Does Anyone Use The Following Sites?

[Justin]

Hey Everyone, I'm curious to know if any of you use or have used the following sites and if you had success or didn't have a good experience with them.

BookFunnel

Instafreebie

StoryOrigin

StoryCartel

Rafflecopter

[Anna]

Sorry, Justin, I've heard of them but know nuffink!

Others may be able to help.

[Dale]

I am a big fan of StoryOrigin. I joined when it was free and paid for a subscription once it became commercial. When I started using it, my mailing list had about 150 subscribers. A year later, it has around 550 and is constantly growing. I haven't seen a great increase in sales yet, but I figure just being able to reach people will eventually have a good effect.

I should say that my use of StoryOrigin coincided with some other changes I made to my platform, which you can read about in my article Revamp Your Author Platform.

I haven't directly used Rafflecopter, but it was part of a couple of blog tours I purchased. I gave away copies of my books through it, but I have no way of knowing if that led to additional sales or even interest in my books. I probably wouldn't use it on my own.

[Carole]

I've used Rafflecopter for giveaways. My assistant used to set it up with them and we'd put it in a newsletter or FB- they collated the entries and picked a winner or let you choose the winner.

[Michael]

I have used BookFunnel for over a year. It works. I have a free prequel to my KIll Crime series I give away on my website. I used to get a lot of people download it through Bookfunnel.

But, I am not sure about collecting people who want free. So I only participate in the promotions where I can offer one of my books for .99. This is at least someone who is willing to pay.

I am pleased with it.
Mike
www.mikeslavinauthor.com