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Mostly Facebook. But I've also advertised on BookBub, and a few other sites. The only problem is that BookBub advertising is notoriously hard to get, so Facebook is usually a better option, especially when you're first starting out.
She was just telling me the other day about these scams but I had no idea that it was so widespread that it would affect the payments.
Could you point me to some articles explaining how to do it properly?
It does! Thanks!
So happy to see your progress! I've been in and out of doubting my own self-publishing endeavors, but I must say, every time I see a post by you or @Held for Ransom it motivates the hell out of me to keep pushing.
Seems easy enough. Thanks!
That's so wonderful to hear! Thanks so much!
I target popular authors, too. But I also target lookalike audiences. For example, I can have Facebook build me a list of people similar to my Facebook fans. But honestly, my results between the popular authors and lookalikes aren't all that different. I just do different targeting to mix it up.
About Any Potential Class Action Lawsuits...Funny, I was thinking about it this morning, and decided that I wouldn't join it. Oh sure, I'd WANT to, because I do think that Amazon made some pretty serious false claims here. Repeatedly, Amazon assured authors they'd be paid for actual pages read. And repeatedly, they said that authors would NOT be paid for pages skipped. Obviously, this wasn't true. And this cost real authors a lot of money, especially when you throw in All Star Bonus loot.
Haha. I loved this.
You're so welcome!
Your posts have always been inspiring and helpful!
Thanks so much, and you're very welcome!
When I first built my facebook lookalike lists, I had about 2,500 people on my email list. But numbers aside, one thing that helped, I think, is that my list is fairly good. I've never offered any incentives (like a free book or story) for people to get on my mailing list, and I've never run any campaigns to build my list. Also, this is a list I've built myself of true fans, so it's probably also better than any list that could be purchased.
When I first started FB ads last Summer, I had a pretty good baseline established. For example, I knew how many books I sold WITHOUT advertising. So when I started advertising, it was fairly easy to see the difference. I used to track ROI really, REALLY closely. But as time went on, it was taking too much time away from my writing. So now, I just keep a loose eye on the advertising and stop certain ads when the click-through rate gets too low, or the cost gets too high. Most days, I don't even look at my FB ad stats. I probably check every week or so, sometimes even less.How do you calculate the sell through? amazon affiliates is illegal in my state, so the only way I know is to track daily sales of the next book and see if there's an increase
Thanks so much, @nichiseven! As you move forward on this, I'll be interested to see your progress, and of course, we'll all be cheering you on. Good luck!CH congratulations for your insanely well-earned results! The Now does indeed look far more fabulous than the Old. I really appreciate you sharing your personal experiences as a self-pubber. Helps me to understand what I'll be getting myself into from a realistic standpoint. I wish you every success and look forward to congratulating you repeatedly in future
I don't mind answering at all! But alas, I don't have a decent answer. When I'm up against a hard deadline, I might spend 12 hours/day writing (or more). When I've just finished a book, it drops down to zero while I catch up on other stuff. Plus, I edit a lot as I go, which is part of the reason I write so darn slowly. So, even if I'm "writing" for 12 hours, it might be that I'm really writing for only six of those hours, because I spend the other six tweaking something from the day before.
I don't mind answering at all! But alas, I don't have a decent answer. When I'm up against a hard deadline, I might spend 12 hours/day writing (or more). When I've just finished a book, it drops down to zero while I catch up on other stuff. Plus, I edit a lot as I go, which is part of the reason I write so darn slowly. So, even if I'm "writing" for 12 hours, it might be that I'm really writing for only six of those hours, because I spend the other six tweaking something from the day before.
When I'm in writing-mode, here's how how the time usually goes. I start out by editing what I wrote the day before. Sometimes, this can take hours. It doesn't FEEL like it's taking hours, but I'll often find myself surprised that several hours have passed while I've been tweaking one particular chapter. After I'm reasonably happy with what I wrote the day before, I move onto writing fresh stuff. I don't stop until I've reached my word count. When I'm in "writing-mode," my word count is around 1,500 to 2,000 words/day (or when it's crunch-time, a bit higher). Sometimes (but alas, very rarely), I reach that word count at by five o'clock in the afternoon. Sometimes, it's three in the morning.
Hope this helps!
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