Hello everyone! I am sorry I can not keep up with this blog as I would like. Again, I will attempt to post once a week, or once a month at least. My nonfiction titles are not selling like I need them to, so I am working on my fiction books. I changed the header, hope you like it! I will still do book reviews, I have probably two or three hundred books collecting dust, I haven't gotten to yet and even more ebooks on my Kindle for PC so, there will always be reviews. As for book marketing articles, training, there will probably not be any more now as I'm focusing on my own work.
When I have all the answers as to the best marketing tactics for Kindle, and other sites like Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, etc. Then and only then will I post about it. Right now, I am in the testing phase of things. I tested some strategies on my nonfiction books that did not work(when the author 'promised' it would) So, if I do any marketing articles, expect it in the fall of 2014 or spring 2015. Well, that's it for now!
Showing posts with label ebook marketing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ebook marketing. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Friday, December 20, 2013
What I Learned About Kindle Series
I have learned so much about Kindle, I think it's time to share somethings before 2013 ends. This will be in the first of a series of articles about self-publishing for kindle. Today I will discuss what to do, and what not to do.
Don't Do This....
1. Don't use other peoples books to sell on Kindle. I know, all of you write your own books, but if you know someone doing this, encourage them to stop. When I say other peoples books, I mean:
PLR- Private label rights books, you know those reports 'everybody' has the right to sell? Amazon will shut down your account in a New York minute if you upload those kinds of books. Don't even rewrite them.
Outsourced Books-I've read a couple of nightmare stories in the Kindle community about using someone elses book as your own. It can cause trouble for you, especially the money it will cost you. If you write it yourself the only cost you will spend is time.
KDP Free Days I know an author who started out doing those free days for her books, and didn't make much money. When she stopped and used another way to promote her books, her sales soared. Hey, if it works for you, go ahead, but for those who get no profit from it, don't do it. I have tried it, a few times and although I got some free downloads, I got zilch on sales, which brings me to this last don't on my list.
Nonfiction Anybody who tells you nonfiction is a big seller on Kindle isn't telling the truth. I went to check out something a person on a webinar told me was a good niche. The golden book did not have a good ranking. A good ranking is anything below fifty thousand. Maybe it did once upon a time, but it didn't when he was telling all his listeners to go write books like that. Fiction is what sells more on Amazon and probably other similar websites. Here is some proof-don't just take my word for it. Click on the three graphs. 1000+ Sales A Month Club Well, that's it for now. I'll continue the next part of the series next week. Happy Holidays!
Don't Do This....
1. Don't use other peoples books to sell on Kindle. I know, all of you write your own books, but if you know someone doing this, encourage them to stop. When I say other peoples books, I mean:
PLR- Private label rights books, you know those reports 'everybody' has the right to sell? Amazon will shut down your account in a New York minute if you upload those kinds of books. Don't even rewrite them.
Outsourced Books-I've read a couple of nightmare stories in the Kindle community about using someone elses book as your own. It can cause trouble for you, especially the money it will cost you. If you write it yourself the only cost you will spend is time.
KDP Free Days I know an author who started out doing those free days for her books, and didn't make much money. When she stopped and used another way to promote her books, her sales soared. Hey, if it works for you, go ahead, but for those who get no profit from it, don't do it. I have tried it, a few times and although I got some free downloads, I got zilch on sales, which brings me to this last don't on my list.
Nonfiction Anybody who tells you nonfiction is a big seller on Kindle isn't telling the truth. I went to check out something a person on a webinar told me was a good niche. The golden book did not have a good ranking. A good ranking is anything below fifty thousand. Maybe it did once upon a time, but it didn't when he was telling all his listeners to go write books like that. Fiction is what sells more on Amazon and probably other similar websites. Here is some proof-don't just take my word for it. Click on the three graphs. 1000+ Sales A Month Club Well, that's it for now. I'll continue the next part of the series next week. Happy Holidays!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
E-Book Profits-Why A Sample Chapter Can Send Your Profits Soaring!(Part Two)
And I continue with the ideas.....
* You could give the sample chapter with the full version of the product which is password protected. Readers who enjoy the test version and decide to go full length simply give credit card details through such as ClickBank and move to a ‘Thank You page’ which provides the password for the full book already in their possession. (Knowing the full length book is sitting there, tying up space on their desktop, just screaming out to be opened and read, is all the incentive most people need to get that password fast!)
* You could write an article based on your full length info product, but leave the reader dangling somewhere between casting the article to one side and buying your book.
Ways to do this:
- Leave questions in your article which are answered in the full length title. Make readers curious, give cryptic clues, leave the most vital information for Part Two – the paid-for product!
- Offer articles to editors and publishers of print and online publications and end with questions that are answered at your web site where readers can buy books related to the subject of the article.
- Get readers to subscribe to your eZine where you’ll answer those niggling
questions and in autoresponder follow ups you’ll promote your main book to the very limit of temptation!
* The free sample gives credibility in you and your writing ability. People know the book has - probably - already been written, and is of similar quality to what they’ve already sampled. If they have money and they like your work, they’ll buy. Probably!
* The sample chapter can include a contents listing for the full length version, where readers can check length (yes some people still believe quantity outshines quality) and you can induce sales with tempting chapter titles and snippets. It’s a good idea to give the page numbers on which certain highlighted features occur, especially where pages run into triple figures (again, never mind the quality, feel the width), and chapter headings are themselves deliciously vague. Like this:
“Here’s a sneak preview of ‘1001 Easy Ways to Get Rich Overnight!’
- How to live in a luxury home without having a mortgage and never having to pay a penny rent (Chapter Twenty Four, Page 201)
- The four letter word that gets you everything you want out of life, and more! (Chapter Twenty Five, Page 273)
- How to get a brand new car and drive it away without having to pay! (Chapter Twenty Six, Page 307)
- Four words that guarantee you free travel for the rest of your life! (Chapter Twenty Nine, Page 406)”
* People will retain your sample chapter far longer than they will normally keep a sales letter, especially of the printed variety or on a web site with a domain name they’ll soon forget. So although the majority of people will buy the full length product quite soon after receiving the freebie, you might still get a steady trickle of sales later when busy people find time to read your sample chapter.
Never forget the most common reason of all is to tempt readers of the free infoproduct to click on the link on the very last page where they find your order form and BUY YOUR BOOK!
Plug Your Book! Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity through Social Networking
* You could give the sample chapter with the full version of the product which is password protected. Readers who enjoy the test version and decide to go full length simply give credit card details through such as ClickBank and move to a ‘Thank You page’ which provides the password for the full book already in their possession. (Knowing the full length book is sitting there, tying up space on their desktop, just screaming out to be opened and read, is all the incentive most people need to get that password fast!)
* You could write an article based on your full length info product, but leave the reader dangling somewhere between casting the article to one side and buying your book.
Ways to do this:
- Leave questions in your article which are answered in the full length title. Make readers curious, give cryptic clues, leave the most vital information for Part Two – the paid-for product!
- Offer articles to editors and publishers of print and online publications and end with questions that are answered at your web site where readers can buy books related to the subject of the article.
- Get readers to subscribe to your eZine where you’ll answer those niggling
questions and in autoresponder follow ups you’ll promote your main book to the very limit of temptation!
* The free sample gives credibility in you and your writing ability. People know the book has - probably - already been written, and is of similar quality to what they’ve already sampled. If they have money and they like your work, they’ll buy. Probably!
* The sample chapter can include a contents listing for the full length version, where readers can check length (yes some people still believe quantity outshines quality) and you can induce sales with tempting chapter titles and snippets. It’s a good idea to give the page numbers on which certain highlighted features occur, especially where pages run into triple figures (again, never mind the quality, feel the width), and chapter headings are themselves deliciously vague. Like this:
“Here’s a sneak preview of ‘1001 Easy Ways to Get Rich Overnight!’
- How to live in a luxury home without having a mortgage and never having to pay a penny rent (Chapter Twenty Four, Page 201)
- The four letter word that gets you everything you want out of life, and more! (Chapter Twenty Five, Page 273)
- How to get a brand new car and drive it away without having to pay! (Chapter Twenty Six, Page 307)
- Four words that guarantee you free travel for the rest of your life! (Chapter Twenty Nine, Page 406)”
* People will retain your sample chapter far longer than they will normally keep a sales letter, especially of the printed variety or on a web site with a domain name they’ll soon forget. So although the majority of people will buy the full length product quite soon after receiving the freebie, you might still get a steady trickle of sales later when busy people find time to read your sample chapter.
Never forget the most common reason of all is to tempt readers of the free infoproduct to click on the link on the very last page where they find your order form and BUY YOUR BOOK!
Plug Your Book! Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity through Social Networking
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