If you are making 10k a month you are spending a minimum of 1k likely 2k if you know what your are doing. A ACOS of 35% or less is needed to be profitable. Maybe even a monthly keyword software subscription fee as well. and then the hard part... getting book reviews... LOL! It will work if you work it. There is always a way. But it is a lot of consistent work.
"In my experience, a document or presentation is most effective when it contains 30 to 40 pages. This range provides enough space for detailed content while keeping the audience engaged."
My God! The part you explained about not just setting a goal and rushing towards it instead of breaking it down into steps and smaller milestones is why I have failed in everything I have ever done in my life so far at age 28. Relationship, romance, college, my job, etc. It’s makes sense why I get tired and lost motivation for so many projects like writing books. Thank you for this critical knowledge I needed to hear and be taught along with reigniting my dream to be an author.
Wow! Thank you for this uplifting video...A 100K is my goal with 12 books. My coloring books will be in the top 5% quality wise, and marketing and self promotion is what I have done the last 30 years as a freelance illustrator...I appreciate your insights and tips, helping me to start the right way.....
useful information. enjoyed the post. I wrote two books, published via Amazon, absolutely no promotion at all, but still managed 25,000 (US$), and still getting monthly royalties. Fixing to release two more books. Your video was very useful, helpful. Again, much appreciated.
For a newbie when is the best time to get on Book Series, A+ Content and Author Central? Is it from the beginning, after publishing a few books or after finishing the entire series? Also should one publish a number of books in a series together, or one after other after a gap?
VERY HELPFUL, thank you. SUGGESTION: using a very large cursor mouse pointer while showing examples makes it much easier to follow along.. Also, big colorful arrows are helpful. Thank you for sharing all that you do, you explain it very well I am following your instructions, and just published my second book!
Hi Caroline, I love your content. When you say advertise immediately upon publishing my book, or you referring to as soon as I submit it or after the 3 day approval timeframe? Thanks
Exactly. Many of these self-proclaimed success cases have nothing to show in the detail that another needs to follow suit. Instead, they build up their YT audience with false hopes while your individual clicks make them more money from RU-vid. We're to believe that there are all these generous, Amazon-philanthropic people producing these long videos to help us poor, undirected souls out here.
What about marketing costs, outside of Amazon? Are they relying on Amazon only to market these books or are the sellers spending $$$ to market elsewhere? Maybe you have a video on how to market these low content books, I just discovered you, very interesting.
In terms of low content books, it's pretty rare to have ads other than Amazon ads. High content books like novels do usually have some Facebook ads also.
@@ahmedmounir412 oh to sell 509 books a month. Last yr i produced 20 books and hope to this year. I have 26 active selling books on kdp. I started in 2018. Slow and steady. Full time and serious in 2023.
My book, The Frailty of a Butterfly: My Journey Through Newborn Loss is published on Bookshop, Amazon,etc. I need help with marketing which is expensive. I just discovered your videos. I also have 2 children's books about death I will follow your advice.
Thanks (sweet) Caroline for the latest vid. $100K AU is around 60,500 Euros to me that's a very nice income. Even half that would be most welcome (that's about the average wage in Spain, where I live)
G'day. Just subscribed after watching 2 of your videos. I will try and publish a few books this year, and see what happens. Look forward to watching more. Cheers!
This was helpful thanks I wish we could put journals in a series at least guided journals. Another way to do that is to use A+ content at the bottom with links to the other books in the series that is what I do. Do you have a tutorial on the best Ads to run as soon as you have published a low content book? So many different tutorials all giving a different strategy I'd like a simple one for low content books immediately after publishing. Do you have a tutorial for doing those ads please?
In Greece if you try sth like kdp the tax authorities crush you to the point it just becomes a very expensive hobby. If you manage to survive the first 2 years you need on average to make some money, you are in jail for debt.
I have published 3 children’s activity books on KDP. I want to get some verified purchase reviews. Is there any way to set the price to zero or very low for a limited number of people? I thought I would post in my towns FB page that I’m giving away my book. I’m willing to pay the KDP printing costs and even a few pennies above that as long as I can limit who and how many people buy it. Any thoughts?
Hi, I'm enjoying your videos and finding them useful. As a fellow Aussie it's also nice to hear the accent. I'm just starting out in the field of self-publishing and want to direct my energy to where it is most likely to have profitable results. I've invested in tools, have a good understanding of children as a teacher and I can write. I've also invested in tools like Dalle 3, Book Bolt and Mid Journey. If you were in my position what would be your first project? Each time I watch one of your videos I seem to be re-evaluating my thoughts. Yesterday it was kids' activity books for celebrations like Easter, today it's prompted keepsake journals for mothers etc. Thanks 🤪
I really like your videos. Can you please address the issues with your sound, though? I dont know if it's the microphone you are using, the gain settings, or the distance between the microphone and your mouth, but it is really annoying.
@evakootz It's not the volume. I tried turning the volume way down, and the sound I'm referring to is still perceptible. It's an ongoing issue with her videos, not just this one.
hii caroline , i hhave a request for you please tell how do you fill you 7 keywords slot? there are a lot of youtube videos out there some say they dont use the words used in title and subtitle anf they use single keywords WHILE some says they use phrases and even repeat the words in keyword section like title : dream journal for teens now in keyowrds they write 1. dream journal notebpook for girls 2. dream tracker journal 2024 and so on so what is the right method according to you what do you personally do ? pleas ereply or better make a video on it *THRE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DOUBT FOR THIS AND if you make this video it'll help many*
