The 7 Steps to Complete Amazon Success

So
we’ve come to the end of our Amazon series. I’ll be taking the summer off, but
these sales posts will resume when I get back. For today, let’s get into the
steps. Each section was partially covered in a previous post, so if you missed
them, just take the blue links in the text.








Amazon
can make you or break you. I’ve had royalty checks in the dollars and in the
thousands of dollars. And when you get a bad review, it shows in your sales
right away. Only quick steps and daily measures will give you complete success.
If you spend more time playing on social sites than you do monitoring your
sales and rank, I’m sorry, but you’re not serious enough to be a Bestseller
that rules the charts for months at a time. If you have more game files than
book files, you’re not even close to ready for the work ahead of you.




If
you wake up wanting to check on things, and flip on the computer while trying
not to piss yourself, you’re ready. Somewhere in between? Then these articles
are perfect for you. I taught myself to do it all, from covers and formatting,
to marketing and distribution. And I started just like you are now – digging
for the information.












The 7 steps to complete success on Amazon













1 .) Pricing-
How to get it listed free on Amazon







I
chose to tackle this first due to a recent jump in sales that I attribute to my
novel finally being listed for free on Amazon. Over 2000 downloads the
first week, and hopefully those people will come back for books 2 and 3, which
are not free. That’s why authors and publishing houses offer their titles for
free - to draw in more readers. And it works. I recommend having the first book
in any series, be listed as free in as many places as you can find to put it.





But I can’t get
Amazon to lower it!
Yes, you can. Here’s how…










2- Covers




Ebook
Covers. I won’t bore you with another lecture on how important is to have a
good one. Instead, I’m giving you 4 great places where you can get stunning
premade covers for under $25.










3- Keywords




I’ll
assume everyone knows what they are and the basics of what they do. If not, here’s
a solid article on it. Basically, keywords brought you to my post. If you
look at the bottom, you’ll see the words I chose when I put this article up.
I’ll bet you see something familiar, right? Keywords. They bring the readers to
you.





So,
how do you find the perfect set of keywords that will lead new readers straight
to your book? I use…










4- Author Central Features




HI
and welcome to Amazon month. This is a 5 part series that is guaranteed to
increase your sales there. All you have to do is follow the advice. Let’s start
with features. Many of you may already have your author central pages filled
out and think they’re fine. Are you sure? Amazon has a lot of little items that
can be overlooked or not taken full advantage of. Such as…









5- Sales Page




Cover





Price





Review
rating/the # of stars.





If
you can make sure these three things are PERFECT, you can guarantee a sale.
They wouldn’t have clicked on your title if they didn’t like that genre. You’ve
got them there based on the category you chose. (You do have your browse
categories picked, don’t you? –Not sure what that is? You need an Amazon
page evaluation.)










6-Free reviews




Amazon
has a top 1000 list of
reviewers, but before you go rushing off, consider this picture -You’ve
been doing reviews for years, working your way up the ranks, and now everyone
and their mother wants you to review their stuff. Which ones do you agree to?
The ones that followed the guidelines you’ve laid out (Reviews high in rank put
this information on their profiles and blogs, usually under review policy or
submissions tabs) and of course, the ones that catch your eye but being
original and friendly. If you send a short note and just ask, you’ll get a
negative response – if you get one at all...










7-Tags and Likes




Right
now, there is an epidemic of tagging and liking. It comes from friends and fans
ganging up to deliver a record number of likes and tags in a day or two… and
then nothing. Amazon ranking plummet back to where they were. Why did they increase
at all, with no sales, only visits? Because every visit to that book’s page
registers and tells Amazon to move you higher. Once the visits stop, the rank
drops. But you need those likes and tags, right?










If
you follow the steps outlines in these articles, you’ll be a bestseller in as
little as 3 months, providing you can really write. Can you? Some people assume
so because they have a story to tell or because friends and family encourage
it. That doesn’t mean just anyone can do this. If you’ve got the bullets and
the balls, though, I salute you for trying. Good luck and feel free to leave
comments or ask questions. I’ll try to answer them as soon as I can.










Have
a wonderful summer, World,





A.
White











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