Sorry I missed yesterday. I woke up late and then had marketing stuff to do, and the morning just got away from me. By the time I thought about blogging, it was too late. Yeah, yeah, I know I can post at whatever time I like, but let's face it, people expect blog posts in the morning. Am I right?
I'm trying something different, kinda. I put Fertile Ground up for free Thursday through Monday and then starting today, In Deep Wish is free through Saturday. Back to back book twos for free. Might do Ugly and the Beast starting Monday. (To give myself a day off, doncha know.)
It's a lot of work, doing this marketing every morning. Well, not a LOT of work. If I set this stuff up and got everything together the night before, it wouldn't be such a slog. But I don't, so it is, and there ya are. I actually only spend about 20 minutes posting the actual posts. If I have to make a graphic, add another half hour or so. (Choose a background, tweak the background. Insert cover art. Insert text. Tweak it all. Voila.) Sometimes I get lazy and just post the cover. Or really lazy and just post the link which makes FB and X pull up the cover image anyway. People seem to be more inclined to follow the link if I have a nifty graphic, though. :shrug:
It's not intuitive. If it was, just a link would do - because it's the easiest way to get someone where they want to go. :shrug: People like the graphics and don't seem to mind having to find and click the link. Although, you need the link to be before the 'SEE MORE...' thing on FB.
I did not make a graphic for IDW this morning. I posted the cover and a simple 'get this free' thing. We'll see how that goes. It was either that or end up with delayed postings while I did the work, and frankly, I was too tired first thing this morning to make anything that looked snazzy enough to encourage people. C'est la vie, eh?
Anyway, I've sold 9 books already this month, so something must be working. Actual sales, not giveaways. I've given away 160 books. And I've had 601 Page Reads which works out to money in my pocket and the rough equivalent of 1.55 books.
Yeah, I'm not burning up the 'best seller' lists, but compared to this time last year, when I sold nada, it's a win.
As always, if you have any questions, let me know. Have a great day wherever you are.
Peace out.
I boosted on X. I've had better sales this month too. Not sure if through my efforts on X or if the ER nurse LG saw last week finally went on a buying binge. Not sure I'll do the next Smashwords sale. That was a lot of work for no ROI beyond a few free books. Now, if those freebies turn into sales? I'll revisit the idea.
ReplyDeleteOkay. I need to get off social media and get to work. Dang book won't edit itself, am I right? Now that's something I almost wish AI would do but I'd probably hate what it did so there ya go... 🙄
Happy Tuesday.