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The Ultimate Book Selling Plan?
Got 5 bucks in your pocket? Then get ready – because what I’m
going to show you is going to blow your mind.
I would almost say that this is a dream come true. While most
indie authors are struggling, the people who are utilizing the
techniques I’m about to reveal are secretly experiencing success
with their books.
They are writing books and launching them, paying only a few
bucks, and in some cases, putting a grand or more in their
pocket just from using fiverr as a traffic source!
Imagine, no more fighting for sales, top rankings in Amazon, or
begging for reviews. No need to do anything but put a book on
Amazon and throw down a Lincoln to get it selling! I’m
going to show you exactly how.
Granted, there is a lot more you can do that takes zero money and
just a few minutes of set up that will further grow your book sales.
I’m also going to walk you through that as well.
Proof This Works:
Don’t take my word for it. There are plenty of examples of people
who have successfully used these techniques to achieve book
sales.
Here is a quick story of Sylvia Hubbard, a mystery-romance
author who, well…made an extra 1000 bucks from buying
two fiverr gigs.
She had never thought about using fiverr to promote her book, as
she mainly used it to get covers made. After asking around, and
hearing some good success stories, she took the plunge and
started researching the best gigs for her niche. She came up with
two, through them 5 bucks each, then forgot about it.
Soon after she was checking her sales stats and was shocked to
find that she had made an extra grand from her book release,
above and beyond what she normally does. She credits fiverr for
the sales, because that’s the only thing she did different.
Since then, Sylvia has been using fiverr to drive more traffic to her
books and says it’s one of the best “bang for your buck” marketing
strategies.
Advantages of Fiverr
There are several key advantages of using fiverr to promote your
book:
- It’s fast and affordable
- Much lower capital risk
- You can use it to test your book for bigger/more expensive
marketing campaigns
- Results are almost instant. You’ll know immediately if it’s
worth it.
- You can test your book. This is probably the most
important – you can cheaply test your book, the cover, the
title, the description and more, finding out what works best
without breaking the bank. You can then scale up
The advantages are numerous. Even if you don’t follow everything
I show you inside, it’s would still be worth it to utilize fiverr just to
test your book.
Hold Your Horses, I Know This is Exciting But…
Before you go running off to fiverr to promote your books, there is
a few things you should know/do before you begin promoting.
Things like:
- What fiverr gig you should choose
- How to prep your book for a promo
- The best way to launch your book to maximize sales
- How to go from one shot success to long haul wealth
Ignore the stuff above at your own peril. While it’s certainly
possible to run a successful fiverr book promo, if you don’t do the
things above, you’ll be leaving a lot of cash on the table.
With that said, let’s dive in and I will show you the exact steps to
running an excellent book promotion campaign!
4 Key Ingredients for Maximized Success
There are four ingredients that I feel are of vital importance for a
long term, successful publishing business with Fiverr as your
traffic source.
Here they are:
1. Properly “tuned” Amazon book page
2. Coordinated Book Launch
3. Long term audience gathering
4. Backlist sales
Each one is both a “step” and an “ingredient” as you will see. And
of course, all of it centers on fiverr. (Though you could use any
traffic source, fiverr is the focus here)
Let’s look at each one in detail.
Tuned Amazon Book Page
Before I dive in, I want to explain why you need a tuned page.
Simple. Your promotion will drive traffic and sales, and in turn,
raise your rank for both keyword searches and the top sales in
your categories.
This helps with long term sustained sales. High rankings equals
more organic traffic which equals more sales growth, which of
course means Amazon is more likely to promote you inside the
also bought section and other sections of their site/email list.
How To
Utilize your primary keyword inside your title and description.
The keyword you are targeting for rankings inside Amazon. For
nonfiction, this could be something like:
Dog Training 101: How to Potty Train Your Dog
The keyword would “dog training”. If you are wanting to grab a
top spot in Amazon for the search term dog training, then
including that in your title is important.
Same goes with the description. Be sure to use “dog training” a
few times in the description as well, as well as tags and proper
category placement.
Here is a fiction example:
Murder He Said: A Murder Mystery Novel
The keyword is “murder mystery”. When people search for fiction,
then tend to search for specific genre’s they are wanting to read.
So “murder mystery” would be an excellent keyword if you are
targeting the people who want to read that type of book.
Of course, you would also put it in the description.
What Keyword to Choose?
How do you select a primary keyword for your book? Base it on
traffic potential and ease of rankings. Here is how we find
this information:
1. Get a Google Adwords account. It’s free. (You need to enter a
credit card during set up as well as some ads, just don’t
activate the campaign and you won’t be charged)
2. Hit the keyword planner and let Google find keywords for
you.
3. Look at their monthly traffic numbers. Save the list.
4. Head over to Amazon and start using that keyword list. Type
in the most popular (highest searches) into Amazon
kindle/books and see what comes up.
5. Look at both the number of competition as well as the
number of books on the first page with the exact
keyword phrase in the title.
So, if the keyword is “Dog Training”, you would look for the
keyword DOG TRAINING in the title – with the words
exactly as is, in the proper order.
Example: Dog Training 101 – that’s an exact match
Example: Dog Obedience: How to Train Your Dog – that
isn’t an exact match and isn’t counted.
6. Count the number of exact matches. If it’s less than half on
the first page, you’re good to go! If not, move on to the next
keyword.
The process above is excellent at picking a good keyword to
choose. You’ll know:
- What search term gets the most traffic
- What search term has the least competition
It’s not a perfect method by all means – Amazon doesn’t release
their traffic numbers per keyword obviously, so we need to use
Google. While it’s not perfect, it’s a close enough approximation to
know what is being searched for and what is not.
Further On Page Tuning
Before we move on, there are a few things I also want to make
mention of.
Your book cover is of great importance. I recommend that you
have someone make your cover (again, fiverr!). There are a few
things to keep in mind with your cover:
1. Look at the top selling books in your niche/genre. Emulate
those
2. Make it slightly different in some way – something that
stands out from the crowd of books.
3. Test, test, test. Get two or three book covers made and test to
see which one sells your book the best.
I highly recommend you read up on short ad copy or hire
someone to help you write up your description on page. I know –
you might be wondering why – the thing is, if people are on your
book page, they are interested in buying.
This is the chance to use your description to sell them.
The better the description copy is, the more likely your book will
sell.
Finally, getting reviews. You don’t need reviews to sell your book,
but it doesn’t hurt and it can help. If you feel you need reviews, try
to do an Author book swap. It’s where you swap reviews – you
read and review their book and they do the same for you.
There are also “professional reviewers” (not PAID, just
“professional”, as in they spend a lot of time reviewing books
because they enjoy it) you can find on Amazon to write up
reviews. Send them a copy and see what they think.
The process to find these reviewers is simple. Use your search
term, find the top books with a lot of reviews then click on the
reviewer’s name. A lot of reviewers will leave their contact
information on their profile. Hit them up with a copy of your
book!
Coordinated Book Launch
This sounds fancier than it really is. In its simplest form, you have
your fiverr gigs you purchased all promote on the same day. You
want to do that in order to drive as many sales in the shortest time
possible so you can take advantage of the way Amazon ranks
books. The more sales in the shortest time means the higher the
rankings. (Which of course means more organic sales)
However, there are some things we can do to increase the power
of the Coordinated Book Launch, and best of all, it’s free AND
requires little time investment!
Ultimate Coordinated Book Launch
Here is how I do my coordinated book launch.
1. Open the price up at 4.99 or higher a few days before launch.
(You do this to get the “normally 4.99” price anchoring from
Amazon)
2. Either drop the price manually OR join KDP Select and
utilize Amazon’s countdown deals, setting the countdown
deal to last 2 days, going from 99 cents to 2.99 or 4.99
3. If you have the cash, I would try to grab 3 promos from a
fiverr, since it would only be 15 bucks. (I have suggestions
listed below of who you should get them from) It’s idea if
they are all from the same gig. (Some gigs are willing to
promote you multiple days in a row, others are not. Talk to
the gig owner to see what they are willing to do)
4. Have one promo on the first day and two on the second day.
5. Be damn sure to put in your description (and maybe even on
your book cover) that the special ends “…On XYZ” or… “ends
Tonight!” and the price is going back up. You’ll see a huge
sales spike on the second day.
Done this way you will maximize the traffic coming in from your
paid promotion. You’ll make a ton of sales this way and it’s nearly
on command!
Long Term Audience Gathering
Otherwise known as “list building”.
Now hold your horses. From my general experience working with
authors, most seem to be against the idea of building an email list.
Not because it’s a bad idea – most authors agree they need an
email list. Most seem to dread the idea of setting one up, because
either:
- They don’t know how
- They feel it’s too expensive/too complex to set up
- Don’t want the extra work
I want to say that it’s neither expensive nor complex. You can start
for free and get help (again, for free) setting up. Once set up, it
runs practically on autopilot and it can make a drastic difference
in sales.
By adding an email list to your book plan, you are increasing the
value of your customer by about 6 to 12 fold. (That’s the estimate
from most market research firms) So if one customer spends 2.99
on a book (and you get about 2 bucks in royalties), that customer
will most likely make you 12 bucks overall (minimum).
That might not sound like much, but multiply that by 1000
customers on your list, and that’s a pay increase of 12,000
dollars!
Here is what you do:
- Go to mailchimp and sign up for a free account. It takes all of
two minutes to do.
- Set up a new email list. They have plenty of tutorials on their
site, and you can always hit up support for more help.
- Quickly write up an incentive for people to join – for a
nonfiction book, maybe additional tips or tricks to help
them. A fiction book, maybe some backstory, a short story
from another characters perspective or the first chapter to
the next book in the series.
- Set up an optin form. Mailchimp has a self-hosted option –
no need for a website! (Though I talk about that in the next
chapter)
- Put in one follow up email (that they get immediately after
sign up) that provides them the bonus immediately.
- Put the link to your optin form inside the book. The front
and back. (Just a quick side word: there are some authors
who have experienced a negative ranking side effect of
having an email collection link inside their book. However,
you aren’t relying on Amazon to drive traffic, instead on
Fiverr, this isn’t as big a concern. I encourage you to test for
your own results)
That’s it.
Now you may ask – what about other follow up messages? You
don’t have to have a follow up sequence. In fact, you can add them
later – I instead encourage you to just get the basics set up and
start collecting customers. Then you can announce a new book to
them as well as running a fiverr promotion and dramatically
increase your book launch sales!
Turning This Into A Successful Business – Backlist Sales
Your backlist is just a list of books you have written in the past
that is capable of being sold. Your backlist is vital to building a
self-sustaining business rather than a few one off burst of sales.
Generally your backlist is where you will make the most money, as
your front end books, ie – the books you are currently promoting
– are going to be less expensive and used to gather leads into your
email list which will promote your backlist of books.
Reasons why you would do this is obvious – I mentioned above.
But another reason is to make those 5 bucks stretch. If you’re
paying for traffic, then you better make every penny of
that ad money spent working for you!
Again this process is simple and runs on autopilot when set up. If
you’ve set up an email list like I mentioned above, then most of
this work is finished. All you have to do is add a few things.
Nonfiction:
Write up a few follow up emails that mention additional products
they can by that are related to the first book. If it’s dog training,
then other dog training books you’ve written, or healthy eating for
dogs, or a dog “how to make your own dog biscuits”, something
like those. Just have it send out every few days.
Fiction:
You have two options with fiction:
1. Promote your backlist of books in a series. So say you have a
murder mystery series of books and the first book is 99
cents. You would pour the most promotion into it simply to
gather leads on your email list. Then, your follow up would
promote book 2, 3 and 4.
If they buy and get on book 4’s list, then you know they will
probably be interested in other books in a similar genre as
this series, so if you have another murder mystery book but
that’s not in the first series, you can promote it here.
2. Mix and match. You could mix it up and promote various
books in no particular order.
Either way works. Again, I wouldn’t get picky on setting this up.
You have time to work and improve your system as time goes on.
Just focus on getting a few emails set up in your system.
And don’t worry about “email copy”. For now, just put in
something like:
“A new chapter in the quest for the truth! Will Bertha discover her
sisters killer?
The next book in the Murder He Said series is available for
immediate download! You can pick it up here at this price.”
Seriously. Simple. And effective. If your audience loved the first
book in the series then most of the selling for the second, third,
and forth is already finished.
With this done, you’ll be on your way to building a successful
business instead of a one shot wonder. Now let’s look at Fiverr
specifically.
Fiverr Gigs
You might be wondering why I shared all of the above instead of
focusing on Fiverr. Well, the answer is simple. If you are paying
money to promote, no matter how much or how little it is, you
need to make sure you are making those dollars turn into the
biggest ROI possible. That’s why I feel the stuff I’ve shared above
is vital. It goes beyond Fiverr, making this into a business.
Okay, so let’s talk Fiverr. There are a few things I think you should
think about and set up before you purchase the gig.
Here they are, in no particular order:
1. Communicate with the gig owner first to make sure he’s
available on the days you want. (This might mean you may
have to set up your promo/launch a week or two in advance)
2. Communicate with the gig owner to make sure your book’s
topic/genre fits with this audience. Ask him for either
proof or examples of past promotions or some
numbers behind previously related book
promotions.
3. Try to verify his claims. If he says he has 5000 facebook fans,
twitter fans, and emails, see if you can find him on Facebook
and twitter to verify.
4. Don’t give him a blind link to your book! Make sure he uses a
tracker of some sorts – like a link shortener that tracks
clicks. If don’t, you won’t know if he sent you any traffic at
all!
List of Verified Fiverr Gigs
Here is a list of verified gigs you can use to promote your book. All
of them have proof behind them that they work and are effective.
(Beyond just the reviews, I’ve gone out of my way to check into
them.)
Note: I would still communicate with the gig owners about
optimal book niches/genres to promote to make sure your book is
a good fit. Don’t want to waste time and money!
BKnights:
https://www.fiverr.com/bknights
I’ve mentioned him before in other guides. He runs an excellent
promotional business and a lot of people vouch for him.
Marketing Ebook
https://www.fiverr.com/marketing_ebook
This is probably one of the best “hidden gems” I’ve found. They’ve
generated over 300,000 dollars in revenue for their clients JUST
through fiverr! Everyone talks about BKnights…but no one really
mentions this gig. Go use it!
Promote your Romance book!
https://www.fiverr.com/andreacoventry/promote-your-romance-
book
Strictly for romance authors, this one is another hidden gem. She
can pump a lot of traffic if you have a romance book!
Free Promo
https://www.fiverr.com/thedesertgirl
If you have a perma free (or temporary free) book that you are
using to capture leads, then this is a good option. She does have a
99 cent promo special, but I haven’t investigated that or tried it
yet. I can only speak for the free promo.
These are some of the best, but it isn’t a complete list, obviously. I
do have more, however, that I’ve either tested or researched. If
you would like a bigger list of gigs, join my Kindle Fiverr
mastermind!
Click here to check it out!
FAQ
Q: Should I create new pen name/email list for each book, book
series, or niche/genre?
A: I would create a pen per genre or related genre. So if you do
murder mystery, I would have a pen name for all your mystery
related books. That way you can promote to your list for ALL
books in the genre.
A new genre, say romance or science fiction, would be a new pen
name with a new email list. (Note that you won’t need a new
account, just a new list with a new name attached to it. No need
for another account)
Q: What is the perfect follow up sequence/promotion method
with my email list?
A: There is no such thing as a “perfect” follow up with email. It
depends on the genre/niche, the person running the list, the
products in the funnel, etc.
Regardless, stop focusing on “perfect” and focus on “taking
action”. It might be imperfect, but a small list of highly excited
customers can be worth gold, even if tiny.
So go get it built! You will improve it with time. (And in fact, that’s
the only way to know how to improve – take your time with it)
Q: What is the easiest, fastest way to start with only 5 bucks and
no time/money for setting up an email list?
A: Simple:
1. Use BKnights. Most guaranteed
2. Simple low priced, manual launch (no KDP Select, manually
change the price to 99 cents).
3. Reinvest the profits from your first launch back into a
website/email list later on.
4. Again, take imperfect action now!
Q: You mentioned “price anchoring” and “setting the price to 4.99
or higher”. What is price anchoring and why?
A: Price anchoring is an attempt to establish perceived value of a
product at a particular price point. For example: if your book is
listed at 4.99 “normally”, but on sale for “2.99”, then the 4.99
price is “set” as an anchor in the prospects mind.
This means they think your book is “worth” 4.99 because it’s the
very first price they see, and assume that it normally sells for 4.99.
So, seeing 2 dollars off encourages them to buy because it’s being
sold for “under value”.
While this works for any book (or any product), it works
extremely well when you have a lot of reviews and history behind
your book because previous prospects have seen it selling well for
that price.
I talk about the price anchoring strategy in my Mastermind Class.
Be sure to check it out.
Q: Okay, so I understand that to get people on my email list, I
need some sort of “ethical bribe”. I understand it for nonfiction. In
fact, that seems easy. More help/info/etc. But what about fiction?
I really don’t see how you can do that for fiction.
A: As I stated in the main guide, there are things you can giveaway
as a bribe to get on a list.
- The first chapter of the next book in the series
- Another book containing backstory or world building
documents
- A short story about another character in the main series.
- A short story about the main character in the series that’s not
included in the main books.
- Coupon codes/free sneak previews of future books
- Or any combination of the above
Q: Man the whole setting up the list seems like a lot of work. I
have to sign up, write some more stuff to give away, set up the
optin form, write up some emails…
A: Oh come on. It’s not THAT much work. The most time
consuming part would be the ethical bribe. However, once you
have finished doing all that…it’s FINISHED.
I mean, sure, you might go back and tweak/add some follow up
emails or you might write some more broadcast emails to
announce you have a new book, but besides that, it’s finished.
And the thing is, you’ll reap the benefits for a long time! You’ll
pump out #1 bestsellers because of your email list! Every book you
add, every customer you gain on your list improves your business.
I mean, imagine writing a singe email in just 10 minutes, hitting
send, and watching your new book soar to the top spots in
Amazon, selling hundreds of copies in the first few
days…without paying a dime! That’s the power of email
marketing and that’s what is holding you back from being a
powerhouse indie author.
Again, don’t overcomplicate it! Just set up your forms, a email to
give out the bonus, and put the link in your book for now. That’s it
– won’t take that long to do. Simple, imperfect action. You can
do it!
That’s all for right now. Remember to check out the Mastermind
here for more selling strategies, proven fiverr gigs, review swaps
and more!