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Goins, Writer / by Jeff Goins 

/ 20 hours ago

The average self-published book sells 250 copies in its first year and maybe 1,000 copies in its lifetime. Most authors are ecstatic if they hit 1,000 copies in the first three months. But what if you sold 1,000 copies of your book on the first day it released?

Now, there is no such thing as an overnight success. Work that lasts and resonates with your audience requires consistent effort over an extended period of time.

Without a platform, without an email list, and without a community, you could not self-publish a book tomorrow and reasonably expect anything but dead air in response.

However, if you put in the effort, do your research, and engage with influencers and your target audience to build a loyal tribe, the sky really is the limit.

This week’s guest on The Portfolio Life, successfully self-published a book and sold over 1,000 copies on the first day it released. Within a week he was connected with seven traditional publishers, landed a book contract soon thereafter, and has just launched Quarter-Life Calling.

Listen in as Paul Sohn and I talk about how to decide whether to self-publish or pursue a book contract with a traditional publisher, realizing the emptiness of a “dream job” at a young age, and redefining what it means to achieve success

https://goinswriter.com/paul-sohn/

I’ve written before about things you should do instead of obsessively checking your sales stats. But, of course, at some point you do need to check those stats and see how your book is doing. And that’s when you realize that you need some way to track your sales.

How does that look? Do you need special software? How often should you check?

We’ll get into the how in a minute. First, let’s look at why you should be tracking your sales.

Why You Should Track Your Sales

read more…https://fixmystory.com/2017/01/13/why-you-should-track-your-book-sales-bonus-free-sales-tracker-template/

Fahim Ahsan 

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If you do not promote your blog or web, how will someone know about your great content? Driving traffic to your blog is as essential to your success as your own writing.

Take the opportunity to cross the promotion of your blog on Twitter. Making tweets about your blog can be an incredible way to reach out and connect with your consumer. With over 500 million users, you can find plenty of new readers through Twitter as well. If you use this social network well, you can drive tons of traffic to your blog. But simply typing the title of your post with a link to your site will not work.

You have to be proactive. You have to be creative. In this one minute marketing, we will see fast and straightforward tactics that you can apply on Twitter to drive traffic to your website

http://www.onlinelivingblog.com/2017/04/how-to-get-traffic-to-your-web-or-blog.html

 Sandra Beckwith

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Do you want to sell more books?

In a recent online discussion, an author observed that when you write books on different topics, each with its own audience, it’s hard to build up a fan base.

She’s right.

She was referring to nonfiction, but many novelists have this problem, too. They write books in multiple genres and have to start from scratch with the marketing when they move into a new category. For example, they might write a science fiction book, then shift to poetry before moving on to steampunk.

This is a common situation. These writers follow their muse or interests. They’re not interested in focusing on one topic, genre, or audience. They write what they want to write about.

Fair enough.

But they’re often the people who complain the loudest that their book sales aren’t what they think they should be.

I’ve got a two-step solution for them

https://buildbookbuzz.com/sell-more-books-2-steps/