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Selling Stuff is Hard
Aug. 6th, 2018 03:30 pmI do not claim to be a great marketer. This is evidenced by the fact that my Pirates Trilogy is not a runaway best seller. I knew this about me, which is why I was looking for publishers for said trilogy. Now having had two such publishers fold under me, I'm back to selling it myself.
But in part because I have the time and in part because if I don't nobody will, I've undertaken various marketing efforts. As announced here, last month's effort involved putting Pirates of Mars in a free giveaway scheme while reducing the price to 99 cents. I sold a few books, but not a lot.
So, this month's effort is two-fold. First, I bought an ad campaign from Amazon Kindle. I pay per-click and I have a cap on the dollars per day I pay, (a low cap) so we'll see what that gets me. Later this month, I'm going to try some one-day free sales of the book and see if that moves any needles. Wish me luck.
But in part because I have the time and in part because if I don't nobody will, I've undertaken various marketing efforts. As announced here, last month's effort involved putting Pirates of Mars in a free giveaway scheme while reducing the price to 99 cents. I sold a few books, but not a lot.
So, this month's effort is two-fold. First, I bought an ad campaign from Amazon Kindle. I pay per-click and I have a cap on the dollars per day I pay, (a low cap) so we'll see what that gets me. Later this month, I'm going to try some one-day free sales of the book and see if that moves any needles. Wish me luck.
