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[Dale]

Chris wrote: "But in general.. i don't know how to make social media work for my book. I've had bookstagrammars say really glowing things about my book... and their post will get dozens and dozens of "likes"... but not a single sale happens."

I've heard that social media is more about interacting with your community than making sales. I tend to agree with that. I don't know anyone who has made social media work for generating sales.

[P.L.]

Hiya Dale,

Yeah, I don't disagree, but OTOH this year I'm not spending a dime on promotion and seeing how many sales I can get through SM alone.

So far the answer is a few dozen (but the experiment continues.) That's about 10% of the sales this time last year when I used paid promos.

So, 10% of the sales, but all the income is in the black. Make of that what you will. I'm happy to have a few dozen sales from free SM self-promotion.

[P.L.]

Chris wrote: But in general.. i don't know how to make social media work for my book. I've had bookstagrammars say really glowing things about my b..."

I think targeting is useful, with the caveat that social media is not awesome (just free) to move books. So, frex, on twitter I can search for people (posts) who want climate fiction. To them I can say "Here's a cli-fi title, free on KU."

I think it works to make a sale about 1- 3% of the time. Again, make of it what you will.