Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing

EP 185 - Promotions: Results and Analysis


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In this episode Mark shares details about the recent "A Canadian Werewolf in New York" promotion he ran in March 2021 centered around an International BookBub Deal. He also shares some articles with tips from BookBub and Written Word Media.

Prior to the main content, Mark shares a word about this episode's sponsor.

You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway.

In this episode Mark shares details about his Canadian Werewolf Promo, including the high level strategy used as well as the results.

He splits the intro to the promo and the results between sharing four articles from BookBub and Written Word Media about promotions.

Over all costs for the promotions run were $347.44.

Overall earnings from the promotions were $610.17.

Which resulted in a net gain of $262.73.

Links of Interest:

  • Findaway Voices
  • Articles mentioned in this podcast
    • BookBub
      • The Best Day of the Week to Discount eBooks
      • Do BookBub Deals Work for Permafree Books Multiple Times?
    • Written Word Media
      • The Best Book Promotion Sites
      • The Best Way to Promote a Book on Bargainbooksy
  • Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books
    • This Time Around (Short Story)
    • A Canadian Werewolf in New York
    • Stowe Away (Novella)
    • Fear and Longing in Los Angeles
    • Fright Nights, Big City
  • Patreon for Stark Reflections
  • Wide for the Win

The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast ("Laser Groove") was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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