Become a Book Marketing Gladiator and Dominate Kindle 84.99 €

1) Course Overview

In this part of the course intro I will be giving a quick overview of what the entire course will look like and what you can expect to learn.  The major parts of the course are: Course Intro and Ba ...

2) About Me and What Books I have Written

You can see all of my books right here. My Amazon Author Bio: "Jordan Ring blogs on his site dedicated to his writing Jmring.com. He enjoys making weird faces, doing ridiculous videos, eating appl ...

3) 3 Important Questions to Ask Yourself (With Answers)

Before we really get started we need to ask: Who is Your Target Audience?For more info on finding a target audience for your book see this: https://insights.bookbub.com/h... Sales do You Expect ...

4) Where This Course Picks Up in The Process and Who It's For

5) Fiction vs. Non Fiction

6) Why You Need to Build a Platform

First of all, I realize these are not Legos, but that is what we call them. "Tetris Lamp" just isn't as exciting.   Building a platform is the MOST important part of your young author career. ...

7) Reasons to Learn Book Marketing

8) The Truth About First Books (Sales Expectations)

9) Word of Encouragement

10) What Can you Expect to Get Out of this Course?

11) Pre-Launch Phase Overview

12) Building Buzz

13) Social Media Basics

How to set up and get started links: How to set up a Facebook author page (not just a profile).Goodreads Also on how to use Goodreads: http://www.authormedia.com/h ...

14) Get Your Own Website/Blog

Convinced that you need a website? Here is that promised link for you: https://www.jerryjenkins.com/a...

15) The Importance of a Good Finished Product

16) The Three Most Important Aspects of Book Marketing

The three most important aspects of book marketing are: Title and SubtitleBook CoverBook Description

17) Writing a Book Description Part #1 Overview

The four parts of a great book description: What is the book in brief and who is it for? The intro to the descriptionThe Pain pointWho is the book for?Provide an early hook for readersAbout the BookT ...

18) Writing a Book Description Part #2 Examples

19) Writing a Book Description Part #3 Bonus Tip

Watch the full video above for the tutorial on what this looks like to use real time.  Use this book description generator from Kindlepreneur to make some excellent Amazon ready book descriptions. ...

20) Title and Subtitle

Here are the two Facebook groups I recommend that you join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/8 Rocket: https://jvz5.com/c/913541/2250 ...

21) What is a Lead Magnet and How to Make One

More lead magnet ideas can be found here: https://optinmonster.com/9-lea...

22) What is Kindle Book Ranking and What Does it Mean?

Here is the link to the kindle rank sales calculator: https://kindlepreneur.com/a

23) How to Choose Kindle Categories

24) The Reason Why Picking the Wrong Category Can Look Bad

Important Links: Here is the link to the basic category page for you to browse: https://www.amazon.com/Best-Se. to choose your category further information: https://kindlepreneur.com/ ...

25) Marketing Materials to Have Ready to go

Here is what you need to have ready to go for your book: 3D Covers to share your book. Archangel Ink also does 3D covers as part of their book cover package. https://www.myecovermaker.com/ PDF copy ...

26) How to Set a Launch Date

27) Kindle Pricing Basics

28) KDP Select or Not?

One important item to note here that I didn't bring up in the video: If you plan on making your book permafree in the foreseeable future (90 days) you will not be able to choose KDP select. Why ...

29) KDP Free Days or Kindle Countdown Deals?

Below is a link to more information on the .99 cent launch strategy: https://www.locationrebel.com

30) Book Promotions

In this part of the course I share some links to book promotion sites. The 5 that I recommend are below as follows: Buck BooksBk KnightsBook GorillaRobin ReadsBook Bub For more information and more ...

31) Soft Launch vs. Hard Launch

32) Uploading to Kindle Basics

Here is a good resource for setting up your author central page: https://www.bookworks.com/2016... below is a guide from Archangel Ink on how to Upload to both KDP and Createspace. 

33) Pre-Launch Timeline and Recap of Section

Here is the timeline/process overview: Do these first: Building Buzz- This should be done throughout the entire process. Category SelectionSet Launch Date- Do this as soon as possible. Give yours ...

34) Review Section Overview

35) Why Are Reviews Important?

Two main reasons reviews are important: Helps your book to rise the ranks in Amazon by working the Amazon algorithms. Gives your book social proof which will help with sales. Bonus reason: Review ...

36) Why You Need to Start This Process Early

37) How Many Reviews do I Need?

How many reviews? Get the first one! Top priorityGet 5-10 moreShoot for 25 eventually

38) Friend and Family Reviews? Yay or Nay?

Here is just one debate on this: https://kdp.amazon.com/communi... the decision yourself, I say you are probably okay here to use a few friends and family members. 

39) Review Swaps?

40) Reviews: A Game of Numbers, but You Need People Too

41) What is The Process of Getting Reviews?

The process in brief is as follows: Gathering emails from potential reviewers and tracking theseReaching out to potential reviewers (scripts and templates reviewed and shared)Following up with them u ...

42) Step #1 Review Tracking

Downloadable below is the exact review tracking spreadsheet that I use in the above video as a .xlsx file. You should be able to open this either in Excel or in google sheets.  And again, ARC mean ...

43) Step #2 How to Find Potential Reviewers

Please see this blog post (Updated 5.28.18) for more info. The video still works mostly, but part of the process is a little bit different now. https://www.archangelink.com/how-t

44) Step #3 G-mass and Email Followups

2 Downloads attached to this video:  The first one is a sample review script template that you can send to people as a first step outreach for your book. The second item is a script that I wrote an ...

45) Review Process Wrap Up

46) Editorial Reviews

Here is the link to the NY Literary Editorial Review Program: https://nyliterarymagazine.com

47) Goodreads Giveaways

Here is a link to more information on running GoodReads Giveaways to get reviews: http://www.novelpublicity.com/

48) Bonus Tip: Keep a Growing List of Potential Reviewers

49) Launch Week Overview and Call to Hustle and Bustle

50) Building Buzz During Launch Week

51) Continue to Nurture Potential Reviewers

52) Running a Book Giveaway

Running a giveaway can get you email subscribers, but it also another way to build buzz for your book. It gets your book out there for people to see, and that is always a good thing.  Here is a full ...

53) Be a Social Media Ninja

I have shared these before but here they are again: Be sure to join these groups below and say hi when you do. I am active in both and enjoy fielding questions there as well.  1) Pat Flynn's F ...

54) AMS Ads Brief Overview

Here are two links for further info on AMS ads. 1) AMS Ads intro: https://kindlepreneur.com/ams-.. AMS Ads case study: https://kindlepreneur.com/amaz.. is the link to KDP Rocket: ...

55) Email Marketing How to and Hacks

56) Podcast and Blog Tours for Expanded Outreach

Blog tour more info: http://authornews.penguinrando... tour as an author further reading: http://happyselfpublishing.com

57) Stay Encouraged

58) Raise Price to $2.99

59) Intro to Post-Launch Phase and Call to Keep Writing

60) Plan a Secondary Launch for Continued Exposure

Here is the link again to book more promotions for your book: http://www.paidauthor.com/best...

61) Evaluate and Learn from any and All Mistakes

62) Continue to Update Blog

63) Consider Becoming a Writer on Medium

You can sign up for the Medium platform right here: https://medium.com/m/signin?re...

64) What's Next? + Downloadable PDF Action Plan

Below is the link to the downloadable action plan for this course.  I personally wanted to thank you for taking this course. I sincerely hope it has been helpful to you. Please remember to reach out ...