 2013
Book Bloopers... A Guest Post By S.K. Nicholls
Reblogged from The Literary Syndicate:
Aloha and howdy my friends! Today we have a fantastically funny guest post from the great and glorious S.K. Nicholls! *hears all of the applause and wolf whistles* Thank you, thank you. Without further blather from yours truly, here we go!
S.K. Nicholls-
“Americas Funniest Videos”, you know the popular show. You have seen it, and you have laughed. I know you did.
Today's Guest Post by your's truly on The Literary syndicate!
This site is the cat's meow!
October 2, 2013
Syndicate Spotlight #9: Red Clay And Roses
Reblogged from The Literary Syndicate:
Good afternoon my friends! Today I am reviewing Red Clay and Roses from S.K. Nicholls.
Red Clay And Roses comes in at a good 290 pages in the Historical Fiction category, and is available to purchase on Amazon for $3.99 as of this posting(10-2-13).
For those who are unfamiliar with my review style, I do not do spoilers. Spoilers are the tools of Satan and should be banished from our realm.
Papi's raving review on" Red Clay and Roses"!
October 1, 2013
Papi Talk!... With S.K. Nicholls
Reblogged from The Literary Syndicate:
Welcome everyone! I hope you are all ready for another fantastic edition of Papi Talk! I sure am! Let's get it going.
This week on Papi Z’s couch is S.K. Nicholls, the Author of Red Clay and Roses. Let’s see what she has to say by probing and prying, Papi Z style!
First off, thank you for taking the time to do this interview Susan.
"Red Clay and Roses" was not pure fiction, so some political topics are in it. Papi Z gives me the Opportunity to discuss that issue in this interview. Thank You Papi Z!
September 27, 2013
ROME CONSTRUCTION CREW IS BACK
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Filed under: Healthy Lifestyle Tagged: goal setting, RCC, Rome Construction Crew, self help, support
