So this might be kind of a lie. I'll be marketing, because I wouldn't be able to sell my books without marketing. What I mean is I don't plan on paying for marketing this year. Last year I made a total of $334.22 from my two books. This was with paid marketing be it Facebook ad, Amazon ads, Instagram ads, Twitter ads, and paid newsletter services like Fussy Librarian.
Now I'm not trying to say that those things don't work. I think the newsletter services are awesome, but after one of my .99 cent sales was kind of a bust, even with 4 different newsletter services connected to it, I decided that maybe I need to just take a step back from it all and see just what kind of sales I can get organically. As of right now I have 3 books on Amazon in KU and one random book floating around on Draft 2 Digital.
I know Facebook ads work for other people, but for me it seems I'm just wasting money. So my goal is to learn all I can about these paid services this year to grow my platform and sales.
Somethings I plan on doing are:
- Blog Tours
- YouTube
- Blogging
- Posting In Genre Related Facebook Groups
- Contacting Reviewers
- Some Gorilla Marketing
- Writing More Books (9 to be exact)
So from time to time this year, I'll keep you updated with what I've been doing and how it's impacting my sales.
Every first of the month I'll be posting how I did the month before for my own knowledge and record. This is what I made last month with 3 books.
Jan: $52.49
Hopefully that's a sign of an even better year than last year. My main goal is to pull in $500 a month.
Anyway, keep chasing those dreams and don't forget, it's Women In Horror Month as well as Black History Month. To give you the best of both worlds go check out the awesome minds behind Graveyard Shift Sisters They are doing 28 days of Black Women In Horror and it's going to be epic!
TTFN
~Sylvester
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