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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks
GOLD!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! :)- ChickenHawk
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- Forum: Business Models, Niches, Industries
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The 'Write' Road For Me [Progress Thread]
PUBLISHINGSo true! Good luck and keep us posted!- ChickenHawk
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Journey into the world of self-publishing
EXECUTIONCongrats on your progress so far! I like your meticulous approach to this. A few observations: 1. You're already ahead of the game, in that you're actually writing, pretty darn fast too. If you can combine this speed with crafting a story that people want to read, you could do really well. 2...- ChickenHawk
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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks
GOLD!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...- ChickenHawk
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When drowning, learn to swim. My Intro
INTROWelcome! About the parking-lot rage-guy, I think you were smart to not engage him. Not worth it. It makes me think of M.J.'s decision matrix (or whatever it's called). The upside of provoking the guy was minimal, and the potential downside was huge. The guy sounds like a loser, and you've got...- ChickenHawk
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Time For Some Accountability!
EXECUTIONThanks for your kind words about my progress thread! I've heard about some writers completing a whole series before publishing, but I've never taken this approach. I usually release my books as soon as they're ready, mostly because I'm always in a crazy panic to hit my promised release date...- ChickenHawk
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Fastlane boot.
INTROWelcome! And thank you for your service! It sounds like you're really overwhelmed right now, which is definitely understandable. I can't even imagine how awful that must've been do lose one daughter and have another one with all those medical challenges. You sound like a great dad and a great...- ChickenHawk
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Excited to be here!
INTROWelcome, Shari! Love those ebooks. Pretty amazing how much things have changed over the past few years. :)- ChickenHawk
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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks
GOLD!Thanks so much for your kind words about my posts and the then/now photos! This forum has been hugely helpful to me, so it's always nice to hear that my posts are contributing back somehow. Office politics...Ugh. Isn't it funny how they're constant wherever you go? It's always something...- ChickenHawk
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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks
GOLD!You're so welcome! Right now, I'm running two campaigns. One has a click-through rate of 10%, with a CPC of $0.26. The other has a click-through rate of 5% with a CPC of $0.28. The CPC is on the high side right now, because I've been running these campaigns for a while now. I've found that the...- ChickenHawk
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Another scathing STFA MLM indictment... (Advocare)
A few years ago, one of the fitness instructors at our local gym invited my husband to a special, high-intensity workout session across town. Because she'd been a good instructor, and my husband was training for a triathalon, he got on his gym clothes, drove 45 minutes, and arrived there only...- ChickenHawk
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AmericanSpartan prepares for a new war
INTROWelcome! And thank you for your service!- ChickenHawk
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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks
GOLD!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...- ChickenHawk
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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks
GOLD!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...- ChickenHawk
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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks
GOLD!That's so wonderful to hear! Thanks so much! Oh yeah, what you describe is EXACTLY how scammers have been gaming the Kindle Unlimited system, and it's definitely not limited to non-fiction. They were putting out 10,000-page "books" jam-packed with garbage -- unrelated stuff, foreign...- ChickenHawk
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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks
GOLD!About Redirects: I can't recall the article where I found the coding, but I did have the HTML info saved in a Word file. Here's the code I used... <html> <head> <title>INSERT TITLE HERE</title> <META http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL=http://www.YOUR-TARGET-URL"> </head> /html>...- ChickenHawk
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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks
GOLD!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.- ChickenHawk
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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks
GOLD!Thanks so much! Oh yeah. That payment-per-page has been dropping so much that it's harder and harder to make money. That's part of the reason I wish Kindle Unlimited would die a gruesome death already. Plus, I don't know if your wife saw this, but there''s been some BIGTIME scamming going on...- ChickenHawk
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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks
GOLD!It sounds like your product is non-fiction? That's not really my area of expertise, but I will say this...It's harder to sell a written product through your own Web site, because you'd have to generate every sale yourself. Even the non-fiction heavy-hitters do most of their sales through places...- ChickenHawk
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[PROGRESS THREAD] ChickenHawk's Self-Published Fiction EBooks
GOLD!Thank YOU, M.J. Honestly, your book and this forum not only changed my life, but the life of my husband and child, too. All of us are so thankful. I need to spend more time here to repay some of that. :) (I've been so buried in writing that I didn't even realize that my YISA expired. Thanks so...- ChickenHawk
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