How to Promote Yourself on Amazon Kindle - WritersLife.org

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We LOVE to read comments so please leave a comment and subscribe to Our channel:  https://www.youtube.com/writerslifeorg Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to  http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello again is Peter here again from a writer's life and coming up today how to promote yourself on Amazon Kindle Amazon is one of the most popular marketplaces for buying books whether they be fiction or nonfiction or even scholarly texts in fact almost any book in any genre can be found on Amazon and it's a great place to find exciting new reading material at a bargain price one of the wonderful things about Amazon is that it has an easy self-publishing facility where authors from all over the world who have all different kinds of interests and experience can get their books up on the site for sale and available to download onto a Kindle if you decide to go down this route the next step is understanding how to promote yourself on Amazon Kindle to ensure you sell as many books as possible the success of your book largely depends on how much time and effort you're willing to put in to promote it however if you are just starting out here are some things that every author should do first populate keyword search if people can't find your book how are they going to buy it populating the keyword search will improve the likelihood of your book showing up in search results use words that apply to your book's title or topic get some good reviews nothing improves the success of sales like good word of mouth if you can encourage customers who bought your book to leave some positive feedback this could have a considerable impact on sales they don't even have to have bought your book via Amazon directly as long as they have an account they are welcome to leave feedback next create an author page and author page will give your readers information about you here you can write your own bio put up a picture and link to social media and your website if you have one people with interesting readable author pages engage the reader and therefore make them more likely to buy next understanding reviewer ranking your reviews are moved by Amazon based on how well Amazon thinks they were written and how helpful they will be to other perspective customers if you want a good review move to the top of your review list rather than a neutral or on flattering one you need to get this voted as the most helpful and relevant so do bear this in mind next create a great cover when you upload your book to Amazon you can choose from a selection of pre-designed covers for your book a personal cover however one that has been designed specifically for your book will make it look far more professional and it's likely to spot much more interest and next self promotion put a link to your book wherever you can social media on your website at the bottom of your email on business cards etc any chance you have to remind people they can buy your book and where to buy it is another potential sale there are also plenty of forums online way to promote your book for free so make sure these take advantage of all these to maximize your sale potential next do a deal you can offer a discount or a period of time where people can buy your book for free and having this kind of promotion can see a huge increase in the number of books being bought even though you won't be making any money while doing so it still increases your chance of being talked about so getting your book out there and read by as many people as possible the most important thing remember it's all about quality hard work and determination make sure your book is the best version it can be so proofread and edit before you put it up for sale then be as creative and ingenious as you like in marketing and promoting your book in every way possible we're lucky to be in a world where there are so many opportunities to do listen so take advantage of them you never know and just might catch on and don't forget if you're struggling to write or finish your book all three writers toolkit can help with it you'll learn how to overcome procrastination stay organized get focused find time to write and finally get your book published to get access now while it's still available simply go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit okay that's it for   now be sure to give us a thumbs up if you liked this video and subscribe to our channel for more I'm Peter this is writers life and I'll see you again next time