This is literally just the tip of the iceberg of what I reveal inside the Profitable Publisher program. I hope you found this video valuable and if you have anything specific you are struggling with let me know down below and I can make a video for you :) If you're serious about making money with KDP and want to do so as quickly as possible, you might be interested in this: www.barrykdp.com/90daypp
@@h.t.7483 I'm glad you're finding them helpful. I show the exact steps for Phase 2 and Phase 3 along with practical screen recordings for all 3 phases in the profitable publisher program. Unfortunately, I will not be revealing anything on RU-vid :)
Hey Barry, thanks for the video! I have a question. What budget should we use for each campaign? If you run 5 campaigns, what is your daily budget? I guess $5/campaign can be not enough, right?
That's a really good question. I start my campaigns off with around $10 daily budget and then increase it as the book starts to collect more data. Amazon won't let you spend a bunch of money anyway until your book has proved that it sells, if you do the ads correctly :)
Thank you so much for this content. It's goldmine. Do you suggest that the campaigns should be in 5 different campaigns or just 2 campaigns like {keywords=broad, phrase and exact} & {Product= Best seller and Weak competitors}
You just earned a new subscriber. Great content. Direct and to the point. thanks so much. I publish short stories (novellas) on KDP and i have 2 questions. 1. Does this work for short stories as well? 2. How do you determine what to bid? Based on the recommendation by Amazon and you just increase your bid accordingly? Thanks again.
I'm glad you're finding the content valuable :) I don't have any experience with novellas so I can't give you advice from personal experience. As for my advertising strategy, personally I like to be super aggressive during launch and aim to bid higher than the suggested bid. I only publish books I'm confident in which is why I like to be aggressive at the start to gather data and rank quickly :)
I used to think that this was the case but after testing it out they don't compete with each other, they actually help each other. Amazon collects data from all the campaigns so both your broad and phrase can use each others data to help expand both their reach. That's personally what I've seen from mine and clients books :)
thanks for the video! i have a question -- i know the importance of A+ content, but it's taking a while for mine to get approved on my first book. should I wait for the A+ content to be live before I start running ads and collecting data to get better conversion rates, or should I just run ads right away to try and take advantage of the first 30 days as soon as possible? im leaning more towards waiting for the A+ content first, but would like a second opinion
Hi Barry, Can we do the same process for good books we previously published? Also is it ok (according to amazon guidelines) to include same set of keywords on different ad campaigns? Thank you very much. Honestly your channel's value alone is more than all the other channels in this niche. Good luck!
That's a good question. You can test out the campaigns for a good book that you published a while ago and see how they perform. As for having the same set of keywords in different ad campaigns, that's exactly what I do but I make sure to have a different match type for each campaign. Otherwise its kind of like running two of the same campaigns:)
Love your knowledge shared, Barry! If i republish an old book with a much better title, will this new book start with honeymoon period as well? I am also gonna ask amazon to port the reviews over to the new book
If you republish the book and it still has the same ASIN then I don't think you get a new honeymoon period. Only new ASIN's get a honeymoon period I believe :)
Hi Barry and everyone! Hope you are doing great :) I have a quick question about the keyword campaigns - do you bid the same for each keyword in each one of the three campaigns? What would be roughly speaking the necessary budget for that?
Hello Barry, I am writing romance/novel books and I have a question about high quality book prices. If I sell my next romance at minimum(0.99 or 1.99 ebook format) for 30 days, is it a good idea to research a good bsr initially?
Good question. I don't know if you can check your competitors bid but I usually start off my bids at $1.50 for all my keywords. Some keywords will get clicks lower than my bid which means I'm the top bidder. If I see that I am getting clicks very close to my bid I will raise my bid to leave some space for more clicks. This is how I start my launch ads :)
Awesome content, just what I needed. I wrote a best-seller in my country and now want to expand on Amazon. So I already know the content of the book is awesome. Unfortunately, I had to change the title of the book due to Amazon guidelines. I do have a question, what if the max bid for relevant key words is near $3? I see some relevant keywords starting between 1.8$ and $2.66. With a budget of $10 each day for each of the 5 campaigns that will only produce 4 clicks at most. Will that be enough data or would It be wiser to start with $1.8? Or increasing the budget per campaign by a lot... Second question, you mention reviews are very important and I totally agree. But how do you get reviews on Amazon? It's pretty hard to get reviews even if the customer liked the book and asking for one. What number of review would you recommend having before starting these campaigns. I now have 21 5* reviews, will that be enough? And last question, do you offer any personal guidance?
Great questions. I'm guessing you're talking about amazon suggested bids. I usually ignore Amazon suggested bids. I only use it as a guide. I start off my bids at 1.20 and see if I need to increase it based on the impressions I'm getting. I also like to start campaigns at a daily budget of 10 dollars to see how it's going before I gradually increase it. If your book is new Amazon might not spend your daily budget but as your book gains sales data, amazon will broaden your reach and spend more and more. As for reviews I have a video on my channel that will help you out better than any comment I can leave. Any amount of reviews is good enough to start advertising. If you need extra help you can find my email on my RU-vid profile :)
I been watching your bids non stop and i think this is super valuable. How much do you make per month profit ballpark? Wanting to buy your course but curious on the numbers
That's a great question but for now I prefer not to say how much I currently make but my first KDP business had a six figure valuation and I sold it. I'm glad you're finding the videos valuable :)
@@barrygeorgioukdp Ahh ok thank you for the story on the previous biz, why not share the current journey of the new kdp biz as a new series. New ones such as myself find that very relatable to watch the humble beginnings and get the books off the ground. We have 5 high content books now and yet to turn a profit unfortunately but between yours and sean dollwets trainings have been very eye opening. Now im working hard to make 2-3k profit a month reality VERY SOON. Ill check out your course story page and right now just trying to decide between yours and Sean Dollwets. I appreciate your straighforward approach AND whiteboard style
@mr-cheatcode9262 I'm working on something very soon where everyone will be able to follow the journey with me. Sean is extremely good at what he does. I'm glad you're finding the whiteboard videos helpful and I hope they help you achieve 2-3k per month soon :)
I put the highest bid I can based on various factors of the book. Phase 2 and 3 are only available for the program members because it's very important you do the previous steps correctly, otherwise the strategy can not work as effectively as it should :)
That's a great question. I've recently released a video on gathering reviews. That would be more helpful than any answer I can give you through the comments section :)
Great Video :). I got a question, do you think running ads in these terms (or generally) are appropriate for medium content books like coloring books? I mean, profits from selling them are no that high as high content books and number of them which i can create in a month is higher than high content books. Is it possible to start seeing sales without ads in this case?
Unfortunately, I have a lot more experience with high content books so I can't really give you advice on low content books. However, if you decide to test this out for yourself let me know the results :)
Great video. Can you tell me what to do in phase 1 if there are not many for book keywords or if they are not very relevant? example, "101 Things Every Kid Needs To Know" Thanks for attention
Thanks for the video very informative i just want to ask you please can we ask customers for revoews at the end of the bool in a non mandatory way because i asked support some tell me it's okay others tell me it's not okay and honetly now i am confused what you advice me please to do
Hi Barry - I need some advice please on book series. I have a 3-month undated large print planner/organizer. I want to add another one with 12 months, and a dated one for 2025. The interiors will be almost identical. Then maybe add others with regular print in various sizes. Would this work for a series? If I keep them separate, would Amazon think I'm trying to do a lot of identical books with different covers? Thank you!
Hey great question. Unfortunately I don't have enough experience with low content books to give you any practical advice. I only have experience publishing high content non fiction books
Hello! I have a question that maybe you can answer. Since 4 or 5 days my CTR is vey low but I didn't make any cover change. Why is that? Maybe because I sent a couple of search terms not relevant to negative target? I'm so confused. Thanks so much for your videos!
Hey Matías, great question. Unfortunately, I can't pinpoint the exact problem of your book that caused a decrease in your CTR unless I go inside and examine your listing and ads myself :)
Thanks for your videos! Is it the same principle for low content books for a small niche, which already have very specific keywords in the title etc, or would it be better to use fixed bids on automatic ads for them?
Even though that's a great question I cannot answer it for you. I focus on high content books because that's what works for me. The algorithm still works the same for low content books but I not aware of any strategies you can use that will be most effective with low content books:)
Thanx again Barry! Question...! You never speak about Google ads to lure buyers onto Amazon. What do you think of that approach? Is it just not you focus or do you advise against it. My topic is in the news, you see, while not yet on Amazon... I am considering Google. What do you think?
I've heard of publishers using Google ads. Personally, I've never used it. Shoppers on Amazon are on Amazon to buy so it's much easier to convert an Amazon shopper into a buyer rather than a Google shopper into an Amazon shopper. But I haven't tested it so if you decide to go down this route please let me know your results :)
Great question. I just launched a book last month and completed the honeymoon period with 32 sales and a conversion rate for ppc of 16%. If you feel comfortable sharing I would love to know your conversion rate. Personally I I'll be waiting until 100 sales before I launch my auto ads. If you decide to launch auto ads now that the honeymoon period is over, please let me know how it goes :)
Thanks for responding! I'm just seeing this. I don't know about PPC (I don't see it), but these are my numbers: Impressions: 105,007 Clicks: 352 CTR: 34% Spend: $408.41 CPC: $1.16 Sales: $411.58 ACOS: $99.23 Appreciate your insights.
@@ScrambleEverything Oh, thanks! Just saw this. Yes, I realized what PPC was soon after (duh). I only have 42 sales now and I'm approaching two months. Debating whether to launch the auto campaign now. I've increased my bids, but there isn't much happening.
Your capital will depend on your skill level. If you don't know how to design, format or write you will have to pay people to help you out. I've published books that cost me 600 dollars and books that cost me 1.5k. It all depends on your skill level. As for your second question, if you follow amazon guidelines you will be fine :)
