Reload

First and foremost, if you haven’t at least explored contributing to the Children of Fallen Patriots, I implore you to please do so now.  Also, try and make some time to check out Least Among Saints.  Admittedly, I haven’t watched it yet, but the trailer conveys an important message and I certainly will be checking it out soon.

Secondly, if you buy my book, I’ll totally be your best friend forever.  Also, like, share and tweet this, please.

I think the release has been a pretty resounding success. In two months of availability, we’ve sold out through Amazon three times and achieved consistently high rankings in both paperback and e-book, along with top rankings in our category–we’ve seen nothing shy of 5 star reviews there either! If this were solely for my benefit, I may be content–though I’m absurdly critical toward myself, so probably not.  Regardless, it stands for much more than I, so that potential content is washed away and instead, I find myself diving back in to claw for more.  A promotional reload.

Moving forward, my goal is to work smarter and not harder. In every area of my life, I try to utilize an approach to reinvigorate any given aspect through plateaus and tepid eras. I feel like I’ve now gathered the information through trial and error that I needed to successfully apply this approach to my book promotional efforts. I’ll be looking back to determine:

1. What worked?

2. Why did it work?

3. Determine any common themes between #1 and my answers to #2.

4. Create a new plan of attack.

5. Aggressively pursue it.

6. Contrast effectiveness between repeats and analyze.

Simple in theory, but frustratingly complicated to quantify and then again in application!  Wish me luck… or, instead of wasting that effort, just help out by buying it (several please), reading it, reviewing it and telling your friends!

Also, a Happy Birthday to my brother Randy who turns almost 50 or something today.